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日本NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q vs GTX 1070 – the latter wins by a fair margin
Next, in the Turing versus Pascal battle, we have the Max-Q version of a very capable GPU – the GTX 1660 Ti and one of the most powerful Pascal laptop graphics cards – the GeForce GTX 1070.
You can check out our Top Laptop Graphics Ranking to see these two graphics cards and many more.
Specs overview
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q is built on а 12nm Turing architecture, while the GTX 1070 uses an older 16nm lithography. This results in a whopping difference in the TDP of both graphics cards – the former consumes 60W, whereas the latter is rated at twice that much – 120W. In terms of CUDA cores, the GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q has 1536 and the GTX 1070 has 2048. Clock speeds are as follows – 1140-1335 MHz for the GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q and 1442-1645 MHz for the GTX 1070.
There is a significant difference in the memory department as well – the Turing representative has 6GB of GDDR6 VRAM built on a 192-bit bus that has a bandwidth of 192 GB/s. On the other side, GTX 1070 has 8GB of the older GDDR5 VRAM, however, it has a wider bus – 256-bit, hence a higher bandwidth – 256.3 GB/s.
Benchmarks
Synthetic benchmarks show a significant advantage of between 15-30% in favor of the GTX 1070.
Results are from the 3DMark: Time Spy (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Results are from the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Results are from the Unigine Superposition benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Gaming tests
As expected, the GTX 1070 solidified the results of the benchmarks by beating the GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q in real gameplay as well.
| Far Cry 5 | Full HD, Normal (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Ultra (Check settings) |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q | 88 fps | 81 fps | 76 fps |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 | 92 fps | 87 fps | 83 fps |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, Very High (Check settings) | Full HD, MAX (Check settings) |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q | 109 fps | 55 fps | 36 fps |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 | 127 fps | 74 fps | 48 fps |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Highest (Check settings) |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q | 73 fps | 67 fps | 42 fps |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 | 82 fps | 78 fps | 50 fps |
| Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Very High (Check settings) | Full HD, Ultra (Check settings) |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q | 70 fps | 61 fps | 40 fps |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 | 90 fps | 73 fps | 49 fps |
Conclusion
Without any surprises, the GTX 1070 emerged as the winner from this showdown. However, we should note it needs a ton more cooling headroom than the GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q. By the way, the latter performed really nicely in the HP Pavilion Gaming 17 2019, which barely produced any fan noise during gaming.
All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q (6GB GDDR6)
All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB GDDR5)
