NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

81
Place in performance rating
51
30.52
Value for money (0-100)
48.34
Pascal
Architecture
Pascal
GP104
Code name
GP104
Desktop
Type
Desktop
6 May 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
6 May 2016 (5 years ago)
$379
Launch price (MSRP)
$599
$685 (1.8x MSRP)
Price now
$765 (1.3x MSRP)
28.38
Value for money
28.74
Pascal GP104
GPU code name
Pascal GP104
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1920
Pipelines
2560
1506 MHz
Core clock speed
1607 MHz
1683 MHz
Boost Clock
1733 MHz
7,200 million
Transistor count
7,200 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
180 Watt
202.0
Texture fill rate
277.3
6,463 gflops
Floating-point performance
8,873 gflops
94 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
94 °C
1920
CUDA cores
2560
1920
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
1683 MHz
Boost clock speed
1733 MHz
7,200 million
Number of transistors
7,200 million
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
180 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
10.5" (26.7 cm)
Length
10.5" (26.7 cm)
8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
8-pin
+
SLI options
+
500 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
2-slot
Width
2-slot
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

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 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
8 GB/s
Memory clock speed
10 GB/s
256 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, the size and number of monitors.

DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
Display Connectors
DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI
+
G-SYNC support
+
+
Multi monitor support
+
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is the additional functionality.

+
VR Ready
+
+
Multi Monitor
+
+
3D Vision
+
3.0
GPU Boost
3.0
+
CUDA
+
+
Multi-Projection
+
+
Ansel
+
+
Virtual Reality
+
+
ShadowWorks
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.5
+
Vulkan
1.2.131
6.4
Shader Model
6.4
1.2
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 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 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 60 30.2
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
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

Cheaper ($685 (1.8x MSRP) vs $765 (1.3x MSRP))

Less power consumption (150 Watt vs 180 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

6.68% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2560 vs 1920)

More memory bandwidth (320 GB/s vs 256 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080