NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Laptop) vs AMD FireStream 9170

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Laptop) 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 (Laptop)

AMD FireStream 9170

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 88% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 800 MHz
16.5x more texture fill rate: 210.6 GTexel / s vs 12.8 GTexel / s
6.4x more pipelines: 2048 vs 320
13.2x better floating-point performance: 6,738 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
16.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10465 vs 647
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 603 vs 493

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 August 2016 vs 8 November 2007
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	210.6 GTexel / s vs 12.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 320
Floating-point performance	6,738 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	10465 vs 647
PassMark - G2D Mark	603 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 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9170

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10465

647

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

603

493

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Laptop)	AMD FireStream 9170
PassMark - G3D Mark	10465	647
PassMark - G2D Mark	603	493
Geekbench - OpenCL	47422
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	5536

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Laptop)	AMD FireStream 9170
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale
Code name	GP104B	RV670
Launch date	15 August 2016	8 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$389.99
Place in performance rating	296	297
Price now	$359.99
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	43.18
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	800 MHz
CUDA cores	1920
Floating-point performance	6,738 gflops	512.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C
Pipelines	2048	320
Texture fill rate	210.6 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	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
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
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
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready