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.

 

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 13497
PassMark - G2D Mark 847
Geekbench - OpenCL 47331
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 283 284
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