GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX
vs
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX and the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and has 1920 texture shaders and 15 execution units.

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is based on AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, which has 2560 shaders and 40 execution units.
GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX GPU Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Based on AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
GP104-200-A1 GPU Chip Navi 10 XT
Pascal Architecture RDNA 1
15 Streaming Multiprocessors 40
1920 Shader 2560
64 Render Output Units 64
120 Texture Units 160
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX clocks in the base with up to 1.518 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is 1.770 GHz.

1.518 GHz Base Clock 1.770 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 2.010 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.91 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX is 150 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G has a TDP of 265 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

150 W TDP 265 W
-- TDP (up) 335 W
94 °C Tjunction max 99 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 95 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 87 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 44 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
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 directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX is 282 mm long, 128 mm high and 43 mm wide.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is 305 mm long, 135 mm high and 49 mm wide.

282 mm Length 305 mm
128 mm Height 135 mm
43 mm Width 49 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX was released in Q2/2016 at a price of 379 $ (Reference).

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G was introduced in Q3/2019 at a price of 449 $.

70NSH6DHL4XE Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q3/2019
379 $ (Reference) Launch Price 449 $
16 nm Structure size 7 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)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX
8 GB GDDR5
35 fps (avg)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX
8 GB GDDR5
66 fps (avg)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
112 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX
8 GB GDDR5
93 fps (avg)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
157 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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