AMD Radeon RX 5500 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

AMD Radeon RX 5500

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1670 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1845 MHz vs 1683 MHz
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3691
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3691
4.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4813 vs 1082

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Oct 2019 vs 10 June 2016
Core clock speed	1670 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz vs 1683 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4813 vs 1082

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

Around 24% higher texture fill rate: 202.0 GTexel / s vs 162.36 GT/s
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13504 vs 8785
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 847 vs 747
Around 7% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 47476 vs 44380
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13765 vs 12069
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13765 vs 12069

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	202.0 GTexel / s vs 162.36 GT/s
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13504 vs 8785
PassMark - G2D Mark	847 vs 747
Geekbench - OpenCL	47476 vs 44380
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13765 vs 12069
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13765 vs 12069

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8785

13504

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

747

847

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

44380

47476

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12069

13765

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3691

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12069

13765

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3691

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3340

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4813

1082

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
PassMark - G3D Mark	8785	13504
PassMark - G2D Mark	747	847
Geekbench - OpenCL	44380	47476
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12069	13765
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12069	13765
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4813	1082
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		150.951
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1718.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		12.283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		28.289
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		710.366

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA	Pascal
Launch date	7 Oct 2019	10 June 2016
Place in performance rating	259	288
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Code name		GP104
Launch price (MSRP)		$379
Price now		$359.99
Value for money (0-100)		45.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz	1683 MHz
Compute units	22
Core clock speed	1670 MHz	1506 MHz
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.4 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.2 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate	59 GP/s
Stream Processors	1408
Texture fill rate	162.36 GT/s	202.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	7,200 million
CUDA cores		1920
Floating-point performance		6,463 gflops
Manufacturing process technology		16 nm
Maximum GPU temperature		94 °C
Pipelines		1920
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 8-pin	8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Width		2-slot
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	256 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		8 GB/s
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL		4.5
Vulkan