PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5700 (RDNA 1) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

GPU

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC has the Navi 10 graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 1 architecture.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G is based on the graphics chip GP104-200-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G
AMD Radeon RX 5700 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Navi 10 GPU Chip GP104-200-A1
RDNA 1 Architecture Pascal
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 15
2304 Shader 1920
64 Render Output Units 64
144 Texture Units 120
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.

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 clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.515 GHz Base Clock 1.506 GHz
1.750 GHz Boost Clock 1.683 GHz
1.68 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 180 W.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 150 W.

180 W TDP 150 W
220 W TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
43 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
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 can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

230 mm Length 279 mm
112 mm Height 140 mm
41 mm Width 37 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 832 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q3/2019.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G came on the market in Q2/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2019 Release date Q2/2016
339 $ Launch Price 379 $ (Reference)
7 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)

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)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC
8 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC
8 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC
8 GB GDDR6
49 fps (avg)

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)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC
8 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC
8 GB GDDR6
63 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)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC
8 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G
8 GB GDDR5
34 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC
8 GB GDDR6
97 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G
8 GB GDDR5
65 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 OC
8 GB GDDR6
137 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G
8 GB GDDR5
92 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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