GeForce GTX 1070 vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition, which features a clock frequency of 1382 MHz and a HBM2 memory frequency of 1890 MHz. It also uses a 2048-bit memory bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is made up of 4096 SPUs, 256 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		21379 points
GeForce GTX 1070		18174 points
	Difference: 3205 (18%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		300 Watts
	Difference: 150 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1070 in general. (explain)

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		495452 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 233308 (89%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition should be quite a bit (about 96%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 1070. (explain)

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		353792 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 173072 (96%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 is the winner, but it probably won't make a huge difference. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		88448 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 7936 (9%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.