GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q vs GTX 1070 Ti

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking118not rated
Place by popularity76not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation31.68no data
Power efficiency14.62no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP104GA103S
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2 November 2017 (7 years ago)25 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores24327424
Core clock speed1607 MHz585 MHz
Boost clock speed1683 MHz1125 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate255.8261.0
Floating-point processing power8.186 TFLOPS16.7 TFLOPS
ROPs6496
TMUs152232
Tensor Coresno data232
Ray Tracing Coresno data58

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth256.3 GB/s384.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-
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 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.18.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 November 2017 25 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 80 Watt

RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 125% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1070 Ti and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q is a notebook one.


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