NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Laptop) and AMD Radeon R9 M485X 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 3 month(s) later
  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 723 MHz
  • 2.3x more texture fill rate: 210.6 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
  • 2.3x better floating-point performance: 6,738 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10465 vs 3661
  • Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 603 vs 417
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 August 2016 vs 15 May 2016
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate 210.6 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 6,738 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 10465 vs 3661
PassMark - G2D Mark 603 vs 417

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M485X

  • 625x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 8 GB/s
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 8 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M485X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
10465
3661
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
603
417
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Laptop) AMD Radeon R9 M485X
PassMark - G3D Mark 10465 3661
PassMark - G2D Mark 603 417
Geekbench - OpenCL 47476
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 Radeon R9 M485X

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 3.0
Code name GP104B Amethyst
Launch date 15 August 2016 15 May 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $389.99
Place in performance rating 290 291
Price now $359.99
Type Laptop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 43.18

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1645 MHz
Core clock speed 1506 MHz 723 MHz
CUDA cores 1920
Floating-point performance 6,738 gflops 2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 94 °C
Pipelines 2048 2048
Texture fill rate 210.6 GTexel / s 92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 7,200 million 5,000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI No outputs
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size large large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 256 GB / s 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 8 GB/s 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready
Enduro