GeForce GTX 1070 mobile vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 1070 mobile and Radeon RX 5500 XT. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 1070 mobile and Radeon RX 5500 XT. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 mobile here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1070 mobile Radeon RX 5500 XT
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 130 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon RX 5500 XT has 8% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 1070 mobile.
  • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 5500 XT uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile and Radeon RX 5500 XT have maximum RAM of 8 GB.
  • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is used in Laptops, and Radeon RX 5500 XT - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon RX 5500 XT - with RDNA 1.0.
  • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 5500 XT - by 7 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 5500 XT is 13992 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 1070 mobile.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 50−55 45−50
ultra / 1080p 35−40 30−35
QHD / 1440p 27−30 24−27
4K / 2160p 16−18 14−16
low / 720p 80−85 70−75
medium / 1080p 60−65 55−60
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1070 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 12% more, than Radeon RX 5500 XT.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1070 mobile Radeon RX 5500 XT
Architecture Pascal RDNA 1.0
Code name N17E-G2 Navi 14
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 1 September 2016 12 December 2019
Pipelines 2048 1408
Core clock speed 1506 MHz
Boost Clock 1645 MHz 1845 MHz
Transistor count 7,200 million 6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 210.6 162.4
Floating-point performance 6,738 gflops
Length 180 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 8 GB/s 14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s 224.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
VR Ready +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 6.5
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
CUDA +
CUDA cores 1920
Bus support PCIe 3.0
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
Laptop size large
GPU Boost 3.0
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