NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

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GeForce GTX 1060 compared with GeForce GTX 1070

	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1060	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1070
Overview
Released
Released	July 2016	June 2016
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Pascal	Pascal
Shader cores
Shader cores	1,280 or 1,152	1,920
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,708 MHz or –	1,683 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	Main figures and photo describe the original 6 GB Founders Edition. The 3 GB card has 1152 CUDA cores rather than 1280. Later 9 Gbps GDDR5 and GDDR5X cards were partner designs; unpublished general revision figures remain blank in their configurations.	Main figures and photo describe the Founders Edition, verified in MSI's retained datasheet. Partner boards can use different clocks, coolers and connectors.
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	16 nm FinFET (original GP106)	–
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	No dedicated RT Cores	No dedicated RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	No Tensor Cores	No Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	No NVIDIA DLSS	No NVIDIA DLSS
Base clock
Base clock	1506 MHz base and 1708 MHz boost for the original 6 GB and stock-clock 3 GB cards. MSI GAMING X+ 6G (9 Gbps GDDR5) has 1708 MHz boost in Silent Mode, 1784 MHz Gaming Mode and 1809 MHz OC Mode. MSI ARMOR 6GD5X OC specifies 1544 MHz base and 1759 MHz boost; these factory OC figures are not assigned to every GDDR5X card.	1506 MHz
Cache
Cache	1536 KB L2 cache (original GP106)	–
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	6 GB GDDR5, 3 GB GDDR5 or 6 GB GDDR5X	8 GB GDDR5
Memory bus
Memory bus	192-bit	256-bit (better)
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s or –	–
Memory detail
Memory detail	Original 6 GB and 3 GB cards have 8 Gbps GDDR5, 192-bit bus and 192 GB/s bandwidth. NVIDIA confirms the later 9 Gbps GDDR5 refresh; MSI GAMING X+ lists 9026 MHz Gaming/Silent and 9126 MHz OC memory speed. MSI ARMOR 6GD5X OC verifies 6 GB GDDR5X, 192-bit bus and 8008 MHz memory speed, but publishes no bandwidth figure. Later revisions' first-sale dates are unverified.	8008 MHz effective memory speed (MSI Founders Edition); numerical bandwidth omitted because the maker source used does not publish it.
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	120 W or –	150 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	Original Founders Edition has 3 × DisplayPort 1.3/1.4, HDMI 2.0b and dual-link DVI; partner outputs vary	3 × DisplayPort 1.4, 1 × HDMI 2.0b and 1 × dual-link DVI-D; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.2
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320 (PNY stock 3 GB specification)	7680 × 4320
Power connector
Power connector	1 × PCIe 6-pin on the original Founders Edition and stock PNY 3 GB; MSI GAMING X+ uses 1 × 8-pin, and MSI ARMOR GDDR5X OC uses 1 × 8-pin plus 1 × 6-pin	1 × 8-pin
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	400 W (PNY stock 3 GB, MSI GAMING X+ and MSI ARMOR GDDR5X OC)	500 W
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	–	268 × 111 × 38 mm and 1096 g (MSI Founders Edition)
Slot width
Slot width	2-slot original Founders Edition; partner cards vary	–