NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GA104GPU NameGP104
GA104-770-A1Model numberGP104-200-A1
AmpereArchitecturePascal
SamsungFoundryTSMC
8 nmProcess Size16 nm
17,400 millionTransistors7,200 million
392 mm²Die Size314 mm²

Graphics Card

Jan 12th, 2021Release DateDec 4th, 2018
GeForce 30 MobileFamilyGeForce 10
ActiveProductionActive
GeForce 20 MobilePredecessorGeForce 900
PCIe 4.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

8 GBMemory Size8 GB
GDDR6Memory TypeGDDR5X
256 bitMemory Bus256 bit
384.0 GB/sBandwidth256.3 GB/s

Performance

103.2 GPixel/sPixel fillrate107.7 GPixel/s
206.4 GTexel/sTexture fillrate202.0 GTexel/s
13.21 TFLOPS (1:1)FP16 (half) performance101.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
13.21 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance6.463 TFLOPS
206.4 GFLOPS (1:64)FP64 (double) performance202.0 GFLOPS (1:32)

Clock Speeds

780 MHzBase Clock1506 MHz
1290 MHzBoost Clock1683 MHz
1500 MHz
12 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1001 MHz
8 Gbps effective

Render Config

5120Shading Units1920
160TMUs120
80ROPs64
128 KB (per SM)L1 Cache48 KB (per SM)
4 MBL2 Cache2 MB
40SM Count15

Board Design

80 WThermal design power (TDP)150 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors1x DVI
1x HDMI
3x DisplayPort
NonePower Connectors1x 8-pin

API support

12 Ultimate (12_2)DirectX12 (12_1)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL3.0
1.2Vulkan1.2
6.6Shader Model6.4
8.6CUDA6.1