NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

118
Place in performance rating
167
24.03
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Pascal
Architecture
Pascal
GP104B
Code name
GP106
Laptop
Type
Desktop
1 September 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
26 December 2017 (3 years ago)
$389.99
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$379 (1x MSRP)
Price now
$203
36.94
Value for money
60.74
N17E-G2
GPU code name
GP106
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2048
Pipelines
1280
1506 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
1645 MHz
Boost Clock
1709 MHz
7,200 million
Transistor count
4,400 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
210.6
Texture fill rate
136.7
6,738 gflops
Floating-point performance
4,375 gflops
94 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
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1920
CUDA cores
no data
2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
1645 MHz
Boost clock speed
1709 MHz
7,200 million
Number of transistors
4,400 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
120 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
250 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
large
Laptop size
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+
SLI options
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PCIe 3.0
Bus support
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
5 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
160 Bit
8 GB/s
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
256 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
160.2 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB, the size and number of monitors.

DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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G-SYNC support
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+
Multi monitor support
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HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB is the additional functionality.

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VR Ready
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Multi Monitor
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+
3D Vision
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3.0
GPU Boost
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+
CUDA
no data
+
Multi-Projection
no data
+
Ansel
no data
+
Virtual Reality
no data
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ShadowWorks
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
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1.2
OpenCL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile 96 78 68 56 43 23
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile 129 97.1 91.6 90 63.4 33.1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile 203 176 148 99 71 41
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile 220 161 105 70.9 46.2 25.3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile 194 128 115 112 75.5 39
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile

29.5% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2048 vs 1280)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 5 GB)

More memory bandwidth (256 GB/s vs 160.2 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Cheaper ($203 vs $379 (1x MSRP))

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB performance benchmarks comparison

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