Nvidia announced its latest gaming GPUs - the GeForce GTX 1080 and the GTX 1070 - in early May, which are based on the latest Pascal architecture. At launch the company did not reveal much about the GTX 1070; however, now Nvidia has unveiled more information about the graphic card.
Nvidia suggests that the GTX 1070 houses 1920 CUDA Cores in comparison to 2560 CUDA Cores found on the GTX 1080. The latest GTX 1080 sports 8 GB of GDDR5X memory from Micron.
"Our Pascal-based GPUs feature enhanced asynchronous compute, and are the first to harness the power of 8GB of Micron's new GDDR5X memory. The GTX 1080 is the first gaming GPUs designed for the 16nm FinFET process," says Nvidia.
On the other hand, the GTX 1070 will continue to use the old-generation 8 GB GDDR5 memory.
The GTX 1080 rocks a base clock of 1,607 MHz and a boost clock of 1,733 MHz. On the other hand the clock speed of GTX 1070 is slightly lower as the GPU has a 1,506 MHz core clock and a 1,683 MHz boost clock.
The GTX 1070 as well as the GTX 1080 consumes less power when compared with its predecessors. The GTX 1070 has a TDP of 150W, which is 100W less than Nvidia's Titan X. The GTX 1080 has a TDP of 180W. The GTX 1080 will have a vapor chamber cooler but the GTX 1070 will include a heatpipe cooler, which is similar to the one used in Nvidia's GTX 980.
Jen-Hsun Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, said that the GTX 1080 "is the future of graphics available today. 1080 is the new king."
Huang announced that the GTX 1080 will be official available on May 27, while the GTX 1070 will be available about two weeks later on June 10.
The GTX 1080 will be available in two models: the regular version priced at $599 and a Founders Edition, which will have a price tag of $699. The Founders Edition will be available from Nvidia, Zotac, PNY, Palit, MSI, Innovision 3D, Gigabyte, Galaxy, Gainward, EVGA, Colorful and ASUS.
The GTX 1070 will also hit the shelves in two models: the regular version that will cost $379 and the Founders Edition, which will be priced at $449.
