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GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce RTX 3070

GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce RTX 3070: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

GeForce GTX 970

4 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Logo
Zotac ZT-90201 – 10P NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4 GB Grafikkarte (Aktiv, ATX, NVIDIA, GeForce GTX 970, GDDR5, PCI Express x16 3.0)

Buy for 998 on Amazon

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GeForce RTX 3070

8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo
ASUS Dual Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 V2 8GB OC Edition Gaming Grafikkarte (Lite Hash Rate (LHR), GDDR6 Speicher, PCIe 4.0, 2x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, DUAL-RTX3070-O8G-V2)

Buy for 559.38 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 245 minutes ago

GeForce GTX 970

4 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Logo
Zotac ZT-90201 – 10P NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4 GB Grafikkarte (Aktiv, ATX, NVIDIA, GeForce GTX 970, GDDR5, PCI Express x16 3.0)

Buy for 998 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 245 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3070

8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo
ASUS Dual Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 V2 8GB OC Edition Gaming Grafikkarte (Lite Hash Rate (LHR), GDDR6 Speicher, PCIe 4.0, 2x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, DUAL-RTX3070-O8G-V2)

Buy for 559.38 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 245 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce RTX 3070 outperforms the more expensive GeForce GTX 970 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce RTX 3070 is 2174 days newer than the more expensive GeForce GTX 970.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 970

  • Consumes up to 33% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 - 148 vs 220 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3070

  • Performs up to 275% better in Metro Exodus than GeForce GTX 970 - 75 vs 20 FPS
  • Up to 44% cheaper than GeForce GTX 970 - €559.38 vs €998.00
  • Up to 85% better value when playing Metro Exodus than GeForce GTX 970 - €7.46 vs €49.90 per FPS
  • Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 8 vs 4 GB
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Metro Exodus

Metro Exodus

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Logo
GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


FPS

20

27%

Value, €/FPS

€49.9/FPS

15%

Price, €

€998

56%

Zotac ZT-90201 – 10P NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4 GB Grafikkarte (Aktiv, ATX, NVIDIA, GeForce GTX 970, GDDR5, PCI Express x16 3.0)

Buy for 998 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 245 minutes ago

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo
GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020


FPS

75

100%

Value, €/FPS

€7.46/FPS

100%

Price, €

€559.38

100%

FPS and Value Winner

ASUS Dual Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 V2 8GB OC Edition Gaming Grafikkarte (Lite Hash Rate (LHR), GDDR6 Speicher, PCIe 4.0, 2x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, DUAL-RTX3070-O8G-V2)

Buy for 559.38 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 245 minutes ago

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Logo
GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo
GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Logo
GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


Pixel Fillrate

65.97 GPixel/s

40%

Texel Fillrate

122.5 GTexel/s

39%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo
GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020


Pixel Fillrate

165.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

317.4 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Logo

GeForce GTX 970

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo

GeForce RTX 3070

Sep 19th, 2014Release Date
Sep 1st, 2020
GeForce 900GenerationGeForce 30
$329
MSRP$499
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 12-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4 GBMemory
8 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6
256-bitBus256-bit
224.4 GB/sBandwidth
448 GB/s
1050 MHzBase Clock Speed
1500 MHz
1178 MHzBoost Clock Speed
1725 MHz
1753 MHz
Memory Clock Speed1750 MHz

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