CMP 170HX vs GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking195not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation34.19no data
Power efficiency16.54no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP104BGA100
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)1 September 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$389.99 $4,299

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 cores19204480
Core clock speed1506 MHz1140 MHz
Boost clock speed1645 MHz1410 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt250 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate210.6394.8
Floating-point processing power6.738 TFLOPS12.63 TFLOPS
ROPs64128
TMUs128280
Tensor Coresno data280

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 8-pin
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 typeGDDR5HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed8 GB/s1458 MHz
Memory bandwidth256 GB/s1,493 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 ConnectorsDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)N/A
Shader Model6.4N/A
OpenGL4.5N/A
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA+8.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 August 2016 1 September 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 250 Watt

GTX 1070 Mobile has 108.3% lower power consumption.

CMP 170HX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile and CMP 170HX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile is a notebook card while CMP 170HX is a workstation one.


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