In the gpu comparison between the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 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 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 is 100 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070.
The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 is based on the AMD RX Vega 64 and has 4096 texture shaders and 64 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, which has 1920 shaders and 15 execution units.
Memory
Memory
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Memory Size
8 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
HBM2
GDDR5
Memory Clock
0.945 GHz
2.002 GHz
Memory Speed
1.9 Gbps
8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
484 GB/s
256 GB/s
Memory Interface
2,048 bit
256 bit
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The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type HBM2 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 484 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 Speeds
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Base Clock
1.373 GHz
1.506 GHz
Boost Clock
1.580 GHz
1.683 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 clocks in the base with up to 1.373 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is 1.506 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
TDP
295 W
150 W
TDP (up)
375 W
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Tjunction max
100 °C
94 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 is 295 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 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 & Fans
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Fan-Type
Radial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 92 mm
1 x 70 mm
Fan 2
1 x 80 mm
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Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
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The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 has a total of 3 Radial fans.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.4
DVI
--
1
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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 Vega 64.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
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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The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
AV1
No
No
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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
Dimensions
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Length
310 mm
267 mm
Height
133 mm
111 mm
Width
54 mm
38 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 is 310 mm long, 133 mm high and 54 mm wide.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and 38 mm wide.
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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