MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G
vs
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G and the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.

KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, which has 1920 shaders and 15 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G GPU KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
TU106 GPU Chip GP104-200-A1
Turing Architecture Pascal
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 15
2304 Shader 1920
64 Render Output Units 64
144 Texture Units 120
36 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.410 GHz. The base frequency of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA is 1.518 GHz.

1.410 GHz Base Clock 1.518 GHz
1.710 GHz Boost Clock 1.708 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G is 225 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA has a TDP of 150 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

225 W TDP 150 W
-- TDP (up) --
89 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 70 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 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 RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA 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 v1.4a DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes 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

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G is 295 mm long, 140 mm high and -- wide.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA is 253 mm long, 111 mm high and 16 mm wide.

295 mm Length 253 mm
140 mm Height 111 mm
-- Width 16 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 1 PCIe-Slots
1485 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G was released in Q4/2018 at a price of 499 $ (Reference).

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 379 $ (Reference).

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Q4/2018 Release date Q2/2016
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 379 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 16 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)

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)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
57 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 RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
57 fps (avg)
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA
8 GB GDDR5
35 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
100 fps (avg)
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA
8 GB GDDR5
66 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
139 fps (avg)
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA
8 GB GDDR5
93 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

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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