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Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 vs MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G

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

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 has 1920 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.68 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 6.46 TFLOPS.

MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G 8 GB GDDR6 · 1.85 GHz · 130 W Speed index 4/100

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G has 1408 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.85 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.20 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 is 24 % faster than the MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G.

Gainward GeForce GTX 1070MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
Speed index
5/100
4/100
FP32
6.46 TFLOPS
5.20 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.68 GHz
1.85 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
224 GB/s
TDP
150 W
130 W
Launch Price
379 $
169 $
180 pts
130 pts

GPU

GPUGainward GeForce GTX 1070MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GPU ChipGP104-200-A1Navi 14 XTX
Streaming Multiprocessors1522
Shader19201408
Render Output Units6432
Texture Units12088
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 15 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G is based on the RDNA 1 architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.

Memory

MemoryGainward GeForce GTX 1070MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
Memory Size8 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6
Memory Clock2.002 GHz1.750 GHz
Memory Speed8.0 Gbps14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth256 GB/s224 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit128 bit
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The Gainward 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 5500 XT Mech 8G has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsGainward GeForce GTX 1070MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
Base Clock1.506 GHz1.607 GHz
Boost Clock1.683 GHz1.845 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--1.72 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 has a turbo clock of 1.683 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G is 1.845 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignGainward GeForce GTX 1070MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
TDP150 W130 W
Tjunction max94 °C95 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The Gainward 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 5500 XT Mech 8G is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 95 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansGainward GeForce GTX 1070MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 90 mm2 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)--39 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityGainward GeForce GTX 1070MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.43x DP 1.4
DVI1--
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetGainward GeForce GTX 1070MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_112_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsGainward GeForce GTX 1070MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9DecodeDecode / Encode
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

DimensionsGainward GeForce GTX 1070MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
Length252 mm215 mm
Height112 mm128 mm
Width--40 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
Weight--705 g
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataGainward GeForce GTX 1070MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 8
Release dateQ2/2016Q3/2019
Launch Price379 $169 $
Structure size16 nm7 nm
Part-no426018336-3750--
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 was released in Q2/2016.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G published in Q3/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 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 Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 +25.2 %

  1. 2,741
  2. 2,189

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. 1,214
  2. no data

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) Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 +17.2 %

  1. 34 fps (avg)
  2. 29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 +16.1 %

  1. 65 fps (avg)
  2. 56 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 +16.5 %

  1. 92 fps (avg)
  2. 79 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 MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G +1.8 %

  1. 45,783
  2. 46,596

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 +13.3 %

  1. 48,569
  2. 42,867

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 55,217

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