GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile vs Radeon R9 390 X2

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	88
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	no data	100.00
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Grenada	Pascal GP104 SLI
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	3 September 2015 (8 years ago)	16 August 2016 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,399	no data
Current price	$225 (0.2x MSRP)	$274

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2560	4096
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	1443 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1645 MHz
Number of transistors	6,200 million	14400 Million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	580 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	160.0	no data
Floating-point performance	2x 5,120 gflops	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon R9 390 X2 and GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Width	3-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	4x 8-pin	no data
SLI options	no data	+

Memory

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 8 GB
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	345.6 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	-

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	no data
HDMI	+	no data
G-SYNC support	no data	+

Technologies

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

VR Ready

no data

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API support

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12_1
Shader Model	6.3	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	+
CUDA	no data	+

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	3 September 2015	16 August 2016
Chip lithography	28 nm	16 nm

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