GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q vs Radeon RX Vega M GL

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q and Radeon RX Vega M GL, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q stacks up against Radeon RX Vega M GL, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q and Radeon RX Vega M GL are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q and Radeon RX Vega M GL are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q or Radeon RX Vega M GL here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q Radeon RX Vega M GL
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 65 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 IGP
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 HBM2
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q has 76% more power consumption, than Radeon RX Vega M GL.
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX Vega M GL uses IGP interface.
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon RX Vega M GL.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon RX Vega M GL - with GCN 4.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q is 170 MHz higher, than Radeon RX Vega M GL.
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon RX Vega M GL - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q is 6600 MHz higher, than Radeon RX Vega M GL.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 16−18
ultra / 1080p 21−24 10−11
QHD / 1440p 16−18 4−5
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 35−40
medium / 1080p 40−45 21−24
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon RX Vega M GL.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q Radeon RX Vega M GL
Architecture Pascal GCN 4.0
Code name N17E-G2 Max-Q Polaris 22
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 30 May 2017 1 February 2018
Pipelines 2048 1280
Core clock speed 1101 - 1215 MHz 931 MHz
Boost Clock 1265 - 1379 MHz 1011 MHz
Transistor count 7,200 million 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 176.5 80.88
Floating-point performance 5,648 gflops 2,588 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 1024 Bit
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz 1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth 256.3 GB/s 179.2 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
VR Ready +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.4 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
CUDA 6.1
Laptop size large
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