GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE OC 8G (rev. 1.0) vs MSI Radeon RX 570 Mech 2 8G OC. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE OC 8G (rev. 1.0) and MSI Radeon RX 570 Mech 2 8G OC, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 AMD Radeon RX 570
• GPU Chip
  GP104-200-A1 Polaris 20 XL
• Execution units
  15 32
• Shader
  1920 2048
• Render Output Units
  64 32
• Texture Units
  120 128

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  8 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR5
• Memory Speed
  2.002 GHz 1.75 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  256 GB/s 224 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE OC 8G (rev. 1.0) and MSI Radeon RX 570 Mech 2 8G OC. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.556 GHz+ 3 % 1.178 GHz+ 1 %
• Boost Clock
  1.771 GHz+ 5 % 1.293 GHz+ 4 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.746 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  150 W 150 W
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE OC 8G (rev. 1.0) and MSI Radeon RX 570 Mech 2 8G OC.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 90 mm 2 x 100 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  -- 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0b 2x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4 2x DP v1.4
• DVI Ports
  1 1
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 5120x2880
• DirectX
  12_1 12
• Raytracing
  No No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode
• AV1
  No No

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  280 mm 270 mm
• Height
  131 mm 130 mm
• Width
  37 mm 40 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 842 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU MSI Radeon RX 570 Mech 2 8G OC and GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE OC 8G (rev. 1.0).

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q4/2017
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  16 nm 14 nm
• Part-no
  GV-N1070WF2OC-8GD --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet