NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile vs 780 6 GB
General info
Comparison of GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile and GeForce GTX 780 6 GB architecture, market type and release date.
Architecture
Pascal
Kepler
Code name
Pascal GP104 SLI
GK110B
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
16 August 2016
10 September 2013
Technical specs
GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile and GeForce GTX 780 6 GB's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile and GeForce GTX 780 6 GB's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Pipelines
4096
2304
Core clock speed
1443 MHz
863 MHz
Boost Clock
1645 MHz
902 MHz
Transistor count
14400 Million
7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)
n/d
250 Watt
Texture fill rate
n/d
173.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance
n/d
4,156 gflops
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile and GeForce GTX 780 6 GB 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). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
Laptop size
large
n/d
Interface
n/d
PCIe 3.0 x16
Length
n/d
267 mm
Supplementary power connectors
n/d
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile and GeForce GTX 780 6 GB: 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
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2x 8 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
2x 256 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
6008 MHz
Memory bandwidth
n/d
288.4 GB / s
Shared memory
-
n/d
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile and GeForce GTX 780 6 GB.
Display Connectors
n/d
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
+
-
Technologies
Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile and GeForce GTX 780 6 GB. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
3D Vision
+
-
GPU Boost
+
n/d
VR Ready
+
n/d
CUDA
+
-
SLI
+
n/d
GeForce Experience
+
n/d
Surround
+
n/d
Multi-Projection
+
n/d
Multi Monitor
+
n/d
Adaptive Vertical Sync
+
n/d
API support
APIs supported by GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile and GeForce GTX 780 6 GB, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX
DirectX 12 (FL 12_1)
12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL
n/d
4.6
Vulkan
+
-
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile
Much newer (16 August 2016 vs 10 September 2013)
More pipelines (4096 vs 2304)
Finer manufacturing process technology (16 vs 28 nm)
Multi-Projection
VR Ready
G-SYNC (removes screen tearing by telling the display when to renew the image. Only works with G-SYNC compatible displays)
Vulkan (a contemporary API for graphics acceleration, based on now-discontinued Mantle)
Multi Monitor
CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture - an API for video card computing power usage in tasks different from 3D graphics processing. Can be used for physics simulation for instance)
3D Vision
PhysX (hardware acceleration of physical simulation engine named PhysX)
GeForce Experience (software suite built to manage NVIDIA GPU parameters, and to record and stream game video)
Surround
NVIDIA GameStream
GPU Boost 2.0 (increases NVIDIA GPU voltage and frequency when there's a temperature headroom. Similar to AMD PowerTune)
Adaptive Vertical Sync
SLI (Scalable Link Interface - a technology for uniting several NVIDIA GPUs processing power in one PC)
3D Vision Surround
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 6 GB
Wider memory bus (384 vs 256 bit)
So, GTX 1070 SLI Mobile or 780 6 GB?
Technical City couldn't decide between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 6 GB. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 780 6 GB is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile and GeForce GTX 780 6 GB, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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