NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon R9 290X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) and AMD Radeon R9 290X 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
• Around 78% higher boost clock speed: 1683 MHz vs 947 MHz
• Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 202.0 GTexel / s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
• Around 15% better floating-point performance: 6,463 gflops vs 5,632 gflops
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
• Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
• 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
• Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13504 vs 8559
• Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 846 vs 755
• Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 47430 vs 43410
• Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 150.951 vs 117.322
• Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 12.283 vs 11.12
• Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 710.366 vs 628.757
• Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13765 vs 8729
• Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13765 vs 8729

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

• Around 47% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 1920
• 156.3x more memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 8 GB/s
• Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2460.464 vs 1718.593
• 4.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 120.942 vs 28.289
• Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7055 vs 3691
• Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7055 vs 3691
• 3.7x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3932 vs 1073

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	13504 8559
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	846 755
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	47430 43410
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	150.951 117.322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1718.593 2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12.283 11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	28.289 120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	710.366 628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	13765 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3691 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3340 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	13765 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3691 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3340 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1073 3932

Compare specifications (specs)