EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION
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MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION has 1920 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.68 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 6.46 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 has 1152 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.76 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 4.06 TFLOPS.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 15 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 9 execution units.
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GP104-200-A1 GPU Chip GP106-300-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
15 Streaming Multiprocessors 9
1920 Shader 1152
64 Render Output Units 48
120 Texture Units 72
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 has a 3 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.002GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 3 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION has a turbo clock of 1.683 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 is 1.759 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.544 GHz
1.683 GHz Boost Clock 1.759 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.

150 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

267 mm Length 243 mm
111 mm Height 115 mm
-- Width 39 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 556 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION was released in Q2/2016.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 published in Q3/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

08G-P4-6170-KR Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q3/2016
379 $ (Reference) Launch Price 199 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 16 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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