NVIDIA ’s xx70 cards have always been defined by mid-range prices with performance that knocks on the door of high-end graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the Pascal graphics card inside the GTX 1070 Ti, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend. Spec for spec, this GTX 1070 Ti leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the GTX 970, by boasting 62.5 % more fps.
The GTX 1070 Ti has 8 GB RAM compared to the GTX 970 's 4 GB video memory. In our synthetic benchmarks, the GTX 1070 Ti blows past the GTX 970 and, amazingly, even the GTX 980 as well.
Compared to its AMD 's closest rival, RX Vega 56, the GTX 1070 Ti was 5.4 % faster. Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The GTX 1070 Ti consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the GTX 970 and it really justifies an upgrade.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Dying Light 2, Total War: Warhammer III, Borderlands 3, Baldur's Gate 3, Armored Core VI at 62 fps to 65 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 64 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Hitman 3, Monster Hunter: World, Guardians of the Galaxy, Final Fantasy XV, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War at 60 fps to 62 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 61 fps.
For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Overwatch 2, Valorant at 69 fps to 145 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 107 fps.
The GTX 1070 might be the mid-range flagship of the latest Pascal set of graphics cards, but their prices keep them out of the reach of most entry-level PC gamers. On the other hand, the GTX 1060 6GB is closer to being reasonably affordable at a price tag of $ 254. NVIDIA ’s xx60 cards have always been defined by entry-level prices with performance that knocks on the door of mid-range graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the Pascal graphics card inside the GTX 1060 6GB, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
The GTX 1060 6GB is much more expensive than the GTX 960 as it costs a whopping $ 254. Compare this to the GTX 960, which came originally at a price of $ 199. Meanwhile, the AMD closest equivalent card is the RX 580 which costs $ 229. Spec for spec, this GTX 1060 6GB leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the GTX 960, by boasting 76.3 % more fps.
The GTX 1060 6GB has 6 GB RAM compared to the GTX 960 's 2 GB video memory. In our synthetic benchmarks, the GTX 1060 6GB blows past the GTX 960 and, amazingly, even the GTX 970 as well.
Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The GTX 1060 6GB consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the GTX 960 and it really justifies an upgrade. Compared to its AMD 's closest rival, RX 580, the GTX 1060 6GB was -6.2 % slower.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Hitman 2, Apex Legends, F1 2019, Overwatch 2, Spider-Man Remastered at 61 fps to 67 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 64 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Valorant at 105 fps to 105 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 105 fps.
For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Valorant at 91 fps to 91 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 91 fps.
| GTX 1070 Ti | GTX 1060 6GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Board Number | PG411 | PG410 |
| Length | 10.5 inches 267 mm | 9.823 inches 250 mm |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI3x DisplayPort | 1x DVI1x HDMI3x DisplayPort |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Slot Width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 180 W | 120 W |
| GTX 1070 Ti | GTX 1060 6GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1683 MHz | 1709 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 1607 MHz | 1506 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 2002 MHz 8008 MHz effective | 2002 MHz 8008 MHz effective |
| GTX 1070 Ti | GTX 1060 6GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Generation | GeForce 1000 | GeForce 1000 |
| Launch Price | 399 USD | 199 USD |
| Production | Active | Active |
| Release Date | Nov 2nd, 2017 | Mar 8th, 2018 |
| GTX 1070 Ti | GTX 1060 6GB | |
|---|---|---|
| CUDA | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.82 | 1.1.82 |
| GTX 1070 Ti | GTX 1060 6GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Pascal | Pascal |
| Die Size | 314 mm² | 314 mm² |
| GPU Name | GP104 | GP104 |
| GPU Variant | GP104-300-A1 | GP104-150-A1 |
| Process Size | 16 nm | 16 nm |
| Transistors | 7,200 million | 7,200 million |
| GTX 1070 Ti | GTX 1060 6GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 256.3 GB/s | 192.2 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 256 bit | 192 bit |
| Memory Size | 8192 MB | 6144 MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| GTX 1070 Ti | GTX 1060 6GB | |
|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 64 | 48 |
| SM Count | 19 | 10 |
| Shading Units | 2432 | 1280 |
| TMUs | 152 | 80 |
| GTX 1070 Ti | GTX 1060 6GB | |
|---|---|---|
| FP16 (half) performance | 127.9 GFLOPS (1:64) | 68.36 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| FP32 (float) performance | 8,186 GFLOPS | 4,375 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 255.8 GFLOPS (1:32) | 123.0 GFLOPS (1:32) |
| Pixel Rate | 107.7 GPixel/s | 82.03 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 255.8 GTexel/s | 136.7 GTexel/s |
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