MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G
vs
PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 Red Dragon


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G and the PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 Red Dragon, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti and has 2432 texture shaders and 199 execution units.

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 Red Dragon is based on AMD Radeon RX 5700, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G GPU PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 Red Dragon
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Based on AMD Radeon RX 5700
GP104-300-A1 GPU Chip Navi 10
Pascal Architecture RDNA 1
199 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
2432 Shader 2304
64 Render Output Units 64
152 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 Red Dragon 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.607 GHz. The base frequency of the PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 Red Dragon is 1.565 GHz.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.565 GHz
1.683 GHz Boost Clock 1.750 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.72 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G is 180 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 Red Dragon has a TDP of 180 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

180 W TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) 220 W
94 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 Red Dragon has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 42 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 Red Dragon 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 Red Dragon 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G is 279 mm long, 140 mm high and 37 mm wide.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 Red Dragon is 240 mm long, 132 mm high and 41 mm wide.

279 mm Length 240 mm
140 mm Height 132 mm
37 mm Width 41 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 TI ARMOR 8G was released in Q4/2017 at a price of 449 $ (Reference).

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 Red Dragon was introduced in Q3/2019 at a price of 359 $.

-- Part-no --
Q4/2017 Release date Q3/2019
449 $ (Reference) Launch Price 359 $
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.

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G
8 GB GDDR5
111 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 Red Dragon PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 Red Dragon
8 GB GDDR6
137 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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