AMD FirePro D300 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded database contains two shared benchmark results, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile wins both by a decisive margin. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 3070 Ti Mobile scores 106,022 against the AMD FirePro D300's 19,515, a delta of 443.3%. That is not a marginal lead; it is a generational chasm in raw compute throughput. The Vulkan result tells a similar story: 100,027 for the NVIDIA part versus 19,759 for the AMD part, a 406.2% advantage. Both deltas exceed four times the rival's score, which means the RTX 3070 Ti Mobile is not merely faster, it operates in a different performance tier entirely.

Context from the nearest rivals further clarifies the gap. The RTX 3070 Ti Mobile's average benchmark score sits at 23,518, landing between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile (23,628, delta -0.5%) and the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 (23,315, delta 0.9%). That places it within a whisper of the RTX 3080 Mobile, which is remarkable for a lower-tier mobile part. Meanwhile, the FirePro D300's average score is 19,637, with nearest rivals including the NVIDIA Quadro K5200 (19,602, delta 0.2%) and the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT (19,765, delta -0.6%). The FirePro D300 is competitive with those older or mid-range desktop parts, but it does not approach the RTX 3070 Ti Mobile's territory.

Looking at the individual benchmark spread, the RTX 3070 Ti Mobile shows strength across API generations. Its Passmark G3D score is 17,727, its Passmark GPU Compute score is 7,504, and its DirectX 12 score is 73. The FirePro D300 has no recorded Passmark entries in the database, so those comparisons are unavailable, but the two Geekbench results are sufficient to establish the overall trend. The RTX 3070 Ti Mobile also records a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2,572, which is not shared with the FirePro D300 but indicates modern DirectX 12 Ultimate capability. The FirePro D300, by contrast, supports DirectX 12 (11_1), a feature level that predates the full DirectX 12 feature set.

The percentile rankings reinforce the hierarchy. The RTX 3070 Ti Mobile sits at the 69th percentile among all GPUs in the database, while the FirePro D300 sits at the 64th percentile. Though the percentile gap appears modest, the raw score gap is enormous because the percentile scale compresses differences at the higher end. The RTX 3070 Ti Mobile's average score of 23,518 versus the FirePro D300's 19,637 represents a 19.8% overall margin, but the head-to-head Geekbench deltas are far larger because those tests stress compute and modern API paths where the NVIDIA architecture excels.

The FirePro D300's best result, its Geekbench Vulkan score of 19,759, is still less than one-fifth of the RTX 3070 Ti Mobile's Vulkan score. Even accounting for driver maturity or workload differences, no reasonable interpretation of these numbers places the AMD part ahead in any shared test. The wins tally in the database is 2 for the NVIDIA part and 0 for the AMD part, which matches the raw data exactly.

The Verdict

The data is unambiguous: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile outperforms the AMD FirePro D300 in every recorded shared benchmark. For any user selecting between these two based purely on performance, the RTX 3070 Ti Mobile is the only rational choice. Its average benchmark score of 23,518 exceeds the FirePro D300's 19,637 by nearly 4,000 points, and its nearest rivals include the RTX 3080 Mobile, a high-end mobile part, rather than the Quadro K5200 or RX 6650 XT that surround the FirePro D300.

The FirePro D300 is an older product, released in early 2014, while the RTX 3070 Ti Mobile launched in early 2022. That eight-year gap shows in the architecture and the resulting performance. The FirePro D300's 2.176 TFLOPS of FP32 compute is dwarfed by the RTX 3070 Ti Mobile's 16.60 TFLOPS, a 7.6x difference in raw floating-point throughput. The RTX 3070 Ti Mobile also supports FP16 at a 1:1 ratio, delivering 16.60 TFLOPS for half-precision workloads, while the FirePro D300 has no recorded FP16 capability.

For professional or workstation use, the FirePro D300's FirePro lineage might suggest driver certification advantages, but the database does not include any professional application benchmarks for either card, so that claim cannot be substantiated from the recorded data. What the data does show is that the RTX 3070 Ti Mobile is faster in compute, faster in Vulkan, and faster in the aggregate. The verdict for any performance-driven purchase is clear: choose the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX 3070 Ti Mobile wins in every shared test, so the "where each one wins" section is mostly one-sided. However, the FirePro D300 does have a few characteristics that are not performance wins but could matter in specific contexts. It is a single-slot card with a length of 242 mm (9.5 inches), which makes it physically smaller than many modern cards, though the RTX 3070 Ti Mobile is a mobile part with no listed slot width or dimensions. The FirePro D300 also uses a PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, while the RTX 3070 Ti Mobile uses PCIe 4.0 x16, so the NVIDIA part has a bandwidth advantage on paper, but the FirePro D300's older interface is sufficient for its older memory architecture.

The FirePro D300's TDP is 150 W, which is higher than the RTX 3070 Ti Mobile's 115 W, meaning the NVIDIA part is more power-efficient per unit of performance. The RTX 3070 Ti Mobile delivers 16.60 TFLOPS at 115 W, while the FirePro D300 delivers 2.176 TFLOPS at 150 W. That is a 7.6x performance advantage with a 23% lower power draw. For mobile or thermally constrained environments, the RTX 3070 Ti Mobile is the clear winner on efficiency.

The FirePro D300 has four DisplayPort 1.2 outputs, which is a specific multi-monitor capability, while the RTX 3070 Ti Mobile's display outputs are listed as "Portable Device Dependent," meaning they vary by laptop implementation. If a user needs fixed, dedicated display outputs on a desktop workstation, the FirePro D300 offers that, but the RTX 3070 Ti Mobile's mobile nature makes direct comparison awkward. The RTX 3070 Ti Mobile also has no power connectors listed, while the FirePro D300 suggests a 450 W power supply, again reflecting the desktop versus mobile form factor difference.

In terms of API support, the RTX 3070 Ti Mobile supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, while the FirePro D300 supports DirectX 12 (11_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.2.170. The RTX 3070 Ti Mobile's Vulkan version is newer, and its DirectX 12 Ultimate feature level includes ray tracing and mesh shaders, which the FirePro D300 cannot handle. For any modern gaming or compute workload that uses these features, the NVIDIA part wins by default.

FAQ

Q: How much faster is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile in Geekbench OpenCL?

A: The RTX 3070 Ti Mobile scores 106,022 against the FirePro D300's 19,515, a 443.3% delta in favor of the NVIDIA part.

Q: What is the average benchmark score difference between the two GPUs?

A: The RTX 3070 Ti Mobile's average benchmark score is 23,518, while the FirePro D300's is 19,637, a difference of 3,881 points in favor of the NVIDIA part.

Q: Does the AMD FirePro D300 win any shared benchmark?

A: No. In the two shared tests (Geekbench OpenCL and Geekbench Vulkan), the FirePro D300 loses both, with the RTX 3070 Ti Mobile winning 2 and the FirePro D300 winning 0.

Q: What is the FP32 compute difference between the two cards?

A: The RTX 3070 Ti Mobile delivers 16.60 TFLOPS of FP32, while the FirePro D300 delivers 2.176 TFLOPS, a 7.6x advantage for the NVIDIA part.

Q: Which card has higher memory bandwidth?

A: The RTX 3070 Ti Mobile has 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, while the FirePro D300 has 162.6 GB/s, a 2.75x difference in favor of the NVIDIA part.

Q: How does the RTX 3070 Ti Mobile compare to its nearest rival, the RTX 3080 Mobile?

A: The RTX 3070 Ti Mobile's average score of 23,518 is only 0.5% below the RTX 3080 Mobile's 23,628, making the two effectively equivalent in aggregate performance.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from entirely different architectural eras. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile uses the GA104 chip built on the Ampere architecture, fabricated on an 8 nm process at Samsung. It packs 17,400 million transistors onto a 392 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 44.4 million per square millimeter. The AMD FirePro D300 uses the Pitcairn chip based on GCN 1.0, fabricated on a 28 nm process at TSMC. It contains 2,800 million transistors on a 212 mm² die, with a density of 13.2 million per square millimeter. The RTX 3070 Ti Mobile has 6.2x more transistors and over 3x the transistor density, which explains its massive compute advantage.

The RTX 3070 Ti Mobile features 5,888 shading units, 184 TMUs, and 96 ROPs. It also includes 46 ray tracing cores and 184 tensor cores, which are absent from the FirePro D300. The FirePro D300 has 1,280 shading units, 80 TMUs, and 32 ROPs, with no ray tracing or tensor cores at all. The pixel rate for the RTX 3070 Ti Mobile is 135.4 GPixel/s, versus 27.20 GPixel/s for the FirePro D300. The texture rate is 259.4 GTexel/s versus 68.00 GTexel/s. Every architectural metric favors the NVIDIA part by a factor of 3 to 8.

Memory architecture also differs fundamentally. The RTX 3070 Ti Mobile uses 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus, with a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. The FirePro D300 uses 2 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus, with a bandwidth of 162.6 GB/s. The NVIDIA part has 4x the memory capacity and 2.75x the bandwidth. The RTX 3070 Ti Mobile's memory clock is 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective), while the FirePro D300's is 1270 MHz (5.1 Gbps effective). The RTX 3070 Ti Mobile also supports PCIe 4.0 x16, while the FirePro D300 is limited to PCIe 3.0 x16.

The FirePro D300's GCN 1.0 architecture dates back to 2012, and its lack of dedicated hardware for ray tracing or tensor operations means it cannot accelerate modern AI or ray-traced workloads. The RTX 3070 Ti Mobile's Ampere architecture includes second-generation ray tracing cores and third-generation tensor cores, both of which are absent from the FirePro D300. The RTX 3070 Ti Mobile also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), which includes features like variable rate shading and mesh shaders, while the FirePro D300 only supports DirectX 12 (11_1).

Specification Differences

The table below lists the fields where the two GPUs differ. The RTX 3070 Ti Mobile is a modern mobile part, while the FirePro D300 is a legacy desktop workstation card, and that fundamental distinction drives most of the differences.

| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile | AMD FirePro D300 |

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

| Architecture | Ampere | GCN 1.0 |

| Process Node | 8 nm | 28 nm |

| Foundry | Samsung | TSMC |

| Transistors | 17,400 million | 2,800 million |

| Die Size | 392 mm² | 212 mm² |

| Transistor Density | 44.4M / mm² | 13.2M / mm² |

| Base Clock | 915 MHz | Not listed |

| Boost Clock | 1410 MHz | Not listed |

| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) | 1270 MHz (5.1 Gbps effective) |

| Memory Size | 8 GB | 2 GB |

| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |

| Memory Bandwidth | 448.0 GB/s | 162.6 GB/s |

| Shading Units | 5888 | 1280 |

| TMUs | 184 | 80 |

| ROPs | 96 | 32 |

| RT Cores | 46 | None |

| Tensor Cores | 184 | None |

| Pixel Rate | 135.4 GPixel/s | 27.20 GPixel/s |

| Texture Rate | 259.4 GTexel/s | 68.00 GTexel/s |

| FP32 | 16.60 TFLOPS | 2.176 TFLOPS |

| FP16 | 16.60 TFLOPS (1:1) | Not listed |

| TDP | 115 W | 150 W |

| Slot Width | Not listed | Single-slot |

| Suggested PSU | Not listed | 450 W |

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

| Display Outputs | Portable Device Dependent | 4x DisplayPort 1.2 |

| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (11_1) |

| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.2.170 |

| Release Date | 2022-01-03 | 2014-01-17 |

| Predecessor | GeForce 20 Mobile | FirePro Terascale |

| Successor | None listed | Radeon Instinct |

The RTX 3070 Ti Mobile has no listed power connectors, suggesting it draws power through the mobile platform, while the FirePro D300 is a standalone add-in card that requires a 450 W system power supply. The FirePro D300's length is 242 mm (9.5 inches), while the RTX 3070 Ti Mobile has no listed dimensions. Both cards are end-of-life in production status, but the RTX 3070 Ti Mobile is significantly newer and more capable in every measured metric.