1070 outperforming 1080 in Cinebench but not in 3d mark

[AMDCat]

I was benchmarking a Evga 1080 SC and a Zotac AMP! Extreme 1070. In cinebench the 1070 got 109 frames while the 1080 got 91. But in userbenchmark(126% to 109%), superposition(4162 to 3625 in 1080p extreme), and 3dmark (7381 to 6439) the 1080 handily beat the 1070. I am not sure why the 1080 was beaten so in Cinebench but won in other benchmarks.

 

[Supahos]

Any chance something was running in the background or perhaps the 1080 throttled during the run?

 

[iamacow]

I wouldn't put too much thought into Cinebench for the video card. That benchmark is mainly for CPUs. Video cards was a afterthought and it hightly depends on the CPU for the physics.

If you 3dmarks score (and other benchmarks) are higher for the 1080 than you are 100% good to go.

 

[AMDCat]

Ok, so cinebench follows more of the CPU than the graphics card, but if that is so, then why were the scores not closer as I had the same CPU with nothing else open.

 

[iamacow]

Ok, so cinebench follows more of the CPU than the graphics card, but if that is so, then why were the scores not closer as I had the same CPU with nothing else open.

That screen shot is of the video card test, not the CPU test. I'm just saying cinebench video benchmark is a worthless to use as a comparison. Heck my 1080Ti has a lower score than my old GTX 770.