NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon R9 390X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) and AMD Radeon R9 390X 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 Radeon R9 390X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 60% higher boost clock speed: 1683 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 202.0 GTexel / s vs 184.8 GTexel / s
Around 9% better floating-point performance: 6,463 gflops vs 5,914 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 275 Watt
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13507 vs 9443
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 851 vs 819
Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 150.951 vs 114.288
Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 12.283 vs 10.947
Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 710.366 vs 683.568
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13765 vs 11675
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13765 vs 11675
Around 43% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 6066 vs 4242

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 June 2016 vs 18 June 2015
Boost clock speed	1683 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Texture fill rate	202.0 GTexel / s vs 184.8 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	6,463 gflops vs 5,914 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 275 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13507 vs 9443
PassMark - G2D Mark	851 vs 819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	150.951 vs 114.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	12.283 vs 10.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	710.366 vs 683.568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13765 vs 11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13765 vs 11675
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6066 vs 4242

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390X

Around 47% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 1920
131.3x more memory clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 8 GB/s
Around 69% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2911.861 vs 1718.593
4.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 118.411 vs 28.289

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2816 vs 1920
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz vs 8 GB/s
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2911.861 vs 1718.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	118.411 vs 28.289
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3706 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3706 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350 vs 3340

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13507

9443

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

851

819

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

150.951

114.288

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1718.593

2911.861

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12.283

10.947

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

28.289

118.411

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

710.366

683.568

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13765

11675

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3691

3706

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3350

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13765

11675

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3691

3706

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3350

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

6066

4242

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)	AMD Radeon R9 390X
PassMark - G3D Mark	13507	9443
PassMark - G2D Mark	851	819
Geekbench - OpenCL	44918
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	150.951	114.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1718.593	2911.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	12.283	10.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.289	118.411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	710.366	683.568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13765	11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13765	11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6066	4242

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)	AMD Radeon R9 390X
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 2.0
Code name	GP104	Grenada
Launch date	10 June 2016	18 June 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$379	$429
Place in performance rating	278	279
Price now	$359.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	45.72
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1683 MHz	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz
CUDA cores	1920
Floating-point performance	6,463 gflops	5,914 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C
Pipelines	1920	2816
Texture fill rate	202.0 GTexel / s	184.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	275 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	6,200 million
Compute units		44
Stream Processors		2816
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays		6
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	275 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin	1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
Width	2-slot
Bridgeless CrossFire
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB / s	384 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 bit
Memory clock speed	8 GB/s	1050 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore