GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X vs 960M

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	456	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.44	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	N16P-GX	GP104
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	12 March 2015 (9 years ago)	4 December 2018 (5 years ago)
Current price	$799	$600

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

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 cores	640	1920
CUDA cores	640	no data
Core clock speed	1096 MHz	1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	1202 MHz	1683 MHz
Number of transistors	1,870 million	7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	47.04	202.0
Floating-point performance	1,505 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 960M and GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 size	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-pin
SLI options	+	no data

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	8008 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	256.3 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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 Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
VGA аnalog display support	+	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+

Supported technologies

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

GameStream	+	no data
GeForce ShadowPlay	+	no data
GPU Boost	2.0	no data
GameWorks	+	no data
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data
BatteryBoost	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.131
CUDA	+	6.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 March 2015	4 December 2018
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	150 Watt

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