NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon R9 380X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Laptop) and AMD Radeon R9 380X 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 (Laptop)

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • Around 70% higher boost clock speed: 1645 MHz vs 970 MHz
  • Around 70% higher texture fill rate: 210.6 GTexel / s vs 124.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 70% better floating-point performance: 6,738 gflops vs 3,973 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 190 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10465 vs 6184
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13765 vs 9685
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13765 vs 9685
  • Around 81% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5527 vs 3053
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 August 2016 vs 19 November 2015
Boost clock speed 1645 MHz vs 970 MHz
Texture fill rate 210.6 GTexel / s vs 124.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 6,738 gflops vs 3,973 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 190 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 10465 vs 6184
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13765 vs 9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13765 vs 9685
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5527 vs 3053

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380X

  • 121.3x more memory clock speed: 970 MHz vs 8 GB/s
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 671 vs 603
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3691
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 3340
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3691
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 3340
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 970 MHz vs 8 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 671 vs 603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 vs 3340

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 380X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
10465
6184
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
603
671
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13765
9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3691
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13765
9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3691
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
5527
3053
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Laptop) AMD Radeon R9 380X
PassMark - G3D Mark 10465 6184
PassMark - G2D Mark 603 671
Geekbench - OpenCL 47361
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 9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3691 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13765 9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3691 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5527 3053

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Laptop) AMD Radeon R9 380X

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 3.0
Code name GP104B Antigua
Launch date 15 August 2016 19 November 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $389.99 $229
Place in performance rating 320 321
Price now $359.99 $528.44
Type Laptop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 43.18 15.61
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1645 MHz 970 MHz
Core clock speed 1506 MHz
CUDA cores 1920
Floating-point performance 6,738 gflops 3,973 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 94 °C
Pipelines 2048 2048
Texture fill rate 210.6 GTexel / s 124.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 190 Watt
Transistor count 7,200 million 5,000 million
Compute units 32
Stream Processors 2048

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 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
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Bridgeless CrossFire
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Length 221 mm
Supplementary power connectors ​2 x 6-pin

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 182.4 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 bit
Memory clock speed 8 GB/s 970 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0
High bandwidth memory (HBM)

Technologies

3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore