AMD Radeon RX 590 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 590 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) 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 590

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
• 1101.4x more texture fill rate: 222.48 GTexel/s vs 202.0 GTexel / s
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 16 nm
• 1000x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 8 GB/s
• Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 46689 vs 44918
• Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2083.862 vs 1718.593
• Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 12.352 vs 12.283
• 4.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 139.477 vs 28.289
• Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 762.142 vs 710.366
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 3691
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3340
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 3691
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

• Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1469 MHz
• Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1683 MHz vs 1545 MHz
• 910.3x better floating-point performance: 6,463 gflops vs 7.1 TFLOPs
• Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 175 Watt
• Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13508 vs 9464
• Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 851 vs 796
• Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 150.951 vs 137.469
• Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13765 vs 13383
• Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13765 vs 13383
• Around 27% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 6066 vs 4763

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 590
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	9464 13508
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	796 851
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	46689 44918
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	137.469 150.951
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2083.862 1718.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12.352 12.283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	139.477 28.289
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	762.142 710.366
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	13383 13765
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3716 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	13383 13765
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3716 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	4763 6066

Compare specifications (specs)