AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 1414.2x more texture fill rate: 249.6 GTexel/s vs 176.5 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 2048
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11300 vs 9937
  • Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 784 vs 428
  • Around 31% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 53770 vs 41185
  • Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3063.269 vs 2293.496
  • Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 883.876 vs 692.9
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 10411 vs 8048
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 10411 vs 8048
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 19 March 2019 vs 27 June 2017
Texture fill rate 249.6 GTexel/s vs 176.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3072 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 16 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 11300 vs 9937
PassMark - G2D Mark 784 vs 428
Geekbench - OpenCL 53770 vs 41185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3063.269 vs 2293.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 883.876 vs 692.9
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 10411 vs 8048
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 10411 vs 8048

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

  • Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1379 MHz vs 1300 MHz
  • 108.7x lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 12500 million
  • 10.2x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
  • Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 214.123 vs 135.416
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14915 vs 11925
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8902 vs 3947
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14915 vs 11925
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8902 vs 3947
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1215 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Boost clock speed 1379 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 12500 million
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 214.123 vs 135.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.704 vs 12.678
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14915 vs 11925
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8902 vs 3947
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14915 vs 11925
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8902 vs 3947

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
11300
9937
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
784
428
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
53770
41185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.416
214.123
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3063.269
2293.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.678
12.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
883.876
692.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11925
14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3947
8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10411
8048
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11925
14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3947
8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10411
8048
Name AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 11300 9937
PassMark - G2D Mark 784 428
Geekbench - OpenCL 53770 41185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 135.416 214.123
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3063.269 2293.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.678 12.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 883.876 692.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11925 14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3947 8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 10411 8048
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11925 14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3947 8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 10411 8048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 139.717
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4887

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture Vega 10 PRO Pascal
Code name Greenland GP104
GCN generation GCN 5.0
Launch date 19 March 2019 27 June 2017
Place in performance rating 237 234
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz 1379 MHz
Core clock speed 1200 MHz 1215 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 499.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 15.97 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.987 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3072 2048
Pixel fill rate 83.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 249.6 GTexel/s 176.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12500 million 115 Watt
Floating-point performance 5,648 gflops
Transistor count 7,200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
G-SYNC support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.3
Vulkan

Memory

High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 402.4 GB/s 256.3 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective) 8008 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready