The GeForce GTX 1070 has a 6 MHz higher core clock speed and 24 more Texture Mapping Units than the GTX 1660 Ti. This results in the GeForce GTX 1070 providing 36.7 GTexel/s better texturing performance. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The GeForce GTX 1070 has a 6 MHz higher core clock speed and 16 more Render Output Units than the GTX 1660 Ti. This results in the GeForce GTX 1070 providing 24.4 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The GTX 1660 Ti was released over a year more recently than the GeForce GTX 1070, and so the GTX 1660 Ti is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the GeForce GTX 1070.
On paper, it appears the new Nvidia GTX 1660 Ti wouldn’t be able to stand up to the older but still relevant GTX 1070. The latter has more CUDA cores, more memory, a superior memory interface,.
Both GPUs exhibit very powerful performance, so it probably isn't worth upgrading from one to the other, as both are capable of running even the most demanding games at the highest settings.
Posted by5 months ago
Hey guys,
I want to buy a GPU for my current build.
i7 4790k
MSI Z87 Mpower Motherboard
Seasonic 550W Gold PSU
16GB DDR3 1600 MHz Crucial Ballistix
I can currently get the GTX 1070 Zotac AMP Extreme Core for 279€ in Germany. At the same price point or for just a little less (depending on the manufacturer) I can get a GTX 1660 Ti.
I know that they achieve somewhat similar FPS in the games that I would like to play (esports 144 Hz @ 1080p and 60+ fps in AAA titles), but the 1660 Ti comes with 6 GB of GDDR6 while the 1070 has 8 GB of GDDR5.
I cannnot really decide on what to get and would appreciate any kind of input!
Thank you.
EDIT: The 1070 is new, it is not used. Also I am switching from a Sapphire R9 290, which performs astonishingly well to this day, just not as well as I'd like it to perform.
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