MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G
vs
MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G and the MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

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

MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC is based on AMD Radeon RX 570, which has 2048 shaders and 32 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G GPU MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Based on AMD Radeon RX 570
GP104-200-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 20 XL
Pascal Architecture GCN 4
15 Streaming Multiprocessors 32
1920 Shader 2048
64 Render Output Units 32
120 Texture Units 128
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 259 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.027 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
8.1 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
259 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC is 1.178 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.178 GHz
1.797 GHz Boost Clock 1.268 GHz
1.77 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC has a TDP of 150 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

150 W TDP 150 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 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 GAMING X 8G.

The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

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

The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light 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

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G is 279 mm long, 140 mm high and 42 mm wide.

The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC is 246 mm long, 130 mm high and 39 mm wide.

279 mm Length 246 mm
140 mm Height 130 mm
42 mm Width 39 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1094 g Weight 622 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC was introduced in Q4/2017 at a price of 169 $.

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Q2/2016 Release date Q4/2017
379 $ (Reference) Launch Price 169 $
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)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR5
36 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC
8 GB GDDR5
27 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR5
69 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC
8 GB GDDR5
51 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR5
98 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC
8 GB GDDR5
74 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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