AMD Radeon Instinct MI6 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Ellesmere | GP104 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Ellesmere XT | N17E-G2-A1 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Pascal |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 14 nm | 16 nm |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | 7,200 million |
| Die size | 232 mm² | 314 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Dec 12th, 2016 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon Instinct | — |
| Production | Active | — |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | — |
Clocks
| Base clock | 1120 MHz | 1442 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 1233 MHz | 1645 MHz |
| Memory clock | 1750 MHz 7 Gbps effective | 2002 MHz 8008 MHz effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | 256.3 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 2304 | 2048 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 144 | 128 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| Compute units | 36 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 48 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 2 MB | 2 MB |
| SM count | — | 16 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 39.46 GPixel/s | 105.3 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 177.6 GTexel/s | 210.6 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | 5.682 TFLOPS (1:1) | 105.3 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| FP32 (float) performance | 5.682 TFLOPS | 6.738 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 355.1 GFLOPS (1:16) | 210.6 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | MXM Module |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 241 mm 9.5 inches | — |
| Width | 111 mm 4.4 inches | — |
| TDP | 150 W | 120 W |
| Suggested PSU | 450 W | — |
| Outputs | No outputs | No outputs |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
| Board number | D122 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (12_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.2.131 |
| Shader model | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| CUDA | — | 6.1 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Aug 15th, 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 10 Mobile |
| Production | — | Active |
| Interface | — | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Reviews | — | 124 in our database |
