NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A vs NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile Comparison

The RTX A1000 Mobile and the GeForce MX570 A are two NVIDIA mobile GPUs built on the same silicon foundation, yet the recorded data shows a clear performance gap between them. Both are Ampere-based parts fabricated on Samsung's 8 nm process, both use the GA107 lineage, and both carry identical core counts. The difference comes down to memory subsystem and power envelope, and that translates into the A1000 Mobile winning every head-to-head benchmark in the database, by margins north of 20 percent.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX A1000 Mobile wins everywhere the database has measurements. It takes the Geekbench OpenCL test with a score of 48703 against the MX570 A's 39780, a 22.4 percent advantage, and it takes the Geekbench Vulkan test with 46782 against 37601, a 24.4 percent advantage. The head-to-head record is a clean sweep: two wins for the A1000 Mobile, zero for the MX570 A.

What makes that sweep notable is the context. The A1000 Mobile sits in the 85th percentile versus all GPUs in the database, high enough that its average score of 47743 lands it in the neighborhood of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, which posts an average of 48477, just 1.5 percent ahead of it. The MX570 A, with an average score of 38691 and a percentile of 81, sits alongside the AMD Radeon Pro 580X at 38706, effectively dead level with it.

The one arena where the MX570 A holds an edge is efficiency in a narrow sense: its thermal design power is 25 W, well below the A1000 Mobile's 60 W. For thin-and-light machines where power budget is the binding constraint, that lower envelope is the MX570 A's only measurable claim to preference. In raw compute, the data shows no scenario in the recorded tests where it comes out ahead.

Architecture Differences

On paper, these two are nearly twins. Both are Ampere architecture, both are manufactured by Samsung on an 8 nm node, and both pack 8,700 million transistors onto a 200 mm² die, yielding an identical transistor density of 43.5M per mm². Both chips expose 2048 shading units, 64 texture mapping units, 32 render output units, 16 RT cores, and 64 tensor cores. Both connect over PCIe 4.0 x8, both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, and both are integrated mobile parts with no power connectors.

The chip designations diverge slightly: the A1000 Mobile uses the GA107 die while the MX570 A uses the GA107SB variant. Their generational families also differ, with the A1000 Mobile belonging to the professional Ampere-MW line, descended from the Quadro Turing-M, and succeeded by Ada-MW, while the MX570 A belongs to the GeForce MX line.

Clock behavior favors the MX570 A slightly. Its base clock of 832 MHz exceeds the A1000 Mobile's 630 MHz, and its boost clock of 1155 MHz edges past the 1140 MHz of its rival. Its memory also runs faster in raw terms, 1500 MHz effective at 12 Gbps versus 1375 MHz at 11 Gbps. Those small clock advantages produce marginally higher theoretical rates, with the MX570 A posting 36.96 GPixel/s and 73.92 GTexel/s against 36.48 GPixel/s and 72.96 GTexel/s, and 4.731 TFLOPS FP32 against 4.669 TFLOPS.

Yet the benchmarks show the opposite outcome, and the memory subsystem explains most of it. The A1000 Mobile pairs its 4 GB of GDDR6 with a 128-bit bus for 176.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The MX570 A gets only 2 GB on a 64-bit bus, for 96.00 GB/s. Half the capacity and roughly 45 percent less bandwidth overwhelms the MX570 A's trivial clock edge in every real measurement. Both GPUs share FP16 performance at a 1:1 ratio with FP32, so neither has an advantage there.

Both parts are now end-of-life. The MX570 A launched first, in December 2021, with the A1000 Mobile following in March 2022.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU is faster overall?

A: The RTX A1000 Mobile. It won both head-to-head benchmarks in the database, leading by 22.4 percent in Geekbench OpenCL and 24.4 percent in Geekbench Vulkan, and its average score of 47743 exceeds the MX570 A's 38691.

Q: Do the two GPUs have the same core counts?

A: Yes. Both have 2048 shading units, 64 TMUs, 32 ROPs, 16 RT cores, and 64 tensor cores. The performance gap comes from memory bandwidth and capacity, not compute resources.

Q: How much more memory bandwidth does the A1000 Mobile have?

A: The A1000 Mobile delivers 176.0 GB/s across a 128-bit bus, while the MX570 A delivers 96.00 GB/s across a 64-bit bus. The A1000 Mobile also has 4 GB of GDDR6 to the MX570 A's 2 GB.

Q: Which GPU consumes less power?

A: The MX570 A, with a thermal design power of 25 W compared to the A1000 Mobile's 60 W.

Q: Are both GPUs still in production?

A: No. Both are listed as end-of-life. The MX570 A launched on December 16, 2021, and the RTX A1000 Mobile followed on March 29, 2022.

Q: How do they compare against other GPUs in the database?

A: The A1000 Mobile ranks in the 85th percentile versus all GPUs and performs within 1.5 percent of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT. The MX570 A sits in the 81st percentile and is statistically level with the AMD Radeon Pro 580X.

Specification Differences

| Field | RTX A1000 Mobile | GeForce MX570 A |

|---|---|---|

| Chip | GA107 | GA107SB |

| Generation | Ampere-MW (Ax000) | GeForce MX (5xx) |

| Base clock | 630 MHz | 832 MHz |

| Boost clock | 1140 MHz | 1155 MHz |

| Memory size | 4 GB GDDR6 | 2 GB GDDR6 |

| Bus width | 128 bit | 64 bit |

| Memory bandwidth | 176.0 GB/s | 96.00 GB/s |

| Memory speed | 1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective | 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective |

| TDP | 60 W | 25 W |

| Pixel rate | 36.48 GPixel/s | 36.96 GPixel/s |

| Texture rate | 72.96 GTexel/s | 73.92 GTexel/s |

| FP32 | 4.669 TFLOPS | 4.731 TFLOPS |

| Release date | March 29, 2022 | December 16, 2021 |

| Predecessor | Quadro Turing-M | None listed |

| Successor | Ada-MW | None listed |

Everything else is shared: Ampere architecture, Samsung 8 nm fabrication, 8,700 million transistors, a 200 mm² die, identical core counts, PCIe 4.0 x8, and the same API support through DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The Geekbench OpenCL result sets the tone. The RTX A1000 Mobile scores 48703, the GeForce MX570 A scores 39780, and the delta is 22.4 percent in the A1000 Mobile's favor. Given that both GPUs post nearly identical theoretical FP32 throughput, this gap is a direct indictment of the MX570 A's memory subsystem: when a workload spills past the theoretical rates, the 96.00 GB/s of available bandwidth and the 2 GB capacity become the limiting factors, while the A1000 Mobile's 176.0 GB/s across a wider bus keeps data flowing.

The Vulkan result is even more lopsided. The A1000 Mobile records 46782 against the MX570 A's 37601, a 24.4 percent margin, the largest gap between the two in the database. Modern graphics APIs lean heavily on bandwidth and capacity, and that plays directly to the A1000 Mobile's strengths.

To put the winner's standing in context, the A1000 Mobile's average benchmark score of 47743 places it in rare company for a mobile part. Among its nearest rivals, the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT averages 48477, only 1.5 percent ahead, while the A1000 Mobile leads the AMD Radeon RX 6550M by 2.2 percent, the Intel Arc A530M by 2.4 percent, and the AMD Radeon RX 5600M by 2.5 percent. The MX570 A's average of 38691 puts it in a different tier entirely, level with the AMD Radeon Pro 580X at 38706, one percent ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce MX570, and 1.1 percent behind the AMD Radeon Pro 575X.

The verdict from the recorded data is straightforward. Despite matching core counts, near-identical clocks, and the same underlying silicon platform, the RTX A1000 Mobile is roughly a fifth to a quarter faster in every measured test, entirely on the strength of its memory configuration. The MX570 A's only counterargument is its lower 25 W power target, a meaningful consideration for thermally constrained systems, but not one that shows up in any benchmark win.