Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB | GeForce GTX 1070 Zotac AMP! |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 25% | 27% |
| Hitman 3 | 3% | 4% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 32% | 33% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 25% | 27% |
| FIFA 21 | 62% | 63% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 5% | 3% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 34% | 35% |
| Genshin Impact | 25% | 27% |
| The Medium | 7% | 8% |
| Far Cry 6 | 8% | 6% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Zotac AMP! are marginally better than the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB.
The GTX 1070 has a 107 MHz higher core clock speed than the RX Vega, but the RX Vega has 104 more Texture Mapping Units than the GTX 1070. As a result, the RX Vega exhibits a 143.2 GTexel/s better Texture Fill Rate than the GTX 1070. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The GTX 1070 has a 107 MHz higher core clock speed and 8 more Render Output Units than the RX Vega. This results in the GTX 1070 providing 18.8 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The RX Vega was released over a year more recently than the GTX 1070, and so the RX Vega is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the GTX 1070.
Both GPUs exhibit very powerful performance, so it probably isn't worth upgrading from one to the other, as both are capable of running even the most demanding games at the highest settings.
The Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB and the GeForce GTX 1070 Zotac AMP! have the same amount of video memory, but are likely to provide slightly different experiences when displaying game textures at high resolutions.
The GTX 1070 has 0.3 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the RX Vega, which means that the memory performance of the GTX 1070 is marginally better than the RX Vega.
The Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB has 3584 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GTX 1070 Zotac AMP! has 1920. However, the actual shader performance of the RX Vega is 3494 and the actual shader performance of the GTX 1070 is 4658. The GTX 1070 having 1164 better shader performance is not particularly notable, as altogether the RX Vega performs better when taking into account other relevant data.
The RX Vega transistor size technology is 2 nm (nanometers) smaller than the GTX 1070. This means that the RX Vega is expected to run very slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the GTX 1070.
The Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB requires 300 Watts to run and the GeForce GTX 1070 Zotac AMP! requires 220 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 600 Watts for the RX Vega and a PSU with at least 500 Watts for the GTX 1070. The RX Vega requires 80 Watts more than the GTX 1070 to run. The difference is significant enough that the RX Vega may have an adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the GTX 1070.
| Core Speed | 1500 MHz | vs |  | 1607 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | - | vs | | 1797 MHz | |
| Architecture | Vega 10 XL | Pascal P104-200-A1 | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs | - | ||
| Driver Support | - | vs | Great | ||
| Release Date | 30 Jul 2017 |  | vs | 10 Jun 2016 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
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| 1366x768 | 10
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10
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| 1600x900 | 10
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10
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| 1920x1080 | 10
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10
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| 2560x1440 | 9.1
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9.2
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| 3840x2160 | 7.1
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7.2
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| Memory | 8192 MB | | vs | | 8192 MB |
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| Memory Speed | 500 MHz | vs | | 2002 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 2048 Bit | | vs | 256 Bit | |
| Memory Type | HBM-2 | | vs | GDDR5 | |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256GB/sec | | vs | | 256.3GB/sec |
| L2 Cache | 0 KB | vs | |
2048 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | yes | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
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0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 3584 | | vs | 1920 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 100% | | vs | | 100% |
| Technology | 14nm | | vs | 16nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 224 | | vs | 120 | |
| Texture Rate | 336 GTexel/s | | vs | 192.8 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 56 | vs | | 64 | |
| Pixel Rate | 84 GPixel/s | vs | | 102.8 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 7680x4320 | | vs | | 7680x4320 |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | | 1 | |
| HDMI Connections | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
| DisplayPort Connections | 4 | | vs | 3 | |
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| Max Power | 300 Watts | vs | | 220 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | 600 Watts & 42 Amps | vs | | 500 Watts & 33 Amps | |
| DirectX | 12 | vs | | 12.1 | |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.4 | vs | | 4.5 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | yes | | vs | no | |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
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| Recommended Processor | AMD Ryzen R7 1700 | vs | | Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 16 GB | | vs | | 16 GB |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 3840x2160 | | vs | 2560x1600 | |
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| Mini Review | Overview Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB is an Enthusiast gaming Graphics Card based on the Fourth (4.0) Revision of the Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture. Architecture The Vega 10 XL GPU offers support for HBM-2 Memory, DirectX 12.0 and Open GL 4.5. While the Radeon RX Vega Eclipse uses the same Vega 10 XT GPU as the Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB, it is slightly down. This variant of the Vega 10 XL GPU with 56 Compute Units activated, offering 3584 Shader Processing Units, 224 TMUs and 56 ROPs, making it an estimated 12.5% slower than the Radeon RX Vega 64. This puts its predicted performance roughly in line with the GeForce GTX 1070. GPU The Central Unit is clocked at 1500MHz. Memory: Speed The GPU is equipped with stacked HBM-2 Memory and accesses the Frame Buffer through a 2048-bit memory interface. Memory: Frame Buffer The GPU can fill up a Memory Pool of up to 8GB. Under most circumstances, this only proves useful in certain 3D Games whose Settings Require Large Amounts of Memory. However,the GPU itself is aimed for 4K Gaming, In some limited scenarios, 8GB might be a bottleneck and Performance could be better were the Frame Buffer larger, however this would only be an issue in the most demanding games. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 300W, it requires at least a 600W PSU with two available 8-pin connectors. Performance Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB competes with GeForce GTX 1070 8GB, which is available for $399. Specs currently available suggest the Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB performance should be in the same region as the GeForce GTX 1070. However, the ultra-wide HBM2 memory may offer the Radeon RX Vega an advantage at higher resolutions. System Suggestions Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB HBM2 is best suited for resolutions up to and including 3840 x2160 (4K). We recommend a Very Strong Processor and at least 16GB of RAM for Optimal Performance.is | Overview The GTX 1070 AMP! is a Special Edition GTX 1070 high end graphics card by Zotac based on the Nvidia Pascal Architecture. Architecture It equips a GPU Codenamed P104-200-A1, which is a first gen Pascal GPU and has 15 SM activated, offering 1920 shader processing units, 120 TMUs and 64 ROPs. GPU The AMP! central unit runs at 1607MHz and goes up to 1797MHz, under the Boost Mode, higher than the reference card. Memory The GPU accesses a 8GB frame buffer of Fast GDDR5, through a 256-bit memory interface, while the Memory Clock Operates at 2002MHz. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 200W, it requires at least a 500W PSU with one available 8-pin connector. Performance The AMP! Extreme GTX 1070 by Zotac has a high end performance rating. It can meet 2016 AAA system requirements comfortably, gaming at high graphics settings across all games. This GPU will deliver strong frame rates at 1080p on any game at high graphics levels. System Suggestions This graphics card benchmark performance is best suited to resolutions up to and including 2560x1600. We recommend a High-End Processor and 16GB of RAM for optimal performance. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | - | ||||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||