AMD Radeon RX 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 640 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 640

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 193x more texture fill rate: 38.98 GTexel/s vs 202.0 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 218.8x more memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective) vs 8 GB/s
Launch date 13 May 2019 vs 10 June 2016
Texture fill rate 38.98 GTexel/s vs 202.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective) vs 8 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

  • Around 39% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1082 MHz
  • Around 38% higher boost clock speed: 1683 MHz vs 1218 MHz
  • 3.8x more pipelines: 1920 vs 512
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3691 vs 1769
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3691 vs 1769
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 2775
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 2775
  • 4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13765 vs 3278
  • 4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13765 vs 3278
  • 4.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 47476 vs 11683
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 847 vs 352
  • 6.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13504 vs 2142
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 1082 MHz
Boost clock speed 1683 MHz vs 1218 MHz
Pipelines 1920 vs 512
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3691 vs 1769
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3691 vs 1769
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340 vs 2775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 vs 2775
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13765 vs 3278
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13765 vs 3278
Geekbench - OpenCL 47476 vs 11683
PassMark - G2D Mark 847 vs 352
PassMark - G3D Mark 13504 vs 2142

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1769
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1769
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2775
3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2775
3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3278
13765
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3278
13765
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11683
47476
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
352
847
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2142
13504
Name AMD Radeon RX 640 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1769 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1769 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2775 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2775 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3278 13765
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3278 13765
Geekbench - OpenCL 11683 47476
PassMark - G2D Mark 352 847
PassMark - G3D Mark 2142 13504
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1082

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 640 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Pascal
Code name Arctic Islands GP104
Launch date 13 May 2019 10 June 2016
Place in performance rating 794 288
Launch price (MSRP) $379
Price now $359.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 45.72

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1218 MHz 1683 MHz
Compute units 8
Core clock speed 1082 MHz 1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 77.95 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 1247 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 1247 GFLOPS
Pipelines 512 1920
Pixel fill rate 19.49 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 38.98 GTexel/s 202.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 2200 million 7,200 million
CUDA cores 1920
Floating-point performance 6,463 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 94 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
DisplayPort support
HDMI
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 5.7 inches (145 mm) 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt 500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None 8-pin
Width Dual-slot 2-slot
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 112.0 GB/s 256 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective) 8 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality