NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon R9 FURY X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q and AMD Radeon R9 FURY X 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 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 31% higher boost clock speed: 1379 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 275 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • 7.6x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9936 vs 9580
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 214.123 vs 155.307
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 12.704 vs 12.49
  • Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14915 vs 8673
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8048 vs 3361
  • Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14915 vs 8673
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8048 vs 3361
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 June 2017 vs 24 June 2015
Boost clock speed 1379 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 275 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9936 vs 9580
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 214.123 vs 155.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.704 vs 12.49
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14915 vs 8673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8048 vs 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14915 vs 8673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8048 vs 3361

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 FURY X

  • Around 52% higher texture fill rate: 268.8 GTexel / s vs 176.5 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 4096 vs 2048
  • Around 52% better floating-point performance: 8,602 gflops vs 5,648 gflops
  • Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 799 vs 428
  • Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3431.249 vs 2293.496
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 153.089 vs 139.717
  • Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 857.575 vs 692.9
  • Around 6% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5170 vs 4887
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 268.8 GTexel / s vs 176.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines 4096 vs 2048
Floating-point performance 8,602 gflops vs 5,648 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 799 vs 428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3431.249 vs 2293.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 153.089 vs 139.717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 857.575 vs 692.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8925 vs 8902
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8925 vs 8902
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5170 vs 4887

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 FURY X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9936
9580
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
428
799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
214.123
155.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2293.496
3431.249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.704
12.49
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
139.717
153.089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
692.9
857.575
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14915
8673
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8902
8925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8048
3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14915
8673
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8902
8925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8048
3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4887
5170
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
PassMark - G3D Mark 9936 9580
PassMark - G2D Mark 428 799
Geekbench - OpenCL 41185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 214.123 155.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2293.496 3431.249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.704 12.49
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 139.717 153.089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 692.9 857.575
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14915 8673
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8902 8925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8048 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14915 8673
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8902 8925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8048 3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4887 5170

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q AMD Radeon R9 FURY X

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 3.0
Code name GP104 Fiji
Launch date 27 June 2017 24 June 2015
Place in performance rating 233 235
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series
Launch price (MSRP) $649

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1379 MHz 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 1215 MHz
Floating-point performance 5,648 gflops 8,602 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2048 4096
Texture fill rate 176.5 GTexel / s 268.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 275 Watt
Transistor count 7,200 million 8,900 million
Compute units 64
Stream Processors 4096

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Length 191 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 256.3 GB / s 512 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
Shared memory 0
High bandwidth memory (HBM)

Technologies

Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)