NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) vs AMD FireStream 9170

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) and AMD FireStream 9170 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

AMD FireStream 9170

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 88% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 800 MHz
15.8x more texture fill rate: 202.0 GTexel / s vs 12.8 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 1920 vs 320
12.6x better floating-point performance: 6,463 gflops vs 512.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
20.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13504 vs 647
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 846 vs 493

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 June 2016 vs 8 November 2007
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	202.0 GTexel / s vs 12.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1920 vs 320
Floating-point performance	6,463 gflops vs 512.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13504 vs 647
PassMark - G2D Mark	846 vs 493

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9170

Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 150 Watt
200x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 8 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 8 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9170

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13504

647

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

846

493

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)	AMD FireStream 9170
PassMark - G3D Mark	13504	647
PassMark - G2D Mark	846	493
Geekbench - OpenCL	47434
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13765
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13765
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1073

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)	AMD FireStream 9170
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale
Code name	GP104	RV670
Launch date	10 June 2016	8 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$379
Place in performance rating	292	295
Price now	$359.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	45.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1683 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	800 MHz
CUDA cores	1920
Floating-point performance	6,463 gflops	512.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C
Pipelines	1920	320
Texture fill rate	202.0 GTexel / s	12.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin	1x 6-pin
Width	2-slot
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8 GB/s	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality