NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
1001x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 8 GB/s
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5569 vs 3691
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5569 vs 3691
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5034 vs 3340
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5034 vs 3340

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 August 2016 vs 10 June 2016
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 8 GB/s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5569 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5569 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	5034 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	5034 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1404 MHz
Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1683 MHz vs 1670 MHz
Around 51% higher texture fill rate: 202.0 GTexel / s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 1920 vs 1280
Around 51% better floating-point performance: 6,463 gflops vs 4,275 gflops
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13765 vs 12021
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13765 vs 12021

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 1404 MHz
Boost clock speed	1683 MHz vs 1670 MHz
Texture fill rate	202.0 GTexel / s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1920 vs 1280
Floating-point performance	6,463 gflops vs 4,275 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13765 vs 12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13765 vs 12021

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12021

13765

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12021

13765

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5569

3691

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5569

3691

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5034

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5034

3340

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12021	13765
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12021	13765
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5569	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5569	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	5034	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	5034	3340
PassMark - G3D Mark		13507
PassMark - G2D Mark		851
Geekbench - OpenCL		44918
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		150.951
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1718.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		12.283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		28.289
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		710.366
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		6066

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Pascal
Code name	GP106	GP104
Launch date	15 August 2016	10 June 2016
Place in performance rating	276	278
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$379
Price now		$359.99
Value for money (0-100)		45.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1670 MHz	1683 MHz
Core clock speed	1404 MHz	1506 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops	6,463 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	16 nm
Pipelines	1280	1920
Texture fill rate	133.6 GTexel / s	202.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	7,200 million
CUDA cores		1920
Maximum GPU temperature		94 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		8-pin
Width		2-slot
API support
Vulkan
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL		4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	256 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	8 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
3D Vision
Ansel
GPU Boost
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality