NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

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GeForce GTX 1070 compared with GeForce GTX 1080

	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1070	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1080
Overview
Released
Released	June 2016	May 2016
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Pascal	Pascal
Shader cores
Shader cores	1,920	2,560
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,683 MHz	1,733 MHz or 1,759 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	Main figures and photo describe the Founders Edition, verified in MSI's retained datasheet. Partner boards can use different clocks, coolers and connectors.	GP104; 7.2 billion transistors; 160 texture units and 64 ROPs. Main specifications and photo describe the original Founders Edition; the later 11 Gbps memory version is represented by MSI's GAMING+ 8G in its default Gaming mode.
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	–	16 nm FinFET
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	1607 MHz (original Founders Edition); MSI GAMING+ 8G has 1620 MHz base and 1759 MHz boost in Gaming mode, 1632/1771 MHz in OC mode and 1607/1733 MHz in Silent mode.
Cache
Cache	–	2048 KB L2
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	8 GB GDDR5	8 GB GDDR5X
Memory bus
Memory bus	256-bit	256-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	–	320 GB/s or –
Memory detail
Memory detail	8008 MHz effective memory speed (MSI Founders Edition); numerical bandwidth omitted because the maker source used does not publish it.	Original 10 Gbps GDDR5X; MSI GAMING+ 8G lists 11010 MHz effective memory speed. Its bandwidth is not published in the maker's datasheet and is omitted from that configuration.
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	150 W (better)	180 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	3 × DisplayPort 1.4, 1 × HDMI 2.0b and 1 × dual-link DVI-D; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.2	3 × DisplayPort 1.4, 1 × HDMI 2.0b and 1 × dual-link DVI-D; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.2 (MSI Founders Edition). NVIDIA's launch table calls the DVI connector DVI-I; MSI's actual card specification identifies DVI-D.
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320	7680 × 4320 (MSI Founders Edition)
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 8-pin	1 × 8-pin (Founders Edition); 1 × 6-pin and 1 × 8-pin (MSI GAMING+ 8G)
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	500 W	500 W
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	268 × 111 × 38 mm and 1096 g (MSI Founders Edition)	269 × 111 × 40 mm and 1100 g (MSI Founders Edition); 277 × 140 × 42 mm and 1100 g (MSI GAMING+ 8G)
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	–	HEVC 10-bit encode and decode