NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
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Pascal Ti slot between the 1070 and 1080. 8 GB GDDR5 at 256 GB/s. No FP16 acceleration on consumer Pascal — quantized inference only. Runs 7B Q4 at ~25-35 tok/s. Used $140-180 in 2026. The forgotten Ti — same VRAM as 1070, similar performance, niche.
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Sub-scores sum to 383 / 1000. Headline = 383 × 0.70 (Estimated-confidence discount) = 268. This is an algorithmic performance-tier score — distinct from, and often lower than, the editorial “Our verdict” below, which weighs value and real-world fit (especially for hardware we haven’t measured yet). How scoring works →
Extrapolated from 256 GB/s bandwidth — 30.7 tok/s estimated. No measured benchmarks yet.
Plain-English: Comfortable for 7B chat.
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This card is for the operator who already has a GTX 1070 and wants a slight bump without spending much, or for someone building a budget local AI rig on a strict $150 cap. It runs 7B Q4 models at 25-35 tok/s, which is usable for chat and light code generation, and can handle some 13B Q4 models if you accept heavy offloading. What breaks: the 8 GB VRAM ceiling means 13B Q4 models barely fit, and 34B+ models are out of reach. Pascal lacks FP16 acceleration, so quantized inference is the only path. When to pass: if you can stretch to $200 for a used RTX 3060 12 GB, you get more VRAM and faster inference. Price/value note: at $160 used, it's a fair stopgap but not a long-term investment.
›Why this rating
The GTX 1070 Ti offers decent 7B performance for the price, but its 8 GB VRAM and lack of FP16 acceleration limit its local AI utility. It's a passable entry-level card, but better options exist for a small premium.
Overview
Pascal Ti slot between the 1070 and 1080. 8 GB GDDR5 at 256 GB/s. No FP16 acceleration on consumer Pascal — quantized inference only. Runs 7B Q4 at ~25-35 tok/s. Used $140-180 in 2026. The forgotten Ti — same VRAM as 1070, similar performance, niche.
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Specs
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| Power draw (peak) | 180 W |
| Released | 2017 |
| MSRP | $449 |
| Backends | CUDA Vulkan |
Models that fit
Open-weight models small enough to run on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti with usable context.
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