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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 8GD5 vs ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 8GD5
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 8GD5 8 GB GDDR5 · 1.25 GHz · 180 W Speed index 4/100

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 8GD5 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 570 (GCN 4) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition 8 GB GDDR5 · 1.68 GHz · 150 W Speed index 5/100

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

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition is 41 % faster than the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 8GD5.

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 8GD5ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition
Speed index
4/100
5/100
FP32
4.57 TFLOPS
6.46 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.25 GHz
1.68 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
256 GB/s
TDP
180 W
150 W
Launch Price
169 $
379 $

GPU

GPUSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 8GD5ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition
Based onAMD Radeon RX 570NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
GPU ChipPolaris 20 XLGP104-200-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors3215
Shader20481920
Render Output Units3264
Texture Units128120
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 8GD5 has the Polaris 20 XL graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition is based on the graphics chip GP104-200-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.

Memory

MemorySapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 8GD5ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition
Memory Size8 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 graphics memory of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 8GD5 clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 8GD5ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition
Base Clock1.168 GHz1.506 GHz
Boost Clock1.254 GHz1.683 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 8GD5ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition
TDP180 W150 W
Tjunction max90 °C94 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 8GD5 is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 180 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 8GD5ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition
Fan-TypeAxialRadial
Fan 12 x 95 mm1 x 70 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB--
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 8GD5 is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivitySapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 8GD5ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort1x DP 1.43x DP 1.4
DVI11
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 8GD5.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

Featureset

FeaturesetSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 8GD5ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX1212_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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With the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 8GD5 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 8GD5ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9DecodeDecode
AV1NoNo
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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.

Dimensions

DimensionsSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 8GD5ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition
Length210 mm267 mm
Height117 mm111 mm
Width40 mm38 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 8GD5 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

Additional data

Additional dataSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 8GD5ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ3/2017Q2/2016
Launch Price169 $379 $
Structure size14 nm16 nm
Part-no11266-78ZT-P10700A-10P
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 8GD5 has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q3/2017.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition came on the market in Q2/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition +58.7 %

  1. 1,727
  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) ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition +30.8 %

  1. 26 fps (avg)
  2. 34 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition +30.0 %

  1. 50 fps (avg)
  2. 65 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition +24.3 %

  1. 74 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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition +16.5 %

  1. 39,290
  2. 45,783

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition +36.9 %

  1. 35,480
  2. 48,569

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 38,523
  2. no data

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