PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition
vs
ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3070


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition is based on the AMD RX Vega 56 (GCN 5) and has 8 GB HBM2 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 410 GB/s.

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3070 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

GPU

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition has the Vega 10 XL graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 5 architecture.

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3070 is based on the graphics chip GA104-300-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition GPU ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3070
AMD RX Vega 56 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Vega 10 XL GPU Chip GA104-300-A1
GCN 5 Architecture Ampere
56 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
3584 Shader 5888
64 Render Output Units 96
256 Texture Units 184
0 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The graphics memory of the PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition clocks at 0.800 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 1.6 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3070 is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
HBM2 Memory Type GDDR6
0.800 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
1.6 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
410 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
2048 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.156 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
1.471 GHz Boost Clock 1.755 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.73 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 210 W.

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3070 has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 220 W.

210 W TDP 220 W
-- TDP (up) 250 W
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3070 has 0 -- main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition.

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3070 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3070 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED ASUS Aura Sync

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 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3070 needs the space of 1 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

280 mm Length 209 mm
127 mm Height 112 mm
40 mm Width 22 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 1 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q3/2017.

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3070 came on the market in Q4/2020 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

AXRX VEGA 56 NANO 8GBHBM2 Part-no RTX3070-8G-EK
Q3/2017 Release date Q4/2020
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 779 $
14 nm Structure size 8 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)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6
46 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6
55 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6
82 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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6
22 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6
100 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition
8 GB HBM2
112 fps (avg)
ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6
189 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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