AMD launched its latest Vega GPU architecture a few weeks ago. The flagship Radeon RX Vega 64 goes after the high-end space currently occupied by NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 1080. In real world tests, especially with AMD’s most recent driver releases, the Radeon RX Vega 64 competes well with the GTX 1080, albeit with much higher power consumption. The next step down in AMD’s line-up, the Radeon RX Vega 56, however, targets the more affordable – but still relatively high-end – GeForce GTX 1070. In direct comparisons, the Radeon RX Vega 56 competes much more favorably to the GeForce GTX 1070, outpacing NVIDIA’s mainstream enthusiast product more often than not.
The GeForce GTX 1070 and its underlying architecture are well over a year old though, and there’s no product in NVIDIA’s current line-up between the ~$400+ GTX 1070 and ~$550+ GTX 1080 (approximate street prices). So, not that AMD’s got a card with the potential to eat into the meat of NVIDIA’s enthusiast GPU share, it’s no surprise that rumors of an updated GeForce GTX 1070 have begun circulating.
The rumored GeForce GTX 1070 Ti will sit between the GeForce GTX 1070 and GTX 1080 in NVIDIA’s line-up and likely be priced to compete with the $399 (MSRP) of the Radeon RX Vega 56. MSRP’s are somewhat irrelevant at the moment, however, as crypto-currency miners gobble up popular GPUs like the Vega 56 (and GTX 1070), but rest assured, NVIDIA wants to take down the Vega 56 at its current price point.
Should the rumors be true, the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti will have 2432 CUDA cores, versus the GTX 1070’s 1920 core and the GTX 1080’s 2560 cores. The card will reportedly feature base and boost clocks of 1607MHz and 1683MHz, respectively, and be paired to 8GB of GDDR5 memory, just like the current 1070. At those clocks, with an increased complement of cores, the rumored GeForce GTX 1070 Ti should be solid competition for the Radeon RX Vega 56.
Current scuttlebutt points to an October 26th release date for the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti – just in time for the hot, holiday buying season.