GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104 and GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104
GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
GP104
GP104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 2016
December 2018
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
1683 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
16 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
7,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
1920
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
150 Watt
Texture fill rate
123.0
202.0
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
8008 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
256.3 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
6.1
6.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.4
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2.131