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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile

The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 is the second fastest Pascal based graphics card in mid May 2016. It comes in two variants, the desktop version (see here for the detail page) with 1920 shaders and the mobile variant with 2048 shaders and lower clock rates. Both cards are based on a cut down GP104 chip (like the GTX 1080) and are manufactured in 16 nm FinFET at TSMC.

Compared to the GTX1080, the GTX1070 features less CUDA cores (2048 versus 2560) that are clocked a bit lower (maximum Boost 1645 versus 1733). Instead of the new GDDR5X, the GTX 1070 uses slower GDDR5 graphics memory - but still 8 GB. The TDP is also reduced and rumored to be 10 Watts higher than the predecessor, the GTX 980M.

For thin and light laptops Nvidia offer a Max-Q called version of the GTX 1070 with lower TDP and also significantly lower performance. Sadly this variant im sold with the same GTX 1070 name, making it hard to judge the performance.

The performance depends on the cooling solution of the laptop. With a good fan system, the performance of the laptop version is on par with the desktop GTX 1070 (Founders Edition). Nvidia claims that partner solutions can be up to 10 percent slower however. In our benchmarks with various laptops the performance ranged from -5 to -14% slower performance compared to partner models of the GTX 1080 desktop models with slightly higher clocks.

On average the GTX 1070 is around 20 percent faster than the old mobile GeForce GTX 980 and therefore the second fastest mobile graphics card (non SLI). Therefore it is capable of WQHD and 4K gaming in high settings (see game benchmarks below).

The GP104 chip is manufactured in 16nm FinFET process at TSMC and offers a range of new features. DisplayPort 1.4 (ready), HDMI 2.0b, HDR, Simultaneous Multi-Projection (SMP), improved H.265 video en- and decoders (for PlayReady 3.0) are only some of the improvements. See our detailed Pascal architecture article for more details.

The power consumption of the GTX 1070 is specified with 115 Watt TGP according to Nvidia and therefore slightly above the old GeForce GTX 980M. This leads to rather big and clunky gaming laptops that use the GTX 1070. The later released Max-Q version of the GTX 1070 uses only 80 - 90 Watt TGP and is therefore better suited for thin and light laptops.

ManufacturerNVIDIA
GeForce GTX 1000 Series
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti compare 3584 @ 1481 - 1600 MHz352 Bit @ 11000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop) compare 5120 @ 1556 - 1733 MHz256 Bit @ 10000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 SLI (Desktop) compare 3840 @ 1506 - 1683 MHz256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 SLI (Laptop) compare 4096 @ 1443 - 1645 MHz256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) compare 2560 @ 1607 - 1733 MHz256 Bit @ 10000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile compare 2560 @ 1566 - 1733 MHz256 Bit @ 10000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop) compare 2432 @ 1607 - 1683 MHz256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) compare 1920 @ 1506 - 1683 MHz256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q compare 2560 @ 1101 - 1290 - 1278 - 1468 MHz256 Bit @ 10000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile 2048 @ 1443 - 1645 MHz256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q compare 2048 @ 1101 - 1215 - 1265 - 1379 MHz256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1060 (Desktop) compare 1280 @ 1506 - 1708 MHz192 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile compare 1280 @ 1404 - 1670 MHz192 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q compare 1280 @ 1063 - 1265 - 1341 - 1480 MHz192 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile compare 768 @ 1493 - 1620 MHz128 Bit @ 7000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) compare 768 @ 1290 - 1392 MHz128 Bit @ 7008 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q compare 768 @ 1151 – 1290 - 1290 – 1417 MHz128 Bit @ 7000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) compare 640 @ 1354 - 1455 MHz128 Bit @ 7008 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile compare 640 @ 1354 - 1493 MHz128 Bit @ 7000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q compare 640 @ 999 - 1189 - 1139 - 1328 MHz128 Bit @ 7000 MHz
GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) compare 384 @ 1228 - 1670 MHz64 Bit @ 6000 MHz
CodenameN17E-G2
ArchitecturePascal
Pipelines2048 - unified
Core Speed1443 - 1645 (Boost) MHz
Memory Speed8000 MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory8192 MB
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 12_1
Transistor Count7200 Million
technology16 nm
FeaturesMulti-Projection, VR Ready, G-SYNC, Vulkan, Multi Monitor
Notebook Sizelarge
Date of Announcement01.09.2016
Link to Manufacturer PageLink: http://www.nvidia.de/graphics-card...

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
46.1 pt (51%)
AMD Radeon HD 8180 -97%
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI -11%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI -9%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) -8%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 -8%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 -5%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (Desktop) -5%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti -3%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI -3%
AMD Radeon R9 390X -2%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
AMD Radeon RX 570 (Desktop) 1%
AMD Radeon RX 580 (Desktop) 2%
AMD Radeon RX 480 (Desktop) 3%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury 4%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q 5%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Desktop) 8%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super (Desktop) 10%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile 11%
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop) 13%
...
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop) 94%
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100%
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 4729     avg: 5253     median: 5268 (30%)     max: 5773 Points
+ 21 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 5145     avg: 5464     median: 5485 (29%)     max: 5743 Points
+ 21 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 246743     avg: 341959     median: 338057 (62%)     max: 410191 Points
+ 17 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
min: 116033     avg: 222639     median: 231131 (32%)     max: 368933 Points
+ 25 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 22639     avg: 28539     median: 27920 (42%)     max: 37519 Points
+ 51 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 64973     avg: 99208     median: 101041 (52%)     max: 125922 Points
+ 51 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 11779     avg: 13906     median: 13797.5 (46%)     max: 15909 Points
+ 56 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 15718     avg: 17228     median: 17236.5 (40%)     max: 19059 Points
+ 56 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 117135     avg: 255910     median: 265442 (35%)     max: 424321 Points
+ 35 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 11913     avg: 16930     median: 16939.5 (44%)     max: 19481 Points
+ 58 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 13760     avg: 22405     median: 22575.5 (38%)     max: 25604 Points
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3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
141639 Points (74%)
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3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
33386 Points (63%)
+ 1 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
min: 79.3     avg: 82.5     median: 82.5 (45%)     max: 85.7 fps
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SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 +
specvp11 tcvis-02 +
specvp11 sw-02 +
specvp11 proe-05 +
specvp11 maya-03 +
specvp11 lightwave-01 +
specvp11 ensight-04 +
specvp11 catia-03 +
SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 +
specvp12 snx-02 +
specvp12 showcase-01 +
specvp12 mediacal-01 +
specvp12 maya-04 +
specvp12 energy-01 +
specvp12 creo-01 +
specvp12 catia-04 +
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
299 fps (48%)
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GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan
59.9 fps (16%)
+ 1 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
min: 2277     avg: 2849     median: 2409 (25%)     max: 4730 Samples/s
+ 5 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
min: 2419     avg: 3972     median: 4097 (28%)     max: 4706 Samples/s
+ 5 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
min: 1350     avg: 11365     median: 12369.5 (28%)     max: 13299 points
+ 10 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
min: 154     avg: 179     median: 179.5 (39%)     max: 206 Watt
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Clock Speed - GPU Clock Witcher 3 ultra
min: 1544     avg: 1664     median: 1670 (87%)     max: 1797 MHz
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Clock Speed - GPU Clock Speed Furmark
1265 MHz (73%)
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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

FIFA 21

FIFA 21

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low 1280x720
155 fps  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
150 fps  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
149 fps  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
147 fps  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
140 fps  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
128 fps  fps    + Compare