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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
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  • Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
  • Core clock speed 1506
  • Max video memory 8 GB GDDR5
  • Memory type GDDR5
  • Memory clock speed 8 Gbps
  • Maximum resolution
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
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  • Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
  • Core clock speed 1101 - 1290
  • Max video memory 8 GB
  • Memory type GDDR5X
  • Memory clock speed 10000
  • Maximum resolution
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Games supported 95%

General info

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

Place in performance rating144150
Value for money39.6115.20
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameN17E-G2N17E-G3 Max-Q
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 September 2016 (6 years old)30 May 2017 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$389.99 no data
Current price$379 (1x MSRP)$1008
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores20482560
CUDA cores1920no data
Core clock speed1506 MHz1101 - 1290 MHz
Boost clock speed1645 MHz1278 - 1468 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm16 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)120 Watt90 - 110 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate210.6234.9
Floating-point performance6,738 gflops7,516 gflops

Dimensions and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile and GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 sizelargelarge
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options+no data

Memory

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

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed8 GB/s10000 MHz
Memory bandwidth256 GB/s320.3 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

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++

Technologies

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

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

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA+6.1

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.


Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1070 Mobile 27.71
+7.8%
GTX 1080 Max-Q 25.71
  • Passmark
  • 3DMark Vantage Performance
  • 3DMark 11 Performance GPU
  • 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
  • 3DMark Fire Strike Score
  • 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
  • 3DMark Ice Storm GPU
  • SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase
  • SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

Passmark

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 24%

GTX 1070 Mobile 11000
+7.8%
GTX 1080 Max-Q 10207

GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile outperforms GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q by 8% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 16%

GTX 1070 Mobile 34389
GTX 1080 Max-Q 39562
+15%

GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q outperforms GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile by 15% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 16%

GTX 1070 Mobile 22576
GTX 1080 Max-Q 23540
+4.3%

GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q outperforms GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile by 4% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

GTX 1070 Mobile 101041
GTX 1080 Max-Q 114542
+13.4%

GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q outperforms GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile by 13% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Score

Benchmark coverage: 13%

GTX 1070 Mobile 13798
GTX 1080 Max-Q 14274
+3.4%

GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q outperforms GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile by 3% in 3DMark Fire Strike Score.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic enough graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

GTX 1070 Mobile 17237
GTX 1080 Max-Q 18192
+5.5%

GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q outperforms GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile by 6% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

GTX 1070 Mobile 338057
GTX 1080 Max-Q 387951
+14.8%

GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q outperforms GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile by 15% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 1070 Mobile 81
GTX 1080 Max-Q 97
+20.2%

GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q outperforms GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile by 20% in SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase.

SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

This part of SPECviewperf 12 workstation benchmark uses Autodesk Maya 13 engine to render a superhero energy plant static scene consisting of more than 700 thousand polygons, in six different modes.

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 1070 Mobile 78
GTX 1080 Max-Q 122
+56.6%

GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q outperforms GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile by 57% in SPECviewperf 12 - Maya.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD101
−1%
102
+1%
1440p60
−10%
66
+10%
4K43
−16.3%
50
+16.3%

Popular games

  • Full HD
    Low Preset
  • Full HD
    Medium Preset
  • Full HD
    High Preset
  • Full HD
    Ultra Preset
  • 1440p
    High Preset
  • 1440p
    Ultra Preset
  • 4K
    High Preset
  • 4K
    Ultra Preset
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
+8.9%
45−50
−8.9%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 75
−4%
78
+4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 69
+53.3%
45−50
−53.3%
Battlefield 5 122
−9%
133
+9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 107
+52.9%
70−75
−52.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
+8.9%
45−50
−8.9%
Far Cry 5 92
+1.1%
91
−1.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 77
−9.1%
84
+9.1%
Forza Horizon 4 118
−5.1%
124
+5.1%
Hitman 3 85−90
+9.9%
80−85
−9.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 78
+36.8%
55−60
−36.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2 76
+76.7%
40−45
−76.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 86
−8.1%
93
+8.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 61
−8.2%
66
+8.2%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 68
−4.4%
71
+4.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 58
+28.9%
45−50
−28.9%
Battlefield 5 113
−7.1%
121
+7.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 92
+31.4%
70−75
−31.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
+8.9%
45−50
−8.9%
Far Cry 5 92
+3.4%
89
−3.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 74
−9.5%
81
+9.5%
Forza Horizon 4 115
−6.1%
122
+6.1%
Hitman 3 85−90
+9.9%
80−85
−9.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 62
+100%
31
−100%
Metro Exodus 59
−8.5%
64
+8.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 39
+144%
16
−144%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 77
−7.8%
83
+7.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 108
−9.3%
118
+9.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 53
−11.3%
59
+11.3%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 56
+3.7%
54
−3.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 50
+11.1%
45−50
−11.1%
Battlefield 5 103
−4.9%
108
+4.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
+8.9%
45−50
−8.9%
Far Cry 5 87
+2.4%
85
−2.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 68
−2.9%
70
+2.9%
Forza Horizon 4 97
−9.3%
106
+9.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60
−6.7%
64
+6.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 42
−14.3%
48
+14.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 57
+39%
40−45
−39%
Hitman 3 50−55
+8.7%
45−50
−8.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 43
+22.9%
35−40
−22.9%
Metro Exodus 35
−5.7%
37
+5.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24
+20%
20−22
−20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 47
+4.4%
45
−4.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 23
−4.3%
24
+4.3%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40
−7.5%
43
+7.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 37
+42.3%
24−27
−42.3%
Battlefield 5 75
−9.3%
82
+9.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+11.8%
16−18
−11.8%
Far Cry 5 61
−8.2%
66
+8.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 62
−8.1%
67
+8.1%
Forza Horizon 4 76
−10.5%
84
+10.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30
+50%
20−22
−50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 31
+47.6%
21−24
−47.6%
Hitman 3 27−30
+8%
24−27
−8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 23
+27.8%
18−20
−27.8%
Metro Exodus 21
−9.5%
23
+9.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24
−12.5%
27
+12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 39
−15.4%
45
+15.4%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24
−8.3%
26
+8.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21
+50%
14−16
−50%
Battlefield 5 41
−9.8%
45
+9.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Far Cry 5 31
−9.7%
34
+9.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 35
−8.6%
38
+8.6%
Forza Horizon 4 52
−5.8%
55
+5.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16
+45.5%
10−12
−45.5%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance rating 27.71 25.71
Recency 1 September 2016 30 May 2017
Pipelines / CUDA cores 2048 2560
Memory bandwidth 256 320.3
Thermal design power (TDP) 120 Watt 90 Watt

Technical City couldn't decide between

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

The differences in performance seem too small.


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Competitors of GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile by AMD

The nearest GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile's AMD equivalent is Radeon RX 6800M, which is faster by 15% and higher by 19 positions in our performance rating.

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Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile:

GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile 100

Competitors of GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q by AMD

According to our data, the closest equivalent to GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q by AMD is Radeon RX 6500M, which is slower by 22% and lower by 54 positions in our rating.

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Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q:

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