Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 2070 outperforms GeForce GTX 970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 2070 is 1489 days newer than GeForce GTX 970.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Consumes up to 15% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 - 148 vs 175 Watts
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
- Performs up to 75% better in Starfield than GeForce GTX 970 - 35 vs 20 FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 8 vs 4 GB
Starfield
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
GeForce RTX 2070
Desktop • Oct 17th, 2018
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
63.616200578592085%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
52.50750107158165%
GeForce RTX 2070
Desktop • Oct 17th, 2018
Pixel Fillrate
103.7 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
233.3 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 19th, 2014 | Release Date | Oct 17th, 2018 |
| GeForce 900 | Generation | GeForce 20 |
$329 | MSRP | $499 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C |
| 2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 224.4 GB/s | Bandwidth | 448 GB/s |
| 1050 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1410 MHz |
| 1178 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1620 MHz |
1753 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |
