AMD Radeon RX 590 GME vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 590 GME 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 590 GME

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 1215 MHz
  • 1125.8x more texture fill rate: 198.7 GTexel/s vs 176.5 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 658 vs 436
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 20161 vs 8048
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 20161 vs 8048
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 9 Mar 2020 vs 27 June 2017
Core clock speed 1257 MHz vs 1215 MHz
Boost clock speed 1380 MHz vs 1379 MHz
Texture fill rate 198.7 GTexel/s vs 176.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 16 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 658 vs 436
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 20161 vs 8048
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 20161 vs 8048

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

  • Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 175 Watt
  • 4x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective)
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9955 vs 8570
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14915 vs 5140
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14915 vs 5140
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8902 vs 6839
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8902 vs 6839
  • Around 10% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4887 vs 4431
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 175 Watt
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9955 vs 8570
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14915 vs 5140
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14915 vs 5140
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8902 vs 6839
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8902 vs 6839
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4887 vs 4431

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 590 GME
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
658
436
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8570
9955
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5140
14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5140
14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6839
8902
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6839
8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20161
8048
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20161
8048
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4431
4887
Name AMD Radeon RX 590 GME NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark 658 436
PassMark - G3D Mark 8570 9955
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5140 14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5140 14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6839 8902
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6839 8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 20161 8048
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 20161 8048
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4431 4887
Geekbench - OpenCL 37928
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

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 590 GME NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Pascal
Code name Polaris 20 GP104
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
Launch date 9 Mar 2020 27 June 2017
Place in performance rating 206 222
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1380 MHz 1379 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1257 MHz 1215 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 397.4 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 6.359 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 6.359 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate 44.16 GPixel/s
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2304
Texture fill rate 198.7 GTexel/s 176.5 GTexel / s
Texture Units 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt 115 Watt
Transistor count 5700 million 7,200 million
Floating-point performance 5,648 gflops
Pipelines 2048

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
G-SYNC support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin None
Width Dual-slot
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

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

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready