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ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 vs KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Virtual Edition

ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 8 GB HBM2 · 1.47 GHz · 210 W Speed index 9/100

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 has 3584 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.47 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 10.54 TFLOPS.

KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Virtual Edition
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Virtual Edition 8 GB GDDR5 · 1.68 GHz · 150 W Speed index 5/100

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Virtual Edition has 1920 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.68 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 6.46 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is 63 % faster than the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Virtual Edition.

ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Virtual Edition
Speed index
9/100
5/100
FP32
10.54 TFLOPS
6.46 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.47 GHz
1.68 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB HBM2
8 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
410 GB/s
256 GB/s
TDP
210 W
150 W
Launch Price
399 $
379 $

GPU

GPUASUS Radeon RX Vega 56KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Virtual Edition
Based onAMD RX Vega 56NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
GPU ChipVega 10 XLGP104-200-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors5615
Shader35841920
Render Output Units6464
Texture Units256120
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The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 5 architecture, which has 56 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Virtual Edition is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 15 execution units.

Memory

MemoryASUS Radeon RX Vega 56KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Virtual Edition
Memory Size8 GB8 GB
Memory TypeHBM2GDDR5
Memory Clock0.800 GHz2.002 GHz
Memory Speed1.6 Gbps8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth410 GB/s256 GB/s
Memory Interface2,048 bit256 bit
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The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is equipped with a 8 GB large HBM2 graphics memory, which is equipped with 0.800 GHz clocks.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Virtual Edition has a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.002GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsASUS Radeon RX Vega 56KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Virtual Edition
Base Clock1.156 GHz1.506 GHz
Boost Clock1.471 GHz1.683 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 has a turbo clock of 1.471 GHz. The turbo frequency of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Virtual Edition is 1.683 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignASUS Radeon RX Vega 56KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Virtual Edition
TDP210 W150 W
Tjunction max100 °C94 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Virtual Edition is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansASUS Radeon RX Vega 56KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Virtual Edition
Fan-TypeRadialRadial
Fan 11 x 70 mm1 x 70 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)37 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)49 dB--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Virtual Edition is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityASUS Radeon RX Vega 56KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Virtual Edition
Max. Displays44
HDCP--2.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.43x DP 1.4
DVI--1
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The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version --.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Virtual Edition supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetASUS Radeon RX Vega 56KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Virtual Edition
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_112_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Virtual Edition supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsASUS Radeon RX Vega 56KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Virtual Edition
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode
AV1NoNo
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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.

Dimensions

DimensionsASUS Radeon RX Vega 56KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Virtual Edition
Length280 mm267 mm
Height127 mm111 mm
Width40 mm39 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
Weight1,090 g--
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Virtual Edition is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataASUS Radeon RX Vega 56KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Virtual Edition
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ3/2017Q2/2016
Launch Price399 $379 $
Structure size14 nm16 nm
Part-noRXVEGA56-8G70NSH6DHK6VK
Documents--data sheet
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Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 was released in Q3/2017.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Virtual Edition published in Q2/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

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 Radeon RX Vega 56 +8.3 %

  1. 2,968
  2. 2,741

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 1,214

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p) ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 +26.5 %

  1. 43 fps (avg)
  2. 34 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 +23.1 %

  1. 80 fps (avg)
  2. 65 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 +21.7 %

  1. 112 fps (avg)
  2. 92 fps (avg)

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 Radeon RX Vega 56 +32.2 %

  1. 60,539
  2. 45,783

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 +31.3 %

  1. 63,794
  2. 48,569

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 71,932
  2. no data

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