GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Max-Q vs GTX 1070 SLI

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking141not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency9.38no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code namePascal GP104 SLIGA104
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date16 August 2016 (9 years ago)4 January 2022 (3 years ago)

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 cores38405888
Core clock speed1506 MHz510 MHz
Boost clock speed1683 MHz1035 MHz
Number of transistors14400 Million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rateno data190.4
Floating-point processing powerno data12.19 TFLOPS
ROPsno data96
TMUsno data184
Tensor Coresno data184
Ray Tracing Coresno data46
L1 Cacheno data5.8 MB
L2 Cacheno data4 MB

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 dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed8000 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data384.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno dataNo outputs
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 and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA+8.6
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 August 2016 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 80 Watt

RTX 3070 Ti Max-Q has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 275% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1070 SLI and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1070 SLI is a desktop graphics card while GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Max-Q is a notebook one.

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