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
Metro Exodus
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Buy for €998 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 245 minutes ago
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020
FPS
75
100%
Value, €/FPS
€7.46/FPS
100%
Price, €
€559.38
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for €559.38 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 245 minutes ago
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With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
40%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
39%
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
165.6 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
317.4 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce GTX 970 | vs | GeForce RTX 3070 |
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Sep 19th, 2014 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2020 |
GeForce 900 | Generation | GeForce 30 |
$329 | MSRP | $499 |
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 12-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 | 1500 MHz |
1178 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1725 MHz |
1753 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |