MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC
vs
XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC and the XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and has 1920 texture shaders and 15 execution units.

XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT is based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, which has 5120 shaders and 80 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC GPU XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
GP104-200-A1 GPU Chip Navi 21
Pascal Architecture RDNA 2
15 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
1920 Shader 5120
64 Render Output Units 128
120 Texture Units 320
0 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC clocks in the base with up to 1.556 GHz. The base frequency of the XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT is 1.825 GHz.

1.556 GHz Base Clock 1.825 GHz
1.746 GHz Boost Clock 2.250 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.02 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC is 150 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT has a TDP of 300 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

150 W TDP 300 W
-- TDP (up) 345 W
94 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

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 MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC.

The XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED Non addressable LED

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 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC is 279 mm long, 140 mm high and 37 mm wide.

The XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT is 237 mm long, 120 mm high and 40 mm wide.

279 mm Length 237 mm
140 mm Height 120 mm
37 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
832 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC was released in Q2/2016 at a price of 379 $ (Reference).

The XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT was introduced in Q1/2021 at a price of 1,099 $.

-- Part-no RX-69TMATFD8
Q2/2016 Release date Q1/2021
379 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,099 $
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)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
3619

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)

XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
114 fps (avg)

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)

XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
74 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
126 fps (avg)

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)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR5
35 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
110 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR5
67 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR5
95 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 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

XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
235478

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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