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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

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		9884
PassMark - G2D Mark		437
Geekbench - OpenCL		37928
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	221
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