AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 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 - Video Composition (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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 1560 MHz vs 1379 MHz
  • 1272.5x more texture fill rate: 224.6 GTexel/s vs 176.5 GTexel / s
  • Around 13% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 2048
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13490 vs 9848
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 871 vs 423
  • Around 64% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 64726 vs 39513
  • Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3560.776 vs 2293.496
  • Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 20.486 vs 12.704
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 148.938 vs 139.717
  • Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1111.648 vs 692.9
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 Jan 2020 vs 27 June 2017
Boost clock speed 1560 MHz vs 1379 MHz
Texture fill rate 224.6 GTexel/s vs 176.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2304 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 16 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13490 vs 9848
PassMark - G2D Mark 871 vs 423
Geekbench - OpenCL 64726 vs 39513
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3560.776 vs 2293.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 20.486 vs 12.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 148.938 vs 139.717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1111.648 vs 692.9

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

  • Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 1130 MHz
  • Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • 5.3x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 214.123 vs 207.909
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14915 vs 13621
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8902 vs 3719
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8048 vs 3358
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14915 vs 13621
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8902 vs 3719
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8048 vs 3358
  • 2.9x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4887 vs 1669
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1215 MHz vs 1130 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 214.123 vs 207.909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14915 vs 13621
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8902 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8048 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14915 vs 13621
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8902 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8048 vs 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4887 vs 1669

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13490
9848
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
871
423
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
64726
39513
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
207.909
214.123
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3560.776
2293.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20.486
12.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
148.938
139.717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1111.648
692.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13621
14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
8048
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13621
14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
8048
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1669
4887
Name AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 13490 9848
PassMark - G2D Mark 871 423
Geekbench - OpenCL 64726 39513
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 207.909 214.123
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3560.776 2293.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 20.486 12.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 148.938 139.717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1111.648 692.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13621 14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 8048
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13621 14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 8048
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1669 4887

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 Pascal
Code name Navi 10 XLE GP104
Launch date 21 Jan 2020 27 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $279
Place in performance rating 210 218
Type Desktop, Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1560 MHz 1379 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1130 MHz 1215 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 449.3 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 14.38 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.188 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2304 2048
Pixel fill rate 99.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 224.6 GTexel/s 176.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 115 Watt
Transistor count 10300 million 7,200 million
Floating-point performance 5,648 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort count 3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
G-SYNC support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 10.5 inches (267 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin None
Width Dual-slot
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 256.3 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) 8008 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready