The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 has the GP104-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.
The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is based on the graphics chip Vega 10 XL, which comes from the GCN 5 architecture.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Memory Size
8 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
HBM2
Memory Clock
2.002 GHz
0.800 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
1.6 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
410 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
2,048 bit
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The graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is 1.6 Gbps and the clock speed is 0.800 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Base Clock
1.506 GHz
1.156 GHz
Boost Clock
1.683 GHz
1.471 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
TDP
150 W
210 W
Tjunction max
94 °C
100 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 150 W.
The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 210 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Fan-Type
Radial
Radial
Fan 1
1 x 70 mm
1 x 70 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
37 dB
Noise (Load)
--
49 dB
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.
The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
--
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.4
DVI
1
--
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070.
The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode / Encode
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Length
267 mm
280 mm
Height
111 mm
127 mm
Width
38 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
--
1,090 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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