AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 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 Vega 56

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1471 MHz vs 1379 MHz
  • 1869.7x more texture fill rate: 330.00 GTexel/s vs 176.5 GTexel / s
  • Around 75% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2048
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13305 vs 9982
  • Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 775 vs 437
  • 4.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 163998 vs 37928
  • Around 48% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1022.925 vs 692.9
  • Around 41% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 6870 vs 4887
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 August 2017 vs 27 June 2017
Boost clock speed 1471 MHz vs 1379 MHz
Texture fill rate 330.00 GTexel/s vs 176.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3584 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 16 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13305 vs 9982
PassMark - G2D Mark 775 vs 437
Geekbench - OpenCL 163998 vs 37928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1022.925 vs 692.9
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6870 vs 4887

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

  • Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 1156 MHz
  • 537.9x better floating-point performance: 5,648 gflops vs 10.5 TFLOPs
  • Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 210 Watt
  • 5x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 214.123 vs 184.405
  • Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2293.496 vs 1765.06
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 12.704 vs 12.606
  • Around 76% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 139.717 vs 79.32
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14915 vs 14462
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8902 vs 3717
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8048 vs 3361
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14915 vs 14462
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8902 vs 3717
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8048 vs 3361
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1215 MHz vs 1156 MHz
Floating-point performance 5,648 gflops vs 10.5 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 210 Watt
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 214.123 vs 184.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2293.496 vs 1765.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.704 vs 12.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 139.717 vs 79.32
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14915 vs 14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8902 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8048 vs 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14915 vs 14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8902 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8048 vs 3361

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13305
9982
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
775
437
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
163998
37928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
184.405
214.123
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1765.06
2293.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.606
12.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
79.32
139.717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1022.925
692.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14462
14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
8048
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14462
14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
8048
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
6870
4887
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 13305 9982
PassMark - G2D Mark 775 437
Geekbench - OpenCL 163998 37928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 184.405 214.123
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1765.06 2293.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.606 12.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 79.32 139.717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1022.925 692.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14462 14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 8048
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14462 14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 8048
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6870 4887

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Pascal
Code name Vega 10 GP104
Design Radeon RX Vega Series
Launch date 14 August 2017 27 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $399
Place in performance rating 211 223
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1471 MHz 1379 MHz
Compute units 56
Core clock speed 1156 MHz 1215 MHz
Floating-point performance 10.5 TFLOPs 5,648 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 16 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 21 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 10.5 TFLOPs
Pipelines 3584 2048
Pixel fill rate 94.00 GP/s
Render output units 64
Stream Processors 3584
Texture fill rate 330.00 GTexel/s 176.5 GTexel / s
Texture Units 256
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 210 Watt 115 Watt
Transistor count 12,500 million 7,200 million

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 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin None
Laptop size large

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 410 GB/s 256.3 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 8008 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
FreeSync
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection