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Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB GDDR5 · 1.68 GHz · 150 W Speed index 5/100
In the gpu comparison between the Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5 and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is 9.5 % faster than the Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5.

Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Speed index
5/100
5/100
FP32
5.90 TFLOPS
6.46 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.41 GHz
1.68 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
256 GB/s
TDP
235 W
150 W
Launch Price
229 $
379 $

GPU

GPUSapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Based onAMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
GPU ChipPolaris 20 XTGP104-200-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors3615
Shader23041920
Render Output Units3264
Texture Units144120
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The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, which has 1920 shaders and 15 execution units.

Memory

MemorySapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Memory Size4 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5
Memory Clock1.750 GHz2.002 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s256 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5 has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

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

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsSapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Base Clock1.257 GHz1.506 GHz
Boost Clock1.411 GHz1.683 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5 clocks in the base with up to 1.257 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is 1.506 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignSapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
TDP235 W150 W
Tjunction max90 °C94 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5 is 235 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

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

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansSapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Fan-TypeAxialRadial
Fan 12 x 95 mm1 x 70 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5 has a total of 2 Axial fans.

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

Connectivity

ConnectivitySapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI2x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort2x DP 1.43x DP 1.4
DVI11
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetSapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX1212_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsSapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9DecodeDecode
AV1NoNo
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Dimensions

DimensionsSapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Length260 mm267 mm
Height135 mm111 mm
Width43 mm38 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5 is 260 mm long, 135 mm high and 43 mm wide.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and 38 mm wide.

Additional data

Additional dataSapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ4/2017Q2/2016
Launch Price229 $379 $
Structure size14 nm16 nm
Part-no11265-07 / 11265-31--
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5 was released in Q4/2017 at a price of 229 $.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 379 $.

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 +36.4 %

  1. 2,010
  2. 2,741

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 1,214

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) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 +6.3 %

  1. 32 fps (avg)
  2. 34 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 +6.6 %

  1. 61 fps (avg)
  2. 65 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 +5.7 %

  1. 87 fps (avg)
  2. 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 +2.5 %

  1. 44,665
  2. 45,783

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 +16.2 %

  1. 41,799
  2. 48,569

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 44,138
  2. no data

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