Key Differences
In short — GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q outperforms GeForce GTX 970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q is 1012 days newer than GeForce GTX 970.
Advantages of GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
- Performs up to 83% better in Forza Horizon 5 than GeForce GTX 970 - 22 vs 12 FPS
- Consumes up to 22% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 115 vs 148 Watts
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 8 vs 4 GB
Forza Horizon 5
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
Mobile • Jun 27th, 2017
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
Mobile • Jun 27th, 2017
Pixel Fillrate
88.26 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
176.5 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
75%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
69%
GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q | vs | GeForce GTX 970 |
|---|---|---|
Jun 27th, 2017 | Release Date | Sep 19th, 2014 |
| GeForce 10 Mobile | Generation | GeForce 900 |
| Not Available | MSRP | $329 |
| None | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| None | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
8 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
256.3 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s |
1215 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1050 MHz |
1379 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1178 MHz |
2002 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1753 MHz |
