GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q vs GTX 1070 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking196not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation34.81no data
Power efficiency16.31no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGP104BTU116
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$389.99 $229

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 cores1920no data
Core clock speed1506 MHz1140 MHz
Boost clock speed1645 MHz1335 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate210.6no data
Floating-point processing power6.738 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs128no data

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
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin
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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed8 GB/s8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth256 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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)12.0 (12_1)
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 16 nm 12 nm

GTX 1660 Max-Q has a 33.3% more advanced lithography process.

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