Radeon RX Vega Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking196not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation34.81no data
Power efficiency16.31no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGP104BVega Mobile
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)7 January 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$389.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores19201792
Core clock speed1506 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1645 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt90 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate210.6no data
Floating-point processing power6.738 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs128no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargemedium sized
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5HBM2
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed8 GB/sno data
Memory bandwidth256 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVIno data
Multi monitor support+no data
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12_1
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 August 2016 7 January 2018
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 90 Watt

GTX 1070 Mobile has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RX Vega Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile and Radeon RX Vega Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


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