NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X vs AMD Radeon Instinct MI50

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X and AMD Radeon Instinct MI50 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X

AMD Radeon Instinct MI50

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X

Around 26% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1200 MHz
2x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 300 Watt
4x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Instinct MI50

Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1746 MHz vs 1683 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 16 nm

Boost clock speed	1746 MHz vs 1683 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 16 nm

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X	AMD Radeon Instinct MI50
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 5.1
Code name	GP104	Vega 20
Launch date	4 December 2018	18 November 2018
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1683 MHz	1746 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	13,230 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort count	3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0	12.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	2000 MHz