AMD Ellesmere
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
AMD Ellesmere
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Ellesmere and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

not rated
Place in performance rating
199
GCN 4.0
Architecture
Pascal
Ellesmere
Code name
GP104
Desktop
Type
Laptop
no data
Release date
30 May 2017 (4 years ago)
$49
Price now
$1244
no data
Value for money
6.48
Ellesmere
GPU code name
N17E-G2 Max-Q
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Ellesmere and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2304
Pipelines
2048
no data
Core clock speed
1101 - 1215 MHz
no data
Boost Clock
1379 MHz
5,700 million
Transistor count
7,200 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
no data
Power consumption (TDP)
115 Watt
no data
Texture fill rate
176.5
no data
Floating-point performance
5,648 gflops
2304
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
no data
Boost clock speed
1265 - 1379 MHz
5,700 million
Number of transistors
7,200 million
no data
Thermal design power (TDP)
115 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Ellesmere and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q.

no data
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
no data
Supplementary power connectors
None
no data
Laptop size
large

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 AMD Ellesmere and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q can be seen in this section.

no data
Memory type
GDDR5
no data
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
no data
Memory bus width
256 Bit
no data
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
no data
Memory bandwidth
256.3 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Ellesmere and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q, the size and number of monitors.

no data
Display Connectors
No outputs
no data
G-SYNC support
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Ellesmere and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q is the additional functionality.

no data
VR Ready
+
no data
Multi Monitor
+
no data
CUDA
6.1
no data
Multi-Projection
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Ellesmere and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
no data
Vulkan
1.2.131
no data
Shader Model
6.4
no data
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Ellesmere and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q 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 AMD Ellesmere or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Ellesmere
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Ellesmere
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Ellesmere
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Ellesmere
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Ellesmere
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
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 AMD Ellesmere

Cheaper ($49 vs $1244)

More pipelines (2304 vs 2048)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 16 nm)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

32.14% faster in synthetic tests

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, AMD Ellesmere or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q .

AMD Ellesmere versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Ellesmere
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q