GPU comparison with benchmarks

KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition vs GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 MINI

KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition 8 GB GDDR5 · 1.68 GHz · 150 W Speed index 5/100

The KFA2 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.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 MINI
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 MINI 2 GB GDDR5 · 1.20 GHz · 120 W Speed index 2/100

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 MINI has 1024 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.20 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 2.46 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition is 163 % faster than the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 MINI.

KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders EditionGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 MINI
Speed index
5/100
2/100
FP32
6.46 TFLOPS
2.46 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.68 GHz
1.20 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR5
2 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
112 GB/s
TDP
150 W
120 W
Launch Price
379 $
199 $

GPU

GPUKFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders EditionGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 MINI
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GPU ChipGP104-200-A1GM206-300-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors158
Shader19201024
Render Output Units6432
Texture Units12064
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 15 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 MINI is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 8 execution units.

Memory

MemoryKFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders EditionGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 MINI
Memory Size8 GB2 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5
Memory Clock2.002 GHz1.753 GHz
Memory Speed8.0 Gbps7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth256 GB/s112 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit128 bit
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 MINI has a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsKFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders EditionGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 MINI
Base Clock1.506 GHz1.152 GHz
Boost Clock1.683 GHz1.203 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--1.18 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition has a turbo clock of 1.683 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 MINI is 1.203 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignKFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders EditionGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 MINI
TDP150 W120 W
Tjunction max94 °C98 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin1 x 6-Pin
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The KFA2 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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 MINI is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansKFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders EditionGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 MINI
Fan-TypeRadialAxial
Fan 11 x 70 mm1 x 85 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 MINI is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityKFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders EditionGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 MINI
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort3x DP 1.41x DP 1.2
DVI12
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 MINI supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetKFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders EditionGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 MINI
Max. resolution7680x43204096x2160
DirectX12_112_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRYesNo
LEDNo LED lightingAddressable LED
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 MINI supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsKFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders EditionGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 MINI
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeNo
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9DecodeNo
AV1NoNo
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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.

Dimensions

DimensionsKFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders EditionGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 MINI
Length267 mm168 mm
Height111 mm121 mm
Width39 mm36 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition is 39 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 MINI is 39 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataKFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders EditionGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 MINI
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3 x 16
Release dateQ2/2016Q2/2015
Launch Price379 $199 $
Structure size16 nm28 nm
Part-no70NSH6DHXXNMGV-N960IX-2GD
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition was released in Q2/2016.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 MINI published in Q2/2015 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

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 KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition +172.5 %

  1. 2,741
  2. 1,006

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. 1,214
  2. no data

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)

  1. 34 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 65 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 92 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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 KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition +149.7 %

  1. 45,783
  2. 18,337

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition +132.1 %

  1. 48,569
  2. 20,923

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