NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB

  • Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1265 MHz vs 1215 MHz
  • Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1480 MHz vs 1379 MHz
  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Core clock speed 1265 MHz vs 1215 MHz
Boost clock speed 1480 MHz vs 1379 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 115 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

  • Around 49% higher texture fill rate: 176.5 GTexel / s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
  • Around 49% better floating-point performance: 5,648 gflops vs 3,789 gflops
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Texture fill rate 176.5 GTexel / s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2048 vs 1280
Floating-point performance 5,648 gflops vs 3,789 gflops
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 9934
PassMark - G2D Mark 427
Geekbench - OpenCL 41185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 214.123
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2293.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 139.717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 692.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8048
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8048
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4887

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Pascal
Code name GP106 GP104
Launch date 27 June 2017 27 June 2017
Place in performance rating not rated 233
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1480 MHz 1379 MHz
Core clock speed 1265 MHz 1215 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,789 gflops 5,648 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 16 nm
Pipelines 1280 2048
Texture fill rate 118.4 GTexel / s 176.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 115 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 7,200 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Laptop size large

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s 256.3 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz 8008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs
G-SYNC support

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan