NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 1070 SLI sales 16 August 2016. This is a desktop graphics card based on a Pascal architecture and made with 16 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 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.

General info

Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 1070 SLI: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	109
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Value for money	33.61
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Pascal GP104 SLI
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	16 August 2016 (7 years ago)
Current price	$185	of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

GeForce GTX 1070 SLI's specs 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 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	1683 MHz	of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	14400 Million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	of 4 (Radeon 780M)
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GTX 1070 SLI and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for 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 have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2x 8 GB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
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 graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

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

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 1070 SLI. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. 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 38.56

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 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 made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1070 SLI 34226

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 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

Gaming performance

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 across all PC games

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

Full HD	120
4K	56

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

65−70

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	65−70
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65−70
Battlefield 5	110−120
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	100−110
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70
Far Cry 5	95−100
Far Cry New Dawn	90−95
Forza Horizon 4	110−120
Hitman 3	120−130
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	90−95
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	65−70
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65−70
Battlefield 5	110−120
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	100−110
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70
Far Cry 5	95−100
Far Cry New Dawn	90−95
Forza Horizon 4	110−120
Hitman 3	120−130
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85
Metro Exodus	65−70
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	90−95
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	111
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	65−70
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65−70
Battlefield 5	110−120
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70
Far Cry 5	95−100
Far Cry New Dawn	90−95
Forza Horizon 4	110−120
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	73
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	60−65
Hitman 3	70−75
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55
Metro Exodus	40−45
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45
Battlefield 5	80−85
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33
Far Cry 5	70−75
Far Cry New Dawn	70−75
Forza Horizon 4	80−85
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40
Hitman 3	35−40
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−33
Metro Exodus	24−27
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	54

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27
Battlefield 5	45−50
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14
Far Cry 5	35−40
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45
Forza Horizon 4	50−55
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22

Relative performance

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

GeForce GTX 1080 103.99

GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB 103.06

Radeon RX 6600 101.27

GeForce GTX 1070 SLI 100

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 98.34

Radeon RX 5700 97.1

Radeon RX Vega 64 96.4

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTX 1070 SLI is Radeon RX 6600, which is faster by 1% and higher by 5 positions in our ranking.