EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC2 GAMING iCX
vs
MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC2 GAMING iCX is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU) (GCN 4) and has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC2 GAMING iCX has the GP104-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC is based on the graphics chip Polaris 21 XT, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC2 GAMING iCX GPU MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Based on AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU)
GP104-200-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 21 XT
Pascal Architecture GCN 4
15 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
1920 Shader 1024
64 Render Output Units 16
120 Texture Units 64
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC2 GAMING iCX clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.594 GHz Base Clock 1.175 GHz
1.784 GHz Boost Clock 1.196 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC2 GAMING iCX is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 150 W.

The MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC has PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 60 W.

150 W TDP 60 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC2 GAMING iCX is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 50 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC2 GAMING iCX.

The MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC2 GAMING iCX it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC is 5120x2880 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 5120x2880
12_1 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC2 GAMING iCX is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

267 mm Length 168 mm
111 mm Height 69 mm
-- Width 39 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC2 GAMING iCX has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q2/2016.

The MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC came on the market in Q2/2017 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.

08G-P4-6573-KR Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q2/2017
379 $ (Reference) Launch Price 99 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

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)

EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC2 GAMING iCX EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC2 GAMING iCX
8 GB GDDR5
36 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC
2 GB GDDR5
11 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC2 GAMING iCX EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC2 GAMING iCX
8 GB GDDR5
69 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC
2 GB GDDR5
32 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC2 GAMING iCX EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC2 GAMING iCX
8 GB GDDR5
98 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC
2 GB GDDR5
42 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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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)

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