NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
VS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
VS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

81
Place in performance rating
80
30.52
Value for money (0-100)
48.37
Pascal
Architecture
Vega
GP104
Code name
Vega 10
Desktop
Type
Desktop
6 May 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
14 August 2017 (4 years ago)
$379
Launch price (MSRP)
$399
$685 (1.8x MSRP)
Price now
$1587 (4x MSRP)
28.38
Value for money
11.79
Pascal GP104
GPU code name
Vega
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1920
Pipelines
3584
1506 MHz
Core clock speed
1138 MHz
1683 MHz
Boost Clock
1471 MHz
7,200 million
Transistor count
12,500 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
210 Watt
202.0
Texture fill rate
329.5
6,463 gflops
Floating-point performance
10,566 gflops
94 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
1920
CUDA cores
no data
1920
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
1683 MHz
Boost clock speed
1474 MHz
7,200 million
Number of transistors
12,500 million
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
210 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
10.5" (26.7 cm)
Length
267 mm
8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin
+
SLI options
no data
500 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
no data
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
no data
2-slot
Width
no data
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
HBM2
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
409.6 Bit
8 GB/s
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
256 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
409.6 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56, the size and number of monitors.

DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
+
G-SYNC support
no data
+
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is the additional functionality.

+
VR Ready
no data
+
Multi Monitor
no data
+
3D Vision
no data
3.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
Multi-Projection
no data
+
Ansel
no data
+
Virtual Reality
no data
+
ShadowWorks
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 or AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

Cheaper ($685 (1.8x MSRP) vs $1587 (4x MSRP))

Less power consumption (150 Watt vs 210 Watt)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

0.099999999999994% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (3584 vs 1920)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 16 nm)

More memory bandwidth (409.6 GB/s vs 256 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 or AMD Radeon RX Vega 56?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 versus AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX Vega 56