NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

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Graphics Processor

GPU model GP104 GM204
GPU variant N17E-G2-A1 GM204-200-A1
Architecture Pascal Maxwell 2.0
Foundry TSMC TSMC
Manufacturing process 16 nm 28 nm
Number of transistors 7,200 million 5,200 million
Die size 314 mm² 398 mm²

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 —

Clocks

Base clock 1215 MHz 1050 MHz
Boost clock 1379 MHz 1178 MHz
Memory clock 2002 MHz 8 Gbps effective 1753 MHz 7 Gbps effective

Memory Configuration

Memory size 8 GB 4 GB
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 bit
Bandwidth 256.3 GB/s 224.4 GB/s

Render Configuration

Shading units 2048 1664
TMUs 128 104
ROPs 64 56
SM count 16 —
Cache L1 48 KB (per SM) 48 KB (per SMM)
Cache L2 2 MB 2 MB
SMM count — 13

Performance

Pixel rate 88.26 GPixel/s 65.97 GPixel/s
Texture rate 176.5 GTexel/s 122.5 GTexel/s
FP16 (half) performance 88.26 GFLOPS (1:64) —
FP32 (float) performance 5.648 TFLOPS 3.920 TFLOPS
FP64 (double) performance 176.5 GFLOPS (1:32) 122.5 GFLOPS (1:32)

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width MXM Module Dual-slot
TDP 115 W 148 W
Outputs No outputs 1x DVI1x HDMI3x DisplayPort
Power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Board number E2914 SKU 10 PG401
Length — 267 mm 10.5 inches
Width — 111 mm 4.4 inches
Height — 40 mm 1.6 inches
Suggested PSU — 300 W

API Support & Features

DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
Vulkan 1.2 1.1
CUDA 6.1 5.2
Shader model 6.4 6.4

Other Features

Graphics Card

Release date — Sep 19th, 2014
Generation — GeForce 900
Production — End-of-life
Launch price — 329 USD
Interface — PCIe 3.0 x16
Reviews — 111 in our database
Predecessor — GeForce 700
Successor — GeForce 10

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