GeForce GTX 1070 mobile vs Radeon Sky 500

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 1070 mobile and Radeon Sky 500. 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 Sky 500. 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 Sky 500
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon Sky 500 has 25% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 1070 mobile.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon Sky 500.
  • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is used in Laptops, and Radeon Sky 500 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon Sky 500 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is 556 MHz higher, than Radeon Sky 500.
  • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon Sky 500 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 4792 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 1070 mobile.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 50−55 35−40
ultra / 1080p 35−40 21−24
QHD / 1440p 27−30 16−18
4K / 2160p 16−18 10−11
low / 720p 80−85 60−65
medium / 1080p 60−65 40−45
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1070 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 43% more, than Radeon Sky 500.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1070 mobile Radeon Sky 500
Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name N17E-G2 Pitcairn
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 1 September 2016 27 March 2013
Pipelines 2048 1280
Core clock speed 1506 MHz 950 MHz
Boost Clock 1645 MHz
Transistor count 7,200 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 210.6 76.00
Floating-point performance 6,738 gflops 2,432 gflops
Length 242 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 8 GB/s 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s 154 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
VR Ready +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
CUDA +
CUDA cores 1920
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
Laptop size large
Form factor full height / full length
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support +
GPU Boost 3.0
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