ATI 3D Rage II vs GeForce GTX 1070 SLI

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking121not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.81no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Mach (1992−1997)
GPU code namePascal GP104 SLIMach64 GT-B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date16 August 2016 (8 years ago)5 September 1996 (28 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$269

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3840no data
Core clock speed1506 MHz60 MHz
Boost clock speed1683 MHzno data
Number of transistors14400 Million5 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm500 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Wattno data
Texture fill rateno data0.06
ROPsno data1
TMUsno data1

Form factor & compatibility

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

Interfaceno dataPCI
Widthno data1-slot
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5SDR
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB4 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed8000 MHz83 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data664.0 MB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x VGA
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12_15.0
OpenGLno dataN/A
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 August 2016 5 September 1996
Chip lithography 16 nm 500 nm

GTX 1070 SLI has an age advantage of 19 years, and a 3025% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1070 SLI and 3D Rage II. We've got no test results to judge.


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