1060 vs 1070 - Laptop Graphics Comparison Benchmarks

# NVIDIA GTX 1060 vs. GTX 1070: A Comprehensive Benchmark Comparison

## Introduction

Hello, everyone! Jared here, and today we’re diving into a detailed comparison between two popular NVIDIA graphics cards: the GTX 1060 and the GTX 1070. The goal of this video is to perform some benchmarks to see how these two cards stack up against each other in terms of performance. Whether you're deciding which card to invest in or just curious about the differences, this comparison should give you a clear idea of what to expect from both GPUs.

## Setup Details

For these tests, I used two laptops that are quite similar but have some key differences. Both laptops feature 16 gigabytes of DDR4 RAM running at 2400 MHz, with Windows 10 installed on SSD storage for faster performance. The latest NVIDIA drivers were also installed to ensure optimal performance.

One notable difference between the two laptops is their CPUs: the laptop equipped with the GTX 1060 has an Intel Core i7-7700HQ processor, while the one with the GTX 1070 has an Intel Core i5-6700HQ. While there’s a slight difference in CPU performance, it’s relatively minimal compared to the differences between the two GPUs. Unfortunately, I don’t have access to identical laptops for this test, but these are as close as I could get for a fair comparison.

Both cards were tested with overclocking disabled and G-Sync turned off to avoid any limitations on frames per second (FPS). This setup ensures that the benchmarks reflect pure GPU performance without external factors interfering.

## Gaming Benchmarks

Let’s dive into the gaming benchmarks, which are often the most practical way to measure real-world performance. I tested three popular titles: *Grand Theft Auto V* (*GTA 5*), *The Witcher 3*, and *Shadow of Mordor*. Each game was run at 1080p resolution with high or ultra settings, depending on the title.

### Grand Theft Auto V

In *GTA 5*, I enabled Fxaa (FXAA) and set MSAA (Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing) to 8x. The results were pretty close: the GTX 1060 delivered 55 FPS, while the GTX 1070 managed 66 FPS. Both cards handled the game smoothly at these settings, making them excellent choices for gaming.

### The Witcher 3

For *The Witcher 3*, I used the ultra preset with vsync disabled and NVIDIA Hairworks enabled. At 1080p, the GTX 1070 pulled ahead by a significant margin, delivering 20 FPS more than the GTX 1060. While both cards performed well, this game really highlighted the differences in GPU power.

### Shadow of Mordor

In *Shadow of Mordor*, the results were surprisingly close. Both cards ran the game at ultra settings with similar frame rates, differing by only a few FPS. This suggests that *Shadow of Mordor* isn’t as reliant on raw GPU performance compared to the other two titles.

## Benchmarking Tools

While gaming benchmarks provide real-world insights, I also ran some synthetic benchmarking tools to get a more comprehensive view of each card’s capabilities.

### Heaven Benchmark

In Heaven Benchmark, both cards were tested with ultra quality settings, extreme tessellation, and 8x anti-aliasing at 1080p. The GTX 1070 outperformed the GTX 1060 by a noticeable margin, though the 1060 still held its own in this demanding test.

### Bally Benchmark

Similar results were observed in Bally Benchmark, with the GTX 1070 leading by a comparable amount.

### 3D Mark and Fire Strike

The 3D Mark Time Spy and Fire Strike benchmarks also favored the GTX 1070, showing consistent improvements over the 1060 across all tests.

## Temperatures

During testing, I also monitored the temperatures of both cards. Idle temperatures were fairly similar, with the GTX 1060 being slightly cooler. Under load, however, the GTX 1060 ran notably cooler than the GTX 1070, which is expected given its lower power consumption and heat output.

## Performance Analysis

Based on all these tests, the GTX 1070 performed approximately 22% better overall compared to the GTX 1060. While this difference is significant, it’s essential to consider your budget and gaming needs. If you’re happy with the performance of the GTX 1060 at decent settings or frame rates, it might be worth saving some money for other upgrades. On the other hand, if you crave higher FPS or plan to game on a high-refresh-rate display (above 60 Hz), the extra power of the GTX 1070 could be well worth the investment.

## Conclusion

In conclusion, both the GTX 1060 and GTX 1070 are excellent graphics cards for gaming, but their suitability depends on your specific needs and budget. The GTX 1060 delivers great performance at a lower price point, while the GTX 1070 offers significant improvements in terms of raw power and frame rates.

If you have any questions or would like to share which card you ended up choosing, feel free to leave a comment below. Don’t forget to hit that like button if you found this video helpful, and subscribe for more tech videos like this one! Thanks for watching, and see you in the next video!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys Jared here and today we're going to be performing some benchmarks to compare the nvidia 1060 against the model above it the 1070 to see what the difference in performance is and help you decide which of these cards you should get first i'm going to be performing these tests on two different laptops well they're quite similar there are some differences to note as these may affect the result slightly first laptops of 16 gigabytes of ddr4 ram at 2400 megahertz with Windows 10 running on SSD storage with all our feed suppliers and the latest Nvidia drivers to date are also installed on both laptops in terms of differences the laptop with the 10 60 as an Intel 7700 HQ 4 in CPU while the laptop with the 1070 has an Intel 6700 HQ so please note that a small percentage of the benchmark results may be due to this difference however if you've seen my recent video comparing these two CPUs against each other the difference is fairly minimal unfortunately I simply don't have two laptops with the exact same CPU that is test this is as close as I was able to get so we'll have to do during the test our overclocking has been performed g-sync is also disabled as i don't want to limit the frames per second in any way alright so hopefully you'll agree that the laptops are pretty similar so it's definitely not a 100% apples to apples comparison the key difference here is of course is that one is running an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 while the other has a 1070 we can see straight away that the specs of the 1070 are of course higher so how do they compare let's find out and jump into our benchmarks we'll cover both real-world gaming benchmarks in terms of frames per second as well as the results of some benchmarking tools first we'll start with the gaming benchmarks as these are most useful I've tested Grand Theft Auto 5 The Witcher 3 and shadow of Mordor on both laptops in GTA 5 I tested with fxaa on with MSA a set to 8 with a 1080p resolution and vsync off we can see that the 1060 wasn't too far behind here at 55 FPS to the 1070 66 FPS both are pretty respectable results for such high settings definitely playable on either in The Witcher 3 I used two ultra preset and disabled vsync and NVIDIA head works and again run at the full 1080p resolution the difference between the two here gives a bit more of an edge to the 1070 which is 20 FPS ahead in this test again both of these cards are more than capable of playing with these high settings with decent frame rates in shadow up model with ultra settings at 1080p the results are very close with only a for FPS difference between the two cards which I found quite interesting perhaps this game simply isn't as reliant on the graphics cards as the others now on to the benchmarking tools while a useful indicator note that these results are less practical compared to the real world gaming tests previously shown in heaven benchmark with the quality set to ultra tessellation on extreme and anti-aliasing on 8 at 1080p the 1070 was quite a bit ahead of the 1060 though still if our results from the 1060 it's a similar story in Bally benchmark with the quality set to ultra and anti-aliasing on 8 at 1080p the 1070 came out ahead by a similar amount the 3d mark times play and fire strikes benchmarks also tells the same story with the 1070 getting a nice increase when compared to the 10 60 finally let's check the temperatures of each card during the testing we can see that the idle temperatures are pretty similar here with the 1060 being slightly cooler however keep in mind that the cooling implementation of each laptop could also factor in here under load however the 1060 was running quite a bit cooler which is to be expected as the 1070 is definitely more powerful so as we expected the 1070 was faster but by how much and as this was it on average based on all of these tests the 1070 performed approximately 22% better overall so does this make it worth picking over the 1060 well that depends on a few factors if the 1060 is able to give acceptable performance to you however many FPS you define that to be then save yourself some money and go for that you can always drop the graphics settings down a bit to increase the framerate further I'd be looking into the 1070 if perhaps you want to consistently higher yes with higher settings or if you're planning on pairing it with the display above 60 Hertz so that you can actually take advantage of the higher FPS that it can provide in the end that will come down to how much you're willing to pay however I think the 1060 is able to provide a great experience in most games with decent settings and should be fine unless you really want to go with the highest settings or fps but the tense can provide for the high price I hope this video helped you see the real-world differences in performance between these two graphics cards be sure to leave a comment on the video and let me know which of these cars you will be picking and leave a like on the video if you found it useful thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe for future tech videos like this onehey guys Jared here and today we're going to be performing some benchmarks to compare the nvidia 1060 against the model above it the 1070 to see what the difference in performance is and help you decide which of these cards you should get first i'm going to be performing these tests on two different laptops well they're quite similar there are some differences to note as these may affect the result slightly first laptops of 16 gigabytes of ddr4 ram at 2400 megahertz with Windows 10 running on SSD storage with all our feed suppliers and the latest Nvidia drivers to date are also installed on both laptops in terms of differences the laptop with the 10 60 as an Intel 7700 HQ 4 in CPU while the laptop with the 1070 has an Intel 6700 HQ so please note that a small percentage of the benchmark results may be due to this difference however if you've seen my recent video comparing these two CPUs against each other the difference is fairly minimal unfortunately I simply don't have two laptops with the exact same CPU that is test this is as close as I was able to get so we'll have to do during the test our overclocking has been performed g-sync is also disabled as i don't want to limit the frames per second in any way alright so hopefully you'll agree that the laptops are pretty similar so it's definitely not a 100% apples to apples comparison the key difference here is of course is that one is running an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 while the other has a 1070 we can see straight away that the specs of the 1070 are of course higher so how do they compare let's find out and jump into our benchmarks we'll cover both real-world gaming benchmarks in terms of frames per second as well as the results of some benchmarking tools first we'll start with the gaming benchmarks as these are most useful I've tested Grand Theft Auto 5 The Witcher 3 and shadow of Mordor on both laptops in GTA 5 I tested with fxaa on with MSA a set to 8 with a 1080p resolution and vsync off we can see that the 1060 wasn't too far behind here at 55 FPS to the 1070 66 FPS both are pretty respectable results for such high settings definitely playable on either in The Witcher 3 I used two ultra preset and disabled vsync and NVIDIA head works and again run at the full 1080p resolution the difference between the two here gives a bit more of an edge to the 1070 which is 20 FPS ahead in this test again both of these cards are more than capable of playing with these high settings with decent frame rates in shadow up model with ultra settings at 1080p the results are very close with only a for FPS difference between the two cards which I found quite interesting perhaps this game simply isn't as reliant on the graphics cards as the others now on to the benchmarking tools while a useful indicator note that these results are less practical compared to the real world gaming tests previously shown in heaven benchmark with the quality set to ultra tessellation on extreme and anti-aliasing on 8 at 1080p the 1070 was quite a bit ahead of the 1060 though still if our results from the 1060 it's a similar story in Bally benchmark with the quality set to ultra and anti-aliasing on 8 at 1080p the 1070 came out ahead by a similar amount the 3d mark times play and fire strikes benchmarks also tells the same story with the 1070 getting a nice increase when compared to the 10 60 finally let's check the temperatures of each card during the testing we can see that the idle temperatures are pretty similar here with the 1060 being slightly cooler however keep in mind that the cooling implementation of each laptop could also factor in here under load however the 1060 was running quite a bit cooler which is to be expected as the 1070 is definitely more powerful so as we expected the 1070 was faster but by how much and as this was it on average based on all of these tests the 1070 performed approximately 22% better overall so does this make it worth picking over the 1060 well that depends on a few factors if the 1060 is able to give acceptable performance to you however many FPS you define that to be then save yourself some money and go for that you can always drop the graphics settings down a bit to increase the framerate further I'd be looking into the 1070 if perhaps you want to consistently higher yes with higher settings or if you're planning on pairing it with the display above 60 Hertz so that you can actually take advantage of the higher FPS that it can provide in the end that will come down to how much you're willing to pay however I think the 1060 is able to provide a great experience in most games with decent settings and should be fine unless you really want to go with the highest settings or fps but the tense can provide for the high price I hope this video helped you see the real-world differences in performance between these two graphics cards be sure to leave a comment on the video and let me know which of these cars you will be picking and leave a like on the video if you found it useful thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe for future tech videos like this one\n"