In conjunction with the new NVIDIA Pascal architecture, NVIDIA also introduced the Founder’s Edition graphics cards. These are not the reference design cards of yesteryears, but premium editions designed and built by NVIDIA. Hence, they are priced at a premium over regular GeForce cards.

Today, we are really excited to reveal our review of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Founder’s Edition graphics card. Discover what’s so special about the Founder’s Edition, and find out how the GeForce GTX 1070 performs against the GeForce GTX 1060 and the Radeon RX 480!

 

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Specification Comparison

This specification comparison will show you how the GeForce GTX 1070 compares against the flagship GeForce GTX 1080, and the lower-end GeForce GTX 1060.

Specifications	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
GPU	NVIDIA GP104	NVIDIA GP104	NVIDIA GP106
CUDA Cores	2560	1920	1280
Textures Per Clock	160	120	80
Pixels Per Clock	64	64	48
Base Clock Speed	1607 MHz	1506 MHz	1506 MHz
Boost Clock Speed	1733 MHz	1683 MHz	1708 MHz
Texture Fillrate	257.1~277.3 GT/s	180.7~202.0 GT/s	120.5~136.6 GT/s
Pixel Fillrate	102.8~110.9 GP/s	96.4~107.7 GP/s	72.3~82.0 GP/s
Graphics Memory	8 GB GDDR5X	8 GB GDDR5	6 GB GDDR5
Graphics Memory Bus Width	256-bit	256-bit	192-bit
Graphics Memory Bandwidth	320 GB/s	256 GB/s	192 GB/s
TDP	180 W	150 W	120 W
Launch Prices	$599 $699 (Founder's Edition)	$379 $449 (Founder's Edition)	$249 $299 (Founder's Edition)

For more specifications, please take a look at our Desktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide.

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GeForce GTX 1070 Founder’s Edition Hands-On Overview

In this video, we are going to take a quick look at the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Founder’s Edition graphics card, and its faceted die-cast aluminium cooler.

Next Page > Up Close, Founder’s Edition Advantage, Thermal Output

 

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