Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce GTX 1070
Summary
Radeon RX 6500 XT
100%
GeForce GTX 1070
154%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6500 XT |
| 43 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 1070 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1070 |
| 54% higher gaming performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1070
The GeForce GTX 1070 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (12 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | GeForce GTX 1070 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 24 (Navi 24 XT) | vs | GP104 (GP104-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 6 nm | vs | 16 nm |
| Die Size | 107 mm² | vs | 314 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,400 million | vs | 7,200 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 1920 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 15 |
| Core clock | 2200 MHz | vs | 1506 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 120 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | GeForce GTX 1070 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective | vs | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | GeForce GTX 1070 | |
|---|
| TDP | 107 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Jan 2022 | vs | 10 Jun 2016 |
Radeon RX 6500 XT
90.08 GP/s
GeForce GTX 1070
96.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
180.20 GT/s
GeForce GTX 1070
180.70 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
144.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 1070
256.30 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
5765.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 1070
5783.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
GeForce GTX 1070
43
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
74
GeForce GTX 1070
101
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
17
GeForce GTX 1070
55
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
105
GeForce GTX 1070
103
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64
GeForce GTX 1070
74
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
67
GeForce GTX 1070
83
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
21
GeForce GTX 1070
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
55
GeForce GTX 1070
69
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
13
GeForce GTX 1070
37
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64
GeForce GTX 1070
65
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
GeForce GTX 1070
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
44
GeForce GTX 1070
65
FPS (higher is better)