NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon R9 Fury

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

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 68% higher boost clock speed: 1683 MHz vs 1000 MHz
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
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13507 vs 9592
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 851 vs 796
Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 150.951 vs 140.274
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13765 vs 10116
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13765 vs 10116
Around 28% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 6066 vs 4739

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 June 2016 vs 10 July 2015
Boost clock speed	1683 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 275 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13507 vs 9592
PassMark - G2D Mark	851 vs 796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	150.951 vs 140.274
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13765 vs 10116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13765 vs 10116
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6066 vs 4739

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 Fury

Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 224.0 GTexel / s vs 202.0 GTexel / s
Around 87% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 1920
Around 11% better floating-point performance: 7,168 gflops vs 6,463 gflops
62.5x more memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 8 GB/s
Around 20% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 53724 vs 44918
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3595.432 vs 1718.593
Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.082 vs 12.283
4.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 132.701 vs 28.289
Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 789.536 vs 710.366
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3691
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3691

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	224.0 GTexel / s vs 202.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3584 vs 1920
Floating-point performance	7,168 gflops vs 6,463 gflops
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 8 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	53724 vs 44918
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3595.432 vs 1718.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	13.082 vs 12.283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	132.701 vs 28.289
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	789.536 vs 710.366
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3340

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13507

9592

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

851

796

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

44918

53724

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

150.951

140.274

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1718.593

3595.432

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

12.283

13.082

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

28.289

132.701

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

710.366

789.536

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13765

10116

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3691

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13765

10116

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3691

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3356

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

6066

4739

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)	AMD Radeon R9 Fury
PassMark - G3D Mark	13507	9592
PassMark - G2D Mark	851	796
Geekbench - OpenCL	44918	53724
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	150.951	140.274
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1718.593	3595.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	12.283	13.082
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.289	132.701
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	710.366	789.536
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13765	10116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13765	10116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6066	4739

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)	AMD Radeon R9 Fury
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 3.0
Code name	GP104	Fiji
Launch date	10 June 2016	10 July 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$379	$549
Place in performance rating	278	277
Price now	$359.99	$399.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	45.72	35.98
Design		AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1683 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz
CUDA cores	1920
Floating-point performance	6,463 gflops	7,168 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C
Pipelines	1920	3584
Texture fill rate	202.0 GTexel / s	224.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	275 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	8,900 million
Compute units		56
Stream Processors		3584
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	1x HDMI, 3x 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)
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin	2x 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	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB / s	512 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	4096 bit
Memory clock speed	8 GB/s	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
Shared memory	0	0
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)