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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI: specs and benchmarks

Price now 255$

Games supported 100%

Year of release 2016

Performance 58.72

Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 1070 SLI sales 16 August 2016. This is a high-end Pascal architecture desktop card based on 16 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 2x 8 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 8 GHz are supplied.

No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 300 Watt.

It provides good gaming and benchmark performance at

58.72%

of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti.

GeForce GTX 1070 SLI

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

General info

Of GeForce GTX 1070 SLI's architecture, market segment and release date.

Place in performance rating	39
Value for money	35.17
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Pascal GP104 SLI
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	16 August 2016 (6 years ago)
Current price	$255	of 49999 (A100 SXM4)

Value for money

To get the index we compare the characteristics of video cards and their relative prices.

Technical specs

GeForce GTX 1070 SLI's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 1070 SLI's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	3840	of 18432 (AD102)
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	1683 MHz	of 2903 (Radeon Pro W6600)
Number of transistors	14400 Million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080 Ti)
Thermal design power (TDP)	300 Watt	of 900 (Tesla S2050)

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on GeForce GTX 1070 SLI's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

SLI options

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 1070 SLI: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2x 8 GB	of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	of 21000 (GeForce RTX 3090 Ti)
Shared memory	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 1070 SLI. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.

G-SYNC support

Technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce GTX 1070 SLI. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

API support

APIs supported by GeForce GTX 1070 SLI, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12_1
Vulkan	+
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 1070 SLI. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1070 SLI 58.72

3DMark 11 Performance GPU
3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
3DMark Fire Strike Score
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
3DMark Ice Storm GPU
SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1070 SLI 42691

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1070 SLI 140180

3DMark Fire Strike Score

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1070 SLI 21076

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic enough graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1070 SLI 34226

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

GTX 1070 SLI 373694

SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 1070 SLI 82

Game benchmarks

Let's see how good GeForce GTX 1070 SLI is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD	120
4K	56

Popular games

Full HD
Low Preset
Full HD
Medium Preset
Full HD
High Preset
Full HD
Ultra Preset
1440p
High Preset
1440p
Ultra Preset
4K
High Preset
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Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

55−60

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60
Battlefield 5	55−60
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	55−60
Cyberpunk 2077	55−60
Far Cry 5	55−60
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60
Forza Horizon 4	55−60
Hitman 3	55−60
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60
Battlefield 5	55−60
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	55−60
Cyberpunk 2077	55−60
Far Cry 5	55−60
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60
Forza Horizon 4	55−60
Hitman 3	55−60
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60
Metro Exodus	55−60
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	111
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60
Battlefield 5	55−60
Cyberpunk 2077	55−60
Far Cry 5	55−60
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60
Forza Horizon 4	55−60
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	73
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	55−60
Hitman 3	55−60
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60
Metro Exodus	55−60
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60
Battlefield 5	55−60
Cyberpunk 2077	55−60
Far Cry 5	55−60
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60
Forza Horizon 4	55−60
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	55−60
Hitman 3	55−60
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60
Metro Exodus	55−60
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	54

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60
Battlefield 5	55−60
Cyberpunk 2077	55−60
Far Cry 5	55−60
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60
Forza Horizon 4	55−60
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60

Relative perfomance

Overall GeForce GTX 1070 SLI performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.

NVIDIA A10G 107.92

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 106.03

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super 104.8

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI 100

AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT 98.71

NVIDIA TITAN V 98.71

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 98.31

AMD equivalent

We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce GTX 1070 SLI from AMD is Radeon RX 6650 XT, which is slower by 1% and lower by 1 position in our rating.