AMD Radeon RX 570 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 570, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 570 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
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
65
37
28
17
89
52
42
24
The Witcher 3
44
38
19
10
85
67
46
24
Counter-Strike 2
62
46
33
12
133
93
66
32
Far Cry 6
51
44
30
15
70
62
50
23
Hogwarts Legacy
27
20
15
n/a
46
36
28
14
COD Modern Warfare 3
44
38
24
15
55
49
31
22
Ghost of Tsushima
28
20
14
n/a
41
32
25
12
Cyberpunk 2077
27
27
13
n/a
46
41
23
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
51
45
26
13
76
73
49
22
Avg FPS
1080p High4471
1080p Ultra3556
1440p Ultra2240
4K Ultra1120
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 570
3694
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
5844
Time Spy38546091
Solar Bayn/a15809
Port Royaln/a1275
Fire Strike1344418707
Night Raid5038372273
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 570
37147
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
53429
Background Blur55.7 frames/s142.3 frames/s
Face Detection31.3 frames/s65.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.41 Gpix/sec2.2 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.82 Gpix/sec3.23 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.57 Gpix/sec3.74 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.31 Gpix/sec0.3 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching143.2 Gpix/sec195.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5080.1 fps5161.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 570
7968
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
13504
G2D Mark724847
DirectX 1155 fps100 fps
DirectX 1239 fps48 fps
GPU Compute2965 Ops/s6129 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 570
48.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
75.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)274.6 fps423.4 fps
Car Chase259.3 fps391.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)219 fps360 fps
T-Rex1018.3 fps1942.3 fps
ALU 21061.7 fps5965.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2150.4 fps271.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation795.92186

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 18, 2017 January, 10, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture GCN 4.0 Pascal
Codename Polaris 20 GP104
Price 169 379

GPU

GPU Frequency 1168 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1244 MHz 1683 MHz
Shader Units 2048 1920
TMUs 128 120
ROPs 32 64
Execution Units n/a 15
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 16 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 40 Gpix/sec 108 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 159 GTex/s 202 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.1 TFLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 150 W 150 W
Process GlobalFoundries TSMC
Process tech. 14 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 232 mm² 314 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 7 billion
Transistor density 21.55 MTr/mm² 22.29 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 570
224 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
256.3 GB/s

API

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

Results

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