AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 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 64

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1247 MHz vs 1215 MHz
  • Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1546 MHz vs 1379 MHz
  • 2242.5x more texture fill rate: 395.80 GTexel/s vs 176.5 GTexel / s
  • 4x more pipelines: 8192 vs 2048
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14406 vs 10005
  • Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 801 vs 438
  • 5.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 204168 vs 37928
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 14.889 vs 12.704
  • Around 92% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1328.033 vs 692.9
  • Around 54% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7527 vs 4887
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 August 2017 vs 27 June 2017
Core clock speed 1247 MHz vs 1215 MHz
Boost clock speed 1546 MHz vs 1379 MHz
Texture fill rate 395.80 GTexel/s vs 176.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines 8192 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 16 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 14406 vs 10005
PassMark - G2D Mark 801 vs 438
Geekbench - OpenCL 204168 vs 37928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.889 vs 12.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1328.033 vs 692.9
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7527 vs 4887

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

  • 444.7x better floating-point performance: 5,648 gflops vs 12.7 TFLOPs
  • 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 295 Watt
  • 4.2x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1890 MHz
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 214.123 vs 195.478
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2293.496 vs 2129.009
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 139.717 vs 129.271
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14915 vs 14744
  • 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 3358
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14915 vs 14744
  • 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 3358
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 5,648 gflops vs 12.7 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 295 Watt
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 214.123 vs 195.478
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2293.496 vs 2129.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 139.717 vs 129.271
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14915 vs 14744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8902 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8048 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14915 vs 14744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8902 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8048 vs 3358

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
14406
10005
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
801
438
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
204168
37928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
195.478
214.123
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2129.009
2293.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14.889
12.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
129.271
139.717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1328.033
692.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14744
14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
8048
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14744
14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
8048
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
7527
4887
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 14406 10005
PassMark - G2D Mark 801 438
Geekbench - OpenCL 204168 37928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 195.478 214.123
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2129.009 2293.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.889 12.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 129.271 139.717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1328.033 692.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14744 14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 8048
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14744 14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 8048
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7527 4887

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Pascal
Code name Vega 10 GP104
Design Radeon RX Vega Series
Launch date 7 August 2017 27 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Place in performance rating 172 222
Price now $449.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 41.07

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1546 MHz 1379 MHz
Compute units 64
Core clock speed 1247 MHz 1215 MHz
Floating-point performance 12.7 TFLOPs 5,648 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 840 GFLOPs
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 26.7 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 13.4 TFLOPs
Pipelines 8192 2048
Pixel fill rate 98.90 GP/s
Render output units 64
Stream Processors 4096
Texture fill rate 395.80 GTexel/s 176.5 GTexel / s
Texture Units 256
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 295 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 279 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 750 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 483.8 GB/s 256.3 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1890 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