NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 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: 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 1660 Ti Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • 634.7x more texture fill rate: 128.2 GTexel/s vs 202.0 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 16 nm
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 187.5x more memory clock speed: 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) vs 8 GB/s
  • Around 20% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 53834 vs 44890
  • Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 195.93 vs 150.951
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1919.95 vs 1718.593
  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 14.6 vs 12.283
  • 3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 94.964 vs 28.289
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3691
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3340
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3691
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3340
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 April 2019 vs 10 June 2016
Texture fill rate 128.2 GTexel/s vs 202.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) vs 8 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 53834 vs 44890
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 195.93 vs 150.951
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1919.95 vs 1718.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.6 vs 12.283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 94.964 vs 28.289
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

  • Around 32% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1140 MHz
  • Around 26% higher boost clock speed: 1683 MHz vs 1335 MHz
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 1920 vs 1536
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13509 vs 8627
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 852 vs 365
  • Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 710.366 vs 492.867
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13765 vs 12301
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13765 vs 12301
  • Around 23% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 6067 vs 4915
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 1140 MHz
Boost clock speed 1683 MHz vs 1335 MHz
Pipelines 1920 vs 1536
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13509 vs 8627
PassMark - G2D Mark 852 vs 365
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 710.366 vs 492.867
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13765 vs 12301
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13765 vs 12301
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6067 vs 4915

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8627
13509
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
365
852
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
53834
44890
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
195.93
150.951
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1919.95
1718.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14.6
12.283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
94.964
28.289
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
492.867
710.366
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12301
13765
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12301
13765
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4915
6067
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
PassMark - G3D Mark 8627 13509
PassMark - G2D Mark 365 852
Geekbench - OpenCL 53834 44890
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 195.93 150.951
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1919.95 1718.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.6 12.283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 94.964 28.289
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 492.867 710.366
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12301 13765
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12301 13765
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4915 6067

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

Essentials

Architecture Turing Pascal
Code name TU116 GP104
Launch date 23 April 2019 10 June 2016
Place in performance rating 333 278
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $379
Price now $359.99
Value for money (0-100) 45.72

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1335 MHz 1683 MHz
Core clock speed 1140 MHz 1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 128.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 8.202 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 4.101 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1536 1920
Pixel fill rate 64.08 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 128.2 GTexel/s 202.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 6600 million 7,200 million
CUDA cores 1920
Floating-point performance 6,463 gflops
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
Laptop size medium sized
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

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 256 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) 8 GB/s
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality