Radeon 890M vs GeForce GTX 1070 SLI

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1070 SLI with Radeon 890M, including specs and performance data.

GTX 1070 SLI
2016
2x 8 GB GDDR5, 300 Watt
37.20
+74.2%

GTX 1070 SLI outperforms 890M by an impressive 74% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking126261
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.71100.00
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)RDNA 3.5 (2024)
GPU code namePascal GP104 SLIStrix Point
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date16 August 2016 (8 years ago)15 July 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores38401024
Core clock speed1506 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed1683 MHz2900 MHz
Number of transistors14400 Million34,000 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rateno data185.6
Floating-point processing powerno data5.939 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed8000 MHzSystem Shared
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno dataPortable Device Dependent
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.1
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

GTX 1070 SLI 37.20
+74.2%
Radeon 890M 21.36

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 1070 SLI 42691
+166%
Radeon 890M 16023

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 1070 SLI 34226
+258%
Radeon 890M 9573

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 1070 SLI 140180
+156%
Radeon 890M 54704

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD118
+162%
45
−162%
4K56
+86.7%
30−35
−86.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 100−110
+78%
59
−78%
Counter-Strike 2 75−80
+64.6%
48
−64.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+84.1%
40−45
−84.1%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 100−110
+128%
46
−128%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+48.8%
80−85
−48.8%
Counter-Strike 2 75−80
+108%
38
−108%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+84.1%
40−45
−84.1%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+93.1%
58
−93.1%
Fortnite 280
+164%
100−110
−164%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
+65.1%
80−85
−65.1%
Forza Horizon 5 100−110
+79.3%
55−60
−79.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150
+80.8%
75−80
−80.8%
Valorant 210−220
+42.3%
140−150
−42.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 100−110
+289%
27
−289%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+48.8%
80−85
−48.8%
Counter-Strike 2 75−80
+163%
30
−163%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+15.9%
230−240
−15.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+84.1%
40−45
−84.1%
Dota 2 140−150
+76.3%
80−85
−76.3%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+111%
53
−111%
Fortnite 176
+66%
100−110
−66%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
+65.1%
80−85
−65.1%
Forza Horizon 5 100−110
+79.3%
55−60
−79.3%
Grand Theft Auto V 87
+58.2%
55
−58.2%
Metro Exodus 80−85
+88.6%
40−45
−88.6%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150
+80.8%
75−80
−80.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 111
+113%
52
−113%
Valorant 210−220
+42.3%
140−150
−42.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 120−130
+48.8%
80−85
−48.8%
Counter-Strike 2 75−80
+204%
26
−204%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+84.1%
40−45
−84.1%
Dota 2 140−150
+76.3%
80−85
−76.3%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+124%
50
−124%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
+65.1%
80−85
−65.1%
Forza Horizon 5 100−110
+79.3%
55−60
−79.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150
+80.8%
75−80
−80.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 73
+121%
33
−121%
Valorant 210−220
+42.3%
140−150
−42.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 123
+16%
100−110
−16%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 27−30
+31.8%
21−24
−31.8%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 240−250
+64.6%
140−150
−64.6%
Grand Theft Auto V 70−75
+94.4%
35−40
−94.4%
Metro Exodus 50−55
+88.9%
27−30
−88.9%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+1.2%
170−180
−1.2%
Valorant 240−250
+30.9%
180−190
−30.9%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 90−95
+58.6%
55−60
−58.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+100%
20−22
−100%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+82.6%
45−50
−82.6%
Forza Horizon 4 95−100
+90.4%
50−55
−90.4%
Forza Horizon 5 60−65
+70.3%
35−40
−70.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
+97%
30−35
−97%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 90−95
+91.7%
45−50
−91.7%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 27−30
+75%
16−18
−75%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+70%
10−11
−70%
Grand Theft Auto V 81
+119%
35−40
−119%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+88.2%
16−18
−88.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 54
+80%
30−33
−80%
Valorant 210−220
+83.8%
110−120
−83.8%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
+80.6%
30−35
−80.6%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+70%
10−11
−70%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+125%
8−9
−125%
Dota 2 100−110
+89.1%
55−60
−89.1%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+95.7%
21−24
−95.7%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+80.6%
35−40
−80.6%
Forza Horizon 5 35−40
+100%
18−20
−100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
+114%
21−24
−114%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 38
+81%
21−24
−81%

This is how GTX 1070 SLI and Radeon 890M compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1070 SLI is 162% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1070 SLI is 87% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Atomic Heart, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 1070 SLI is 289% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 1070 SLI surpassed Radeon 890M in all 64 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 37.20 21.36
Recency 16 August 2016 15 July 2024
Chip lithography 16 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 15 Watt

GTX 1070 SLI has a 74.2% higher aggregate performance score.

Radeon 890M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 1900% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 1070 SLI is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 890M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1070 SLI is a desktop card while Radeon 890M is a notebook one.

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