SPECviewperf has been the most important synthetic benchmark for evaluating professional graphics cards in the workstation environment for many years. In contrast to practical full-version tests such as Autodesk Maya, Inventor or PTC Creo, it is based on freely available viewsets that simulate real workloads but do not require any original software to be paid for. This is precisely what makes it particularly attractive for manufacturers, as any GPU can be tested without license restrictions. In return, no certified driver constraints are imposed – in other words, all manufacturers are free to optimize their drivers to achieve maximum performance in these standardized scenarios. Accordingly, the results here are often better than in real CAD or DCC environments, where certified but more conservative drivers are used. All too often, however, this results in an exhibition race for benchmark figures. Cards shine in SPECviewperf, while they sometimes fare worse in the real full versions, as stability, compatibility and certified feature sets are required there. SPEC results are therefore useful for an overall assessment, but must always be read in relation to the real applications. And that is precisely why I have gone to so much trouble on the previous pages and put a considerable amount of effort into the software.
The entire SPECviewperf 15 run was carried out in Full HD. The reason for this lies in the memory expansion: Both the AMD Radeon Pro W7500 and the NVIDIA RTX A1000 only have 8 GB of VRAM. In higher resolutions, there were failures or unusable results in individual viewsets because the scenes exceeded the available graphics memory in these cases. In order to ensure fair comparability and complete results across all ten benchmarks, the tests were therefore carried out consistently in 1920 × 1080.
Blender 3.6 LTS
The trend already observed in the OpenGL-based Blender workload continues. The Radeon AI R9700 and the RX 9070XT are almost on a par and again at a very high performance level. The Radeon Pro W7800 is once again positioned in the upper third and shows consistent behavior for professional workflows. The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada follows at a distance, while the RTX 2000 Ada and the Arc-Pro models are clearly behind the Radeon Pro graphics cards. The RTX A1000 also confirms its role as the clearly inferior model here.
CATIA 2022
CATIA also reacts very positively to the Radeon architecture. The AI R9700 and the RX 9070XT once again occupy the top two positions, while the Radeon Pro W7800 delivers stable performance as the third-fastest solution. The NVIDIA cards can only keep up to a limited extent in this test and fall behind more significantly in some scenes. The Arc Pro models remain in the lower midfield without catching up with the Pro Radeon models.
Creo 9
In Creo 9, the two consumer Radeon models are also clearly ahead of the rest of the field. The Pro W7800 remains a powerful addition, while the RTX 4000 Ada confirms its performance level from previous workloads. The RTX 2000 Ada and the Arc Pro graphics cards are positioned behind the Radeon Pro models. The RTX A1000 is once again clearly lagging behind.
OpendTect 7.0
The geoscientific OpendTect confirms the dominance of the top Radeon models. The RX 9070XT and the AI R9700 lead by a clear margin, followed by the Radeon Pro W7800. NVIDIA can at least hold its own in the upper midfield with the RTX 4000 Ada, but remains behind AMD in all individual rankings. The Arc Pro models are ranked behind the Pro Radeon graphics cards and lag far behind in technical terms.
Chaos Enscape 4.0
The Vulkan-based Enscape scene shows a particularly clear separation of the performance groups. The AI R9700 achieves the highest score and is clearly ahead of the RX 9070XT. The Radeon Pro W7800 follows as the third most powerful solution. With the RTX 4000 Ada, NVIDIA makes it into the solid mid-range, but with no prospect of catching up with the Radeon models. Intel Arc also remains in the lower midfield here, with the A1000 again lagging behind.
Autodesk Maya 2025
Maya 2025 emphasizes the tendency of the previous test and shows a further significant increase in the Radeon advantage. The AI R9700 is comfortably ahead of the RX 9070XT. The Radeon Pro W7800 remains stable in third place and shows very consistent behavior for professional workloads. NVIDIA and Intel are broadly diversified behind it without jeopardizing the top positions. The RTX A1000 also remains the weakest model in this workload.
3D-Slicer 5.6.1
Medical visualization, which traditionally places high demands on memory bandwidth and preprocessing performance, shows a particularly striking lead for the Radeon AI R9700 and the RX 9070XT. The Radeon Pro W7800 also achieves a strong result, while NVIDIA and Intel fall far behind. Although the RTX 4000 Ada has a usable performance, it remains below the top Radeon models. The RTX A1000 is clearly lagging behind in this test.
Solidworks 2024
Solidworks 2024 once again clearly places the AI R9700 and the RX 9070XT at the top. The Radeon Pro W7800 follows, while NVIDIA only catches up again with the RTX 4000 Ada, but still at a distance. The workstation models in the Radeon series are stable in the midfield, while Intel Arc falls further behind here than in Blender or Catia. The RTX A1000 does not achieve competitive performance in this test either.
Unreal 5.4
The DX12-based Unreal workload confirms the performance of the Radeon architecture in complex real-time scenes. The RX 9070XT and the AI R9700 dominate once again. The Radeon Pro W7800 remains in third place. NVIDIA achieves a decent, but not leading position with the RTX 4000 Ada. The Arc Pro graphics cards are further down the list and the RTX A1000 remains the weakest model.
Interim conclusion
The SPECviewperf results show an exceptional consistency across all individual tests in favor of the Radeon AI R9700 and the Radeon RX 9070XT. Both models dominate all workloads, regardless of whether DirectX, OpenGL or Vulkan are used. The Radeon Pro W7800 shows a stable performance and is almost consistently in third place, while NVIDIA and Intel have no chance of reaching the top spot, especially in the professional environment. The RTX 4000 Ada achieves decent results in some scenes, but remains clearly distanced. The Arc Pro models are in the lower to middle range, depending on the workload, and the RTX A1000 brings up the rear in all tests.
- 1 - Introduction and technical data
- 2 - Test system and equipment
- 3 - Autodesk AutoCAD
- 4 - Autodesk Inventor Pro
- 5 - PTC Creo
- 6 - Dassault Systèmes Solidworks
- 7 - Autodesk Maya
- 8 - SPECviewperf 15 (2025)
- 9 - Adobe Photoshop 26.10
- 10 - Adobe After Effects 2025
- 11 - Adobe Premiere Pro 25.41
- 12 - KI Benchmarks (AI Vision, Image, Text)
- 13 - Rendering
- 14 - Temperatures, clock rate, fans, noise and power draw
- 15 - Summary and conclusion
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