AMD Radeon RX 5700 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

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Radeon RX 5700 compared with GeForce GTX 1070

	AMDRadeon RX 5700	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1070
Overview
Released
Released	July 2019	June 2016
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	AMD	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	RDNA	Pascal
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,304	1,920
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,725 MHz (better)	1,683 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	36 compute units; 144 texture units and 64 ROPs; 10.3 billion transistors. Photo shows MSI's reference-design RX 5700 8G. Current AMD support specifications and MSI's datasheet both list 180 W; historical reviews report differing power figures, which are not used here.	Main figures and photo describe the Founders Edition, verified in MSI's retained datasheet. Partner boards can use different clocks, coolers and connectors.
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	7 nm	–
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	No dedicated ray accelerators	No dedicated RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	–	No Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	–	No NVIDIA DLSS
Base clock
Base clock	1465 MHz base; 1625 MHz game clock	1506 MHz
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	8 GB GDDR6	8 GB GDDR5
Memory bus
Memory bus	256-bit	256-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	–
Memory detail
Memory detail	14 Gbps GDDR6	8008 MHz effective memory speed (MSI Founders Edition); numerical bandwidth omitted because the maker source used does not publish it.
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	180 W	150 W (better)
Interface
Interface	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 3.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	3 × DisplayPort 1.4 and 1 × HDMI 2.0b; up to 4 displays (MSI RX 5700 8G). AMD lists DisplayPort 1.4a support.	3 × DisplayPort 1.4, 1 × HDMI 2.0b and 1 × dual-link DVI-D; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.2
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320 (MSI RX 5700 8G)	7680 × 4320
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 8-pin and 1 × 6-pin	1 × 8-pin
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	600 W	500 W
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	270 × 110 × 35 mm and 1020 g (MSI reference-design RX 5700 8G)	268 × 111 × 38 mm and 1096 g (MSI Founders Edition)
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	H.264 and H.265/HEVC encode and decode	–