GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q and GeForce GTX 960 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q vs GeForce GTX 960
GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
7158
GeForce GTX 960
6254
GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
GeForce GTX 960
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name
N17E-G2 Max-Q
GM206
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
May 2017
January 2015
Bus support
-
PCI Express 3.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
-
400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 6-pins
SLI options
-
+
Boost clock speed
1265 - 1379 MHz
1178 MHz
Core clock speed
1101 - 1215 MHz
1127 MHz
CUDA cores
-
1024
Floating-point performance
5,648 gflops
2,413 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
2,940 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
1024
Power consumption (TDP)
115 Watt
120 Watt
Texture fill rate
176.5
72 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
256.3 GB/s
112 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor support
-
4 displays
HDMI
-
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
+
+
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
6.1
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.4
Shader Model
6.4
6.4
Vulkan
1.2.131
+
GameStream
-
+
GameWorks
-
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
-
+
GPU Boost
-
2.0
VR Ready
+
-