NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

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Graphics Processor

GPU model GP106 GP104
GPU variant GP106-300-A1 N17E-G2-A1
Architecture Pascal Pascal
Foundry TSMC TSMC
Manufacturing process 16 nm 16 nm
Number of transistors 4,400 million 7,200 million
Die size 200 mm² 314 mm²

Graphics Card

Release date Aug 18th, 2016
Generation GeForce 10
Predecessor GeForce 900
Successor GeForce 20
Production End-of-life
Launch price 199 USD
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Reviews 117 in our database

Clocks

Base clock 1506 MHz 1215 MHz
Boost clock 1708 MHz 1379 MHz
Memory clock 2002 MHz 8 Gbps effective 2002 MHz 8 Gbps effective

Memory Configuration

Memory size 3 GB 8 GB
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Bandwidth 192.2 GB/s 256.3 GB/s

Render Configuration

Shading units 1152 2048
TMUs 72 128
ROPs 48 64
SM count 9 16
Cache L1 48 KB (per SM) 48 KB (per SM)
Cache L2 1536 KB 2 MB

Performance

Pixel rate 81.98 GPixel/s 88.26 GPixel/s
Texture rate 123.0 GTexel/s 176.5 GTexel/s
FP16 (half) performance 61.49 GFLOPS (1:64) 88.26 GFLOPS (1:64)
FP32 (float) performance 3.935 TFLOPS 5.648 TFLOPS
FP64 (double) performance 123.0 GFLOPS (1:32) 176.5 GFLOPS (1:32)

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width Dual-slot MXM Module
Length 250 mm 9.8 inches
TDP 120 W 115 W
Suggested PSU 300 W
Outputs 1x DVI1x HDMI3x DisplayPort No outputs
Power connectors 1x 6-pin None
Board number PG410 SKU 20 E2914 SKU 10

API Support & Features

DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
Vulkan 1.2 1.2
CUDA 6.1 6.1
Shader model 6.4 6.4

Other Features

Mobile graphics

Release date Jun 27th, 2017
Generation GeForce 10 Mobile
Production End-of-life
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Reviews 125 in our database
Predecessor GeForce 900M
Successor GeForce 20 Mobile

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