MSI GeForce GTX 1070 SEA HAWK EK X
vs
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 Gaming 4GB GDDR5


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 SEA HAWK EK X has 1920 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.80 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 6.90 TFLOPS.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 Gaming 4GB GDDR5 has 1024 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.29 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 2.35 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 SEA HAWK EK X is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 15 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 Gaming 4GB GDDR5 is based on the GCN 4 architecture and is equipped with 16 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 SEA HAWK EK X GPU ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 Gaming 4GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Based on AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU)
GP104-200-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 21 XT
Pascal Architecture GCN 4
15 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
1920 Shader 1024
64 Render Output Units 16
120 Texture Units 64
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 SEA HAWK EK X is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.027 GHz clocks.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 Gaming 4GB GDDR5 has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 4 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 112 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 SEA HAWK EK X has a turbo clock of 1.797 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 Gaming 4GB GDDR5 is 1.285 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.175 GHz
1.797 GHz Boost Clock 1.285 GHz
1.77 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.28 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 SEA HAWK EK X 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 ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 Gaming 4GB GDDR5 is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 97 °C.

150 W TDP 75 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 SEA HAWK EK X are cooled with a Water cooling.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 Gaming 4GB GDDR5 is cooled by a Air cooling.

-- Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 2 x 75 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
0 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 SEA HAWK EK X supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 Gaming 4GB GDDR5 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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 1x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 SEA HAWK EK X supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 Gaming 4GB GDDR5 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 5120x2880
12_1 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light LED ASUS Aura Sync

Supported Video Codecs

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.

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 SEA HAWK EK X is 20 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 Gaming 4GB GDDR5 is 20 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

278 mm Length 194 mm
165 mm Height 120 mm
20 mm Width 35 mm
1 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1182 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, MSI GeForce GTX 1070 SEA HAWK EK X was released in Q2/2016.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 Gaming 4GB GDDR5 published in Q2/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

-- Part-no ROG-STRIX-RX560-4G-GAMING
Q2/2016 Release date Q2/2017
379 $ (Reference) Launch Price 99 $ (Reference)
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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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