NVIDIA Posts Full GeForce GTX 1070 Specifications: 1920 CUDA Cores Boosting to 1.68GHz
by Ryan Smith on May 18, 2016 10:15 PM EST
Back when NVIDIA first announced the GeForce GTX 1080 earlier this month, they also briefly announced that the GTX 1070 would be following it. The GTX 1070 would follow the GTX 1080 by two weeks, and presumably to keep attention focused on the GTX 1080 at first, NVIDIA did not initially reveal the full specifications for the card. Now with the GTX 1080 performance embargo behind them – though cards don’t go on sale for another week and a half – NVIDIA has posted the full GTX 1070 specifications over on GeForce.com.
| NVIDIA GPU Specification Comparison | ||||||
| GTX 1080 | GTX 1070 | GTX 970 | GTX 770 | |||
| CUDA Cores | 2560 | 1920 | 1664 | 1536 | ||
| Texture Units | 160 | 120 | 104 | 128 | ||
| ROPs | 64 | 64 | 56 | 32 | ||
| Core Clock | 1607MHz | 1506MHz | 1050MHz | 1046MHz | ||
| Boost Clock | 1733MHz | 1683MHz | 1178MHz | 1085MHz | ||
| TFLOPs (FMA) | 8.9 TFLOPs | 6.5 TFLOPs | 3.9 TFLOPs | 3.3 TFLOPs | ||
| Memory Clock | 10Gbps GDDR5X | 8Gbps GDDR5 | 7Gbps GDDR5 | 7Gbps GDDR5 | ||
| Memory Bus Width | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | ||
| VRAM | 8GB | 8GB | 4GB | 2GB | ||
| FP64 | 1/32 | 1/32 | 1/32 | 1/24 | ||
| TDP | 180W | 150W | 145W | 230W | ||
| GPU | GP104 | GP104 | GM204 | GK104 | ||
| Transistor Count | 7.2B | 7.2B | 5.2B | 3.5B | ||
| Manufacturing Process | TSMC 16nm | TSMC 16nm | TSMC 28nm | TSMC 28nm | ||
| Launch Date | 05/27/2016 | 06/10/2016 | 09/18/14 | 05/30/13 | ||
| Launch Price | MSRP: $599 Founders $699 |
MSRP: $379 Founders $449 |
$329 | $399 | ||
Previously disclosed at 6.5 TFLOPs of compute performance, we now know how NVIDIA is getting there. 15 of 20 SMs will be enabled on this part, representing 1920 CUDA cores. Clockspeeds are also slightly lower than GTX 1080, coming in at 1506MHz for the base clock and 1683MHz for the boost clock. Overall this puts GTX 1070’s rated shader/texture/geometry performance at 73% that of GTX 1080’s, and is a bit wider of a gap than it was for the comparable GTX 900 series cards.
However on the memory and ROP side of matters, the two cards will be much closer. The GTX 1070 is not shipping with any ROPs or memory controller channels disabled – GTX 970 style or otherwise – and as a result it retains GP104’s full 64 ROP backend. Overall memory bandwidth is 20% lower, however, as the GDDR5X of GTX 1080 has been replaced with standard GDDR5. Interestingly though, NVIDIA is using 8Gbps GDDR5 here, a first for any video card. This does keep the gap lower than it otherwise would have been had they used more common memory speeds (e.g. 7Gbps) so it will be interesting to see how well 8Gbps GDDR5 can keep up with the cut-down GTX 1070. 64 ROPs may find it hard to be fed, but there will also be less pressure being put on the memory subsystem by the SMs.
Meanwhile as is usually the case for x70 cards, GTX 1070 will have a lower power draw than its fully enabled sibling, with a shipping TDP of 150W. Notably, the difference between the GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 is larger than it was for the 900 series – where it was 20W – so we’re going to have to see if GTX 1070 ends up being TDP limited more often than GTX 1080 is. In that sense TDP is somewhat arbitrary – its purpose is to set a maximum power consumption for cooling and power delivery purposes – and I’m not surprised that NVIDIA wants to stay at 150W or less for the x70 series after the success that was the GTX 970.
Like the GTX 1080, the GTX 1070 will be launching in two configurations. The base configuration is starts at $379 and will feature (semi) custom partner designs. Meanwhile as previously disclosed, NVIDIA will be offering a Founders Edition version of this card as well. The Founders Edition card will be priced at $449 – a $70 premium – and will be available on day one, whereas this is not guaranteed to be the case for custom cards.
The GTX 1070 Founders Edition card will retain the basic stylings of the GTX 1080, including NVIDIA’s new angular shroud. However I have received confirmation that as this is a lower TDP card, it will not get the GTX 1080’s vapor chamber cooler. Instead it will use an integrated heatpipe cooler similar to what the reference GTX 980 used.
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evilpaul666 - Thursday, May 19, 2016 - link
"Price gouging" is rhetorical nonsense. Whether it's something that basically nobody actually needs (a super fast gaming card) or gasoline or water after a natural disaster when there's extreme shortages. In both cases it's just supply and demand with "price gouging" being buyers complaining about prices being "unfair."Politicians can score points being full on demagogues about the latter, but nobody's in power's going to care about Nvidia charging ~$100 more for a GPU for a month.
Eidigean - Thursday, May 19, 2016 - link
The level of entitlement that you think you're owed is astounding. You are not entitled to a low-price high-performance video card simply because you're a gamer. Teraflops of compute power just 13 years ago cost millions of dollars.1,100 Apple Power Mac G5 computers were assembled in the summer of 2003 to gain 12.25 teraflops. You can now buy a single 9 teraflop GTX 1080 for $699. But all you care about is shaving a few hundred dollars more off that.
Go back to Xbox or Playstation if that's your budget. But quit complaining that you're entitled to a supercomputer on the cheap.
JeffFlanagan - Thursday, May 19, 2016 - link
I don't know if calling the people who call making a product available early at a slightly higher price "gouging" "bad guys" is appropriate. Maybe "whiny, cheap guys, who live to complain" is a better description.Thinking paying $449 to get a card this powerful is being "swindled" is obviously totally clueless, and a bit toxic, but I don't think that makes you a "bad guy."
BurntMyBacon - Thursday, May 19, 2016 - link
@Yojimbo: "Stop misusing that word "gouge"."Price Gouging - The act of retailers increasing prices when no alternative is available.
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/price...
Price Gouging - Pricing above the market price when no alternative retailer is available.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/price+gouging
Price gouging is a pejorative term referring to when a seller spikes the prices of goods, services or commodities to a level much higher than is considered reasonable or fair, and is considered exploitative, potentially to an unethical extent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_gouging
While perhaps not to an unethical extent, Kjella clearly believes that Founders cards are increasing prices above market price due to insufficient alternative availability. Kjella also seems to believe that the price increase is exploitative, increasing well beyond what would be considered fair and reasonable.
@Kjella: "The interesting part is just how long nVidia will gouge the market until partner cards at the normal MSRP shows up"
Finally, Kjella's statements suggest that third party availability would render such pricing impractical.
@Kjella: "... , if you had day one availability I imagine the Founder cards would be pretty much DOA."
You may disagree with the sentiment, but I think the usage of the term is accurate in this case. I prefer Impulses "Milk the market" slang, but that's just because I'm more forgiving in the PC market.
@Yojimbo: "Next you're gonna tell us that NVIDIA is literally Hitler."
Since when was Hitler associated with price gouging. As I understand it he was responsible for ending Germany's period of hyperinflation, dropping prices back down to normal levels. Quite the opposite of price gouging. Note: This in no way constitutes supports for actions taken by his regime or under his authority.
Yojimbo - Thursday, May 19, 2016 - link
If you really need me to explain the "...is literally Hitler" analogy then just ask. I think you're just trolling, though.As for price gouging, see my reply to close above. If you need more help with the term after reading that post, I can point you to some web sites on the issue.
Ecdmuppet - Thursday, May 19, 2016 - link
By definition, the market price is the price a buyer is willing to pay. It's established by supply and demand.Also consider that those paying the early adopter fees are helping the manufacturer recoup the R&D costs a little faster, which promotes more R&D in the future as well as reducing the price they have to charge on future offerings to retain the same profit margins. The fee prices some out of the market short term, but it actually subsidizes the ability to lower the price they charge in the future.
JoeMonco - Thursday, May 19, 2016 - link
So your first definition basically invalidates. In what universe do you live that there are "no alternatives available" to either of these GPUs? There dozens upon dozens of other GPUs you could purchase.grant3 - Thursday, May 19, 2016 - link
There's plenty of alternative graphics cards people can purchase.Jeez people are getting hysterical over a piece of luxury hardware.
Maybe they'd be happier if there wasn't any "founders" edition and EVERYONE had to wait 2 months to buy this model.
cknobman - Thursday, May 19, 2016 - link
It is gouging, and blatant at that!pashhtk27 - Thursday, May 19, 2016 - link
Can we stop with the english please. We are moving away from the 'issue'.......Or maybe that is the point. :)