The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 has the GP104-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 is based on the graphics chip Polaris 10 XT, which comes from the Ellesmere architecture.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
Memory Size
8 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
2.002 GHz
2.000 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
256 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
Base Clock
1.506 GHz
1.120 GHz
Boost Clock
1.683 GHz
1.266 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
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
TDP
150 W
150 W
Tjunction max
94 °C
100 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 150 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
Fan-Type
Radial
Radial
Fan 1
1 x 70 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.4a
DVI
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_0
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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
No
VP9
Decode
No
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
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
Length
267 mm
240 mm
Height
111 mm
112 mm
Width
38 mm
37 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 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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