GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X vs GTX 1070 Max-Q

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking306not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.75no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGP104GP104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date27 June 2017 (7 years ago)4 December 2018 (6 years ago)

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 cores20481920
Core clock speed1215 MHz1506 MHz
Boost clock speed1379 MHz1683 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate176.5202.0
Floating-point processing power5.648 TFLOPS6.463 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs128120

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
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz1001 MHz
Memory bandwidth256.3 GB/s256.3 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA6.16.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 June 2017 4 December 2018
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 150 Watt

GTX 1070 Max-Q has 30.4% lower power consumption.

GTX 1070 GDDR5X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q and GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X is a desktop one.


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