GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming 8G
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 4060 GAMING 8G MLG


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4060 GAMING 8G MLG is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (Ada Lovelace) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 272 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming 8G has the GP104-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4060 GAMING 8G MLG is based on the graphics chip AD107, which comes from the Ada Lovelace architecture.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming 8G GPU MSI GeForce RTX 4060 GAMING 8G MLG
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
GP104-200-A1 GPU Chip AD107
Pascal Architecture Ada Lovelace
15 Streaming Multiprocessors 24
1920 Shader 3072
64 Render Output Units 48
120 Texture Units 96
0 Raytracing Cores 24

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming 8G clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce RTX 4060 GAMING 8G MLG is 17.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.125 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 2.125 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 17.0 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 272 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.594 GHz Base Clock 1.830 GHz
1.822 GHz Boost Clock 2.475 GHz
1.78 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming 8G is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 150 W.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4060 GAMING 8G MLG has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 115 W.

150 W TDP 115 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming 8G is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4060 GAMING 8G MLG has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming 8G.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4060 GAMING 8G MLG supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1a
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming 8G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 4060 GAMING 8G MLG is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED MSI Mystic Light

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming 8G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4060 GAMING 8G MLG needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

280 mm Length 247 mm
114 mm Height 130 mm
41 mm Width 41 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming 8G has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q2/2016.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4060 GAMING 8G MLG came on the market in Q4/2023 and will have a structure width of 5 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N1070G1 GAMING-8GD Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q4/2023
379 $ (Reference) Launch Price 299 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

MSI GeForce RTX 4060 GAMING 8G MLG MSI GeForce RTX 4060 GAMING 8G MLG
8 GB GDDR6
42 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 4060 GAMING 8G MLG MSI GeForce RTX 4060 GAMING 8G MLG
8 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 4060 GAMING 8G MLG MSI GeForce RTX 4060 GAMING 8G MLG
8 GB GDDR6
80 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

MSI GeForce RTX 4060 GAMING 8G MLG MSI GeForce RTX 4060 GAMING 8G MLG
8 GB GDDR6
20 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 4060 GAMING 8G MLG MSI GeForce RTX 4060 GAMING 8G MLG
8 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 4060 GAMING 8G MLG MSI GeForce RTX 4060 GAMING 8G MLG
8 GB GDDR6
82 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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