Key Differences
In short — GeForce GTX 1070 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 is 630 days newer than GeForce GTX 970.
Advantages of GeForce GTX 970
- Consumes up to 1% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 - 148 vs 150 Watts
Advantages of GeForce GTX 1070
- Performs up to 79% better in Metro Exodus than GeForce GTX 970 - 34 vs 19 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
My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
GeForce GTX 1070
Desktop • Jun 10th, 2016
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
61%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
61%
GeForce GTX 1070
Desktop • Jun 10th, 2016
Pixel Fillrate
107.7 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
202 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce GTX 970 | vs | GeForce GTX 1070 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 19th, 2014 | Release Date | Jun 10th, 2016 |
| GeForce 900 | Generation | GeForce 10 |
$329 | MSRP | $379 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2 | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 224.4 GB/s | Bandwidth | 256.3 GB/s |
| 1050 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1506 MHz |
| 1178 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1683 MHz |
| 1753 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2002 MHz |
