NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A vs NVIDIA Tesla P4 Comparison

# Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The two GPUs split their two benchmark confrontations almost perfectly, with each taking one decisive victory. In Geekbench OpenCL, the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A posts 39,780 points against the Tesla P4's 34,947, a commanding 13.8% advantage. That margin is substantial by any measure, placing the MX570 A comfortably ahead in compute-heavy OpenCL workloads. The Tesla P4 fights back in Geekbench Vulkan, however, scoring 40,309 versus 37,601 for the MX570 A, a 6.7% swing in the opposite direction. This split outcome suggests the two architectures respond very differently to the API in use, with the newer Ampere design favoring OpenCL while the older Pascal part shines under Vulkan.

Looking at aggregate performance, the MX570 A's average benchmark score of 38,691 edges out the Tesla P4's 37,628 by roughly 2.8%. Both GPUs sit at the 81st percentile among all GPUs, indicating they occupy a similar tier of overall performance despite their architectural differences. The MX570 A's nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon Pro 580X at 38,706 (0% delta) and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile at 38,349 (0.9% delta), while the Tesla P4 sits alongside the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 at 37,648 (-0.1% delta) and the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 at 37,507 (0.3% delta). These rival comparisons reinforce that both cards hover in the same performance neighborhood, with the MX570 A holding a slight aggregate edge.

# Architecture Differences

The fundamental divide between these two GPUs is generational. The MX570 A is built on NVIDIA's Ampere architecture using the GA107SB chip, fabricated on Samsung's 8 nm process. The Tesla P4, by contrast, uses the older Pascal architecture with the GP104 chip, manufactured on TSMC's 16 nm node. This process gap is significant: the MX570 A packs 8,700 million transistors into a 200 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 43.5 million per square millimeter. The Tesla P4 contains 7,200 million transistors across a much larger 314 mm² die, resulting in just 22.9 million transistors per square millimeter. The Ampere part achieves nearly double the density, a direct benefit of the more advanced manufacturing process.

The memory subsystems diverge sharply as well. The MX570 A uses 2 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 64-bit bus, delivering 96.00 GB/s of bandwidth. The Tesla P4 counters with 8 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus, producing 192.3 GB/s — exactly double the bandwidth. Memory clock rates also differ: the MX570 A runs at 1500 MHz with 12 Gbps effective speed, while the Tesla P4 operates at 1502 MHz with 6 Gbps effective. The Tesla P4's wider bus compensates for its slower memory technology, giving it a clear bandwidth advantage that matters for large datasets.

Compute resources tell another story. The MX570 A features 2,048 shading units, 64 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs, alongside 16 ray-tracing cores and 64 tensor cores. The Tesla P4 has 2,560 shading units, 160 TMUs, and 64 ROPs, but lacks ray-tracing and tensor cores entirely. Despite having fewer shading units, the MX570 A achieves 4.731 TFLOPS FP32 performance, while the Tesla P4 reaches 5.704 TFLOPS FP32. The gap in FP16 is far more dramatic: the MX570 A delivers 4.731 TFLOPS with a 1:1 ratio, whereas the Tesla P4 manages only 89.12 GFLOPS at a 1:64 ratio — a 53x disadvantage for the Pascal part. Pixel and texture rates also favor the Tesla P4: 71.30 GPixel/s and 178.2 GTexel/s versus 36.96 GPixel/s and 73.92 GTexel/s for the MX570 A.

# Where Each One Wins

The MX570 A takes the OpenCL crown by a wide margin, and its 13.8% lead in that test points to strengths in general-purpose compute workloads that leverage OpenCL's cross-platform interface. The Ampere architecture's 1:1 FP16 support is a prime candidate for this advantage, as half-precision throughput is often a bottleneck in OpenCL compute tasks. The presence of tensor cores — 64 of them — also gives the MX570 A dedicated hardware for AI-style workloads, even if the 2 GB memory capacity limits practical use cases. The low 25 W TDP makes this a natural fit for portable devices where power efficiency matters more than raw throughput.

The Tesla P4 wins the Vulkan benchmark by 6.7%, a result that reflects its higher raw shading power. With 2,560 shading units and 160 TMUs, the Pascal chip can push geometry and texture-heavy rendering faster than the Ampere part's 2,048 shaders and 64 TMUs. The 8 GB memory capacity is another clear advantage — quadruple the MX570 A's allocation — which becomes critical for large textures, deep learning inference models, or rendering scenes that exceed 2 GB of working set. The 192.3 GB/s bandwidth also supports these larger data loads, preventing the memory system from becoming the bottleneck. The Tesla P4's 75 W TDP, while higher, enables a single-slot form factor with no power connectors, and its 250 W suggested PSU requirement indicates it can drop into existing server platforms.

For users prioritizing compute density and modern features, the MX570 A's newer architecture wins. For those needing memory capacity and raw rasterization throughput, the Tesla P4 holds the edge. The Vulkan result is particularly telling — the Tesla P4 outperforms despite its older architecture, suggesting that Pascal's brute-force shader count still matters in modern graphics APIs.

# Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ across nearly every major specification category:

| Specification | MX570 A | Tesla P4 |

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

| Architecture | Ampere | Pascal |

| Process Node | 8 nm | 16 nm |

| Foundry | Samsung | TSMC |

| Transistors | 8,700 million | 7,200 million |

| Die Size | 200 mm² | 314 mm² |

| Transistor Density | 43.5M / mm² | 22.9M / mm² |

| Base Clock | 832 MHz | 886 MHz |

| Boost Clock | 1155 MHz | 1114 MHz |

| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective) | 1502 MHz (6 Gbps effective) |

| Memory Size | 2 GB | 8 GB |

| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |

| Memory Bus Width | 64 bit | 256 bit |

| Memory Bandwidth | 96.00 GB/s | 192.3 GB/s |

| Shading Units | 2048 | 2560 |

| TMUs | 64 | 160 |

| ROPs | 32 | 64 |

| RT Cores | 16 | None |

| Tensor Cores | 64 | None |

| Pixel Rate | 36.96 GPixel/s | 71.30 GPixel/s |

| Texture Rate | 73.92 GTexel/s | 178.2 GTexel/s |

| FP32 | 4.731 TFLOPS | 5.704 TFLOPS |

| FP16 | 4.731 TFLOPS (1:1) | 89.12 GFLOPS (1:64) |

| TDP | 25 W | 75 W |

| Slot Width | IGP | Single-slot |

| Power Connectors | None | None |

| Suggested PSU | None | 250 W |

| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |

| Display Outputs | Portable Device Dependent | No outputs |

| DirectX Support | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (12_1) |

| Vulkan Support | 1.4 | 1.4 |

| OpenGL Support | 4.6 | 4.6 |

| Release Date | 2021-12-16 | 2016-09-12 |

| Predecessor | None | Tesla Maxwell |

| Successor | None | Tesla Volta |

# FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A averages 38,691 points across its benchmark tests, while the NVIDIA Tesla P4 averages 37,628 points. The MX570 A leads by roughly 2.8%.

Q: Why does the Tesla P4 win the Vulkan benchmark despite being older?

A: The Tesla P4 has 2,560 shading units and 160 texture mapping units, versus 2,048 shading units and 64 TMUs on the MX570 A. That raw shader count advantage, combined with 192.3 GB/s of memory bandwidth, lets the Pascal part post 40,309 points in Geekbench Vulkan against 37,601 for the Ampere GPU.

Q: What is the memory capacity difference between these two GPUs?

A: The Tesla P4 ships with 8 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, while the MX570 A has 2 GB of GDDR6 on a 64-bit bus. This gives the Tesla P4 exactly double the memory bandwidth at 192.3 GB/s versus 96.00 GB/s.

Q: Does the MX570 A support ray tracing or tensor cores?

A: Yes, the MX570 A includes 16 ray-tracing cores and 64 tensor cores as part of its Ampere architecture. The Tesla P4 has neither feature, as Pascal predates both technologies.

Q: How do the FP16 performance figures compare?

A: The MX570 A delivers 4.731 TFLOPS FP16 performance with a 1:1 ratio to FP32, while the Tesla P4 manages only 89.12 GFLOPS at a 1:64 ratio. This represents a roughly 53x advantage for the MX570 A in half-precision compute.

Q: What are the power requirements for each card?

A: The MX570 A has a 25 W TDP and requires no power connectors, while the Tesla P4 has a 75 W TDP, also with no power connectors, but a 250 W suggested PSU is recommended for the system.