Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 6

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070, vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 6. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
89
52
42
24
16
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
85
67
46
24
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
133
93
66
32
20
15
11
n/a
Far Cry 6
70
62
50
23
12
10
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
46
36
28
14
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
55
49
31
22
17
11
11
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
41
32
25
12
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
46
41
23
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
76
73
49
22
11
11
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High7112
1080p Ultra569
1440p Ultra40-
4K Ultra20-
DeviationLowMedium

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
5844
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
817
Time Spy6091835
Solar Bay15809n/a
Port Royal1275n/a
Fire Strike187072692
Night Raid7227311031
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
53429
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
8112
Background Blur142.3 frames/s17.6 frames/s
Face Detection65.1 frames/s9.06 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.2 Gpix/sec0.28 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.23 Gpix/sec0.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.74 Gpix/sec0.38 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.3 Gpix/sec0.09 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching195.6 Gpix/sec27.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5161.6 fps879 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
13504
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
1309
G2D Mark847333
DirectX 11100 fps9 fps
DirectX 1248 fps6 fps
GPU Compute6129 Ops/s652 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
75.4 fps
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
7.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)423.4 fps40.7 fps
Car Chase391.1 fps37.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)360 fps30.6 fps
T-Rex1942.3 fps153.6 fps
ALU 25965.8 fps170.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2271.6 fps71.5 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2186241.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced January, 10, 2016 February, 1, 2018
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Pascal GCN 5.0
Codename GP104 Raven
Price 379 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1506 MHz 300 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1683 MHz 1100-1800 MHz
Shader Units 1920 384
TMUs 120 24
ROPs 64 8
Execution Units 15 6
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 48 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 2000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 108 Gpix/sec 9-14 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 202 GTex/s 26-43 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS 0.8-1.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 IGP
TGP 150 W 15 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 16 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 314 mm² 210 mm²
Transistor count 7 billion 4.94 billion
Transistor density 22.29 MTr/mm² 23.52 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 System Shared
Memory Frequency 2002 MHz n/a
Bus 256 bit n/a
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 8 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
256.3 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a n/a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

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