The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G is 104 % faster than the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G has the Navi 22 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.
The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION is based on the graphics chip GP104-200-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
Memory
Memory
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION
Memory Size
12 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
2.002 GHz
Memory Speed
16.0 Gbps
8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
384 GB/s
256 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
256 bit
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The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 16.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION
Base Clock
2.321 GHz
1.506 GHz
Boost Clock
2.581 GHz
1.683 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.42 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION
TDP
230 W
150 W
Tjunction max
100 °C
94 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 230 W.
The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 150 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
1 x 70 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.4
DVI
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1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G.
The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
Non addressable LED
No LED lighting
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With the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
AV1
Decode
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION
Length
267 mm
268 mm
Height
110 mm
111 mm
Width
40 mm
38 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
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1,096 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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