NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q and AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP 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 Max-Q

AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 49% higher boost clock speed: 1379 MHz vs 925 MHz
3x more texture fill rate: 176.5 GTexel / s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 1024
3x better floating-point performance: 5,648 gflops vs 1,894 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 150 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 4800 MHz
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14915 vs 6316
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8902 vs 8390
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14915 vs 6316
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8902 vs 8390

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	1215 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1379 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	176.5 GTexel / s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	5,648 gflops vs 1,894 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	14915 vs 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8902 vs 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	14915 vs 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8902 vs 8390

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Around 86% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 70535 vs 37928
3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 27566 vs 8048
3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 27566 vs 8048

Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	70535 vs 37928
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	27566 vs 8048
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	27566 vs 8048

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

37928

70535

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

14915

6316

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8902

8390

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8048

27566

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

14915

6316

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8902

8390

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8048

27566

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
PassMark - G3D Mark	9982
PassMark - G2D Mark	437
Geekbench - OpenCL	37928	70535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	214.123
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2293.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	12.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	139.717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	692.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	14915	6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8902	8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8048	27566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	14915	6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8902	8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8048	27566
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4887

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP104	Pitcairn
Launch date	27 June 2017	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	222	165
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1379 MHz	925 MHz
Core clock speed	1215 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,648 gflops	1,894 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	1024
Texture fill rate	176.5 GTexel / s	59.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.3 GB / s	153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready