GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q vs GTX 1070

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking145not rated
Place by popularity28not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation23.55no data
Power efficiency16.06no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP104GA103S
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date10 June 2016 (8 years ago)25 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$379 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 cores19207424
Core clock speed1506 MHz585 MHz
Boost clock speed1683 MHz1125 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt80 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate202.0261.0
Floating-point processing power6.463 TFLOPS16.7 TFLOPS
ROPs6496
TMUs120232
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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)500 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone
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 amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed8 GB/s1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth256 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 ConnectorsDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
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)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 June 2016 25 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 80 Watt

RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 87.5% lower power consumption.

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

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


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