Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64
vs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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.

GPU

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.
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
AMD RX Vega 64 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Vega 10 XT GPU Chip GP104-200-A1
GCN 5 Architecture Pascal
64 Streaming Multiprocessors 15
4096 Shader 1920
64 Render Output Units 64
256 Texture Units 120
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
HBM2 Memory Type GDDR5
0.945 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
1.9 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
484 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
2048 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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.

1.373 GHz Base Clock 1.506 GHz
1.580 GHz Boost Clock 1.683 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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.

295 W TDP 150 W
375 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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.

Radial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 92 mm Fan 1 1 x 70 mm
1 x 80 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
2x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 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 directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

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.

310 mm Length 267 mm
133 mm Height 111 mm
54 mm Width 38 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 was released in Q3/2017 at a price of 499 $ (Reference).

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

11275-03 Part-no --
Q3/2017 Release date Q2/2016
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 379 $ (Reference)
14 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)

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)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64
8 GB HBM2
65 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
8 GB GDDR5
34 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64
8 GB HBM2
94 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
8 GB GDDR5
65 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64
8 GB HBM2
131 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
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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