GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | Pascal (2016−2021) |
| GPU code name | Vega 10 | GP104 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 13 July 2017 (7 years ago) | 4 December 2018 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,489 | no data |
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 cores | 4096 | 1920 |
| Core clock speed | 1382 MHz | 1506 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1600 MHz | 1683 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 12,500 million | 7,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 16 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 375 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 409.6 | 202.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 13.11 TFLOPS | 6.463 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| TMUs | 256 | 120 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
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 type | HBM2 | GDDR5X |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 2048 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 945 MHz | 1001 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 483.8 GB/s | 256.3 GB/s |
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 Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | + | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.125 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | - | 6.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 13 July 2017 | 4 December 2018 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 16 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 375 Watt | 150 Watt |
Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.
GTX 1070 GDDR5X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 150% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled and GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X is a desktop one.
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