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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition

What's the best choice NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition? Which graphics card is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 has a base frequency of 2 GHz. Memory size 8 GB. Memory type GDDR5. Released in Q3/2016.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition has a base frequency of 1.350 GHz. Memory size 11 GB. Memory type GDDR6. Released in Q3/2018.

Differences

  • Higher clock speed

    Around 48% better clock speed

    2 GHz left arrow 1.350 GHz
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    510 left arrow place
  • More memory

    38% more memory

    11 GB left arrow 8 GB

Positions in all rankings

Common positions NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition GPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)
    851 place
  • 3DMark Benchmark
    519 place
  • Battlefield 5
    546 place
  • Shadow of the Tomb Raider
    524 place
  • Crypto-Mining Ethereum Hashrate (MH/s)
    560 place
  • Crypto-Mining Ergo Hashrate (MH/s)
    775 place
  • Crypto-Mining Ravencoin Hashrate (MH/s)
    381 place
  • Crypto-Mining Vertcoin Hashrate (MH/s)
    379 place

Specifications

Technical data
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition
General info

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition, chip, information processing units.

  • Architecture
    Pascal left arrow Turing
  • Execution Units
    1920 left arrow 68
  • GPU Chip
    GP104 left arrow TU102
  • L1 Cache
    48 KB left arrow -
  • L2 Cache
    2 MB left arrow -
  • Render Output Units
    64 left arrow 88
  • Texture Units
    120 left arrow 272
  • Based on
    - left arrow NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
  • CUDA Cores
    - left arrow 4352
  • Shader
    - left arrow 4352
Memory settings

Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.

  • Memory Bandwidth
    256.3 GB/s left arrow 616 GB/s
  • Memory Bus
    256 bit left arrow 352 bit
  • Memory Clock
    2000 MHz left arrow -
  • Memory Data Rate
    8 Gbps left arrow -
  • Memory Size
    8 GB left arrow 11 GB
  • Memory Type
    GDDR5 left arrow GDDR6
  • Memory Speed (legacy frequency label)
    - left arrow 1750 MHz
Clock frequency

Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.

  • Base Clock
    1506 MHz left arrow 1350 MHz
  • Boost Clock
    1683 MHz left arrow 1635 MHz + 6%
  • Game Clock
    - left arrow -
  • Overclocking
    - left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Graphics card power limits and recommended system power supply describe different specifications.

  • System Power Supply
    450 W (PSU recommendation) left arrow -
  • TDP
    150 W left arrow 260 W+ 4 %
  • Maximum Junction Temperature
    - left arrow -
  • TDP (up)
    - left arrow 320 W
Cooler & Fans type

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition.

  • Cooler-Type
    - left arrow Air cooling
  • Fan-Type
    - left arrow Axial
  • Fan 1
    - left arrow 2 x 90 mm
  • Fan 2
    - left arrow -
  • Noise (Idle)
    - left arrow 0 dB / Silent
  • Noise (Load)
    - left arrow 44 dB
Interfaces

Connectivity and connections.

  • DisplayPort Ports
    3 × DisplayPort 1.4a left arrow 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a
  • DVI Ports
    1 × DVI left arrow -
  • HDMI Ports
    1 × HDMI 2.0 left arrow 1 × HDMI 2.0b
  • Max. Displays
    5 left arrow 4
  • PCIe Interface
    PCIe 3.0 x16 left arrow PCIe 3.0 x16
  • Power Connectors
    1x 8-pin left arrow 2 x 8-Pin
  • HDCP Version
    - left arrow 2.2
  • USB-C Ports
    - left arrow 1 × USB-C
  • VGA Ports
    - left arrow -
Technical data

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

  • CUDA
    6.1 left arrow -
  • DirectX
    12.1 left arrow 12_2
  • Max. resolution
    3840 × 2160 left arrow 7680 × 4320
  • OpenCL
    3.0 left arrow -
  • OpenGL
    4.6 left arrow -
  • Shader Model
    6.7 (6.4) left arrow -
  • Vulkan
    1.3 left arrow -
  • DLSS / FSR
    - left arrow Yes
  • LED
    - left arrow No LED lighting
  • Raytracing
    - left arrow Yes
Supported Video Codecs

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

  • AV1
    - left arrow No
  • h264
    - left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC
    - left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    - left arrow Decode
  • VP9
    - left arrow Decode
Dimensions

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

  • Height
    40 mm left arrow 116 mm
  • Length
    267 mm left arrow 267 mm
  • Slot Size
    Dual-slot left arrow 2 PCIe-Slots
  • Width
    112 mm left arrow -
  • Weight
    - left arrow -
More information

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070.

  • Process Technology
    16 nm left arrow 12 nm
  • Release date
    Q3/2016 left arrow Q3/2018
  • Documents
    - left arrow -
  • Launch Price (historical)
    - left arrow 1,599 $
  • Manufacturer specification scope
    - left arrow NVIDIA GPU-level facts only for the exact GPU and VRAM configuration; Founders Edition board clocks, power and connectors are not refreshed from the shared reference/FE column.
  • Part Number
    - left arrow -
Theoretical Performance

  • FP16 (theoretical)
    101.0 GFLOPS (1:64) left arrow -
  • FP32 (theoretical)
    6.463 TFLOPS left arrow -
  • FP64 (theoretical)
    202.0 GFLOPS (1:32) left arrow -
  • Pixel Rate
    107.7 GPixel/s left arrow -
  • Texture Rate
    202.0 GTexel/s left arrow -

Benchmarks

Performance tests GPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

More results: 10

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition

More results: 75

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