ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 vs MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G

GPU comparison with benchmarks The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 has 1920 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.72 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 6.61 TFLOPS. The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G has 1024 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.82 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.77 TFLOPS.

GPU The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 15 streaming multiprocessors. The graphics card MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 16 execution units.
ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070	GPU	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070	Based on	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
GP104-200-A1	GPU Chip	Navi 24 XT
Pascal	Architecture	RDNA 2
15	Streaming Multiprocessors	16
1920	Shader	1024
64	Render Output Units	32
120	Texture Units	64
0	Raytracing Cores	16

Memory The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks. The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G has a 4 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.250GHz.
8 GB	Memory Size	4 GB
GDDR5	Memory Type	GDDR6
2.002 GHz	Memory Clock	2.250 GHz
8.0 Gbps	Memory Speed	18.0 Gbps
256 GB/s	Memory bandwidth	144 GB/s
256 bit	Memory Interface	64 bit

Clock Speeds The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 has a turbo clock of 1.721 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G is 2.815 GHz.
1.506 GHz	Base Clock	2.200 GHz
1.721 GHz	Boost Clock	2.815 GHz
1.68 GHz	Avg (Game) Clock	2.61 GHz
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C. The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 97 °C.
150 W	TDP	107 W
--	TDP (up)	--
94 °C	Tjunction max	97 °C
1 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 are cooled with a Air cooling. The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G is cooled by a Air cooling.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
2 x 90 mm	Fan 1	2 x 80 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
dB	Noise (Idle)	0 dB
--	Noise (Load)	--

Connectivity The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2. The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
4	Max. Displays	2
2.2	HDCP-Version	2.3
2x HDMI v2.0b	HDMI Ports	1x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v1.4	DP Ports	1x DP v1.4a
1	DVI Ports	--
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--

Featureset The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1. The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_1	DirectX	12_2 (Ultimate)
No	Raytracing	Yes
Yes	DLSS / FSR	Yes
No LED lighting	LED	No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.
Decode / Encode	h264	Decode
Decode / Encode	h265 / HEVC	Decode
No	AV1	No
Decode	VP8	Decode
Decode	VP9	Decode

Dimensions The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 is 42 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case. The width of the MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G is 42 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
240 mm	Length	172 mm
129 mm	Height	112 mm
42 mm	Width	42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
--	Weight	452 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 4.0 x 4

Additional data Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 was released in Q2/2016. The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G published in Q1/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 6 nanometers.
DUAL-GTX1070-8G	Part-no	--
Q2/2016	Release date	Q1/2022
379 $ (Reference)	Launch Price	199 $ (Reference)
16 nm	Structure size	6 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070
1.506 GHz, 8 GB (150 W TDP)

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MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G
2.200 GHz, 4 GB (107 W TDP)

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score


	ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB GDDR5	2773
	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	2274

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB GDDR5	1228
	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	467

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)


	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	141

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Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)


	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	14 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	19 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	31 fps (avg)

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The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

1920x1080 (1080p)


	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	30 fps (avg)

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Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL


	ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB GDDR5	46846
	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	49896

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB GDDR5	49697
	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	55054

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	50239

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FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)


	ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB GDDR5	6.61
	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	5.77

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GPU comparison with benchmarks

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