AMD Radeon Pro W6900X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6900X 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1215 MHz
  • Around 56% higher boost clock speed: 2150 MHz vs 1379 MHz
  • 3898x more texture fill rate: 688.0 GTexel/s vs 176.5 GTexel / s
  • 2.5x more pipelines: 5120 vs 2048
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 16 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 8 GB
  • 3.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 151605 vs 41185
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 Aug 2021 vs 27 June 2017
Core clock speed 1825 MHz vs 1215 MHz
Boost clock speed 2150 MHz vs 1379 MHz
Texture fill rate 688.0 GTexel/s vs 176.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines 5120 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 151605 vs 41185

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

  • 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 300 W
  • 4x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8902 vs 3739
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8902 vs 3739
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 300 W
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8902 vs 3739
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8902 vs 3739

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6900X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
151605
41185
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3739
8902
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3739
8902
Name AMD Radeon Pro W6900X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
Geekbench - OpenCL 151605 41185
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3739 8902
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3739 8902
PassMark - G3D Mark 9937
PassMark - G2D Mark 428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 214.123
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2293.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 139.717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 692.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14915
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8048
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14915
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8048
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4887

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W6900X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Pascal
Code name Navi 21 GP104
Launch date 3 Aug 2021 27 June 2017
Place in performance rating 230 233
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2150 MHz 1379 MHz
Compute units 80
Core clock speed 1825 MHz 1215 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 1,376 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 44.03 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 22.02 TFLOPS
Pipelines 5120 2048
Pixel fill rate 275.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 688.0 GTexel/s 176.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 W 115 Watt
Transistor count 26800 million 7,200 million
Floating-point performance 5,648 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.14x Thunderbolt No outputs
G-SYNC support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Quad-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 W
Supplementary power connectors None None
Width 120 mm 4.7 inches
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 512.0 GB/s 256.3 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective 8008 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready