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GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce RTX 4070

GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce RTX 4070: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 4070

12 GB GDDR6X | 192-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Logo
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 WINDFORCE OC 12GB Graphics Card - 12GB DDRX6 21Gbps, PCI-E 4.0, DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.1a, NVIDIA DLSS 3, Ada Lovelace Arch, GV-N4070WF3OC-12GD

Buy for £509 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 1 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 4070

12 GB GDDR6X | 192-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Logo
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 WINDFORCE OC 12GB Graphics Card - 12GB DDRX6 21Gbps, PCI-E 4.0, DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.1a, NVIDIA DLSS 3, Ada Lovelace Arch, GV-N4070WF3OC-12GD

Buy for £509 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 1 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 4070 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 RTX 4070 is 3127 days newer than GeForce GTX 970.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 970

  • Consumes up to 26% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 - 148 vs 200 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 4070

  • Performs up to 168% better in God of War than GeForce GTX 970 - 126 vs 47 FPS
  • Up to 200% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 12 vs 4 GB
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God of War

God of War

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Logo
GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


FPS

47

37%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Logo
GeForce RTX 4070

Desktop • Apr 12th, 2023


FPS

126

100%

Value, £/FPS

£4.04/FPS

100%

Price, £

£509

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 WINDFORCE OC 12GB Graphics Card - 12GB DDRX6 21Gbps, PCI-E 4.0, DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.1a, NVIDIA DLSS 3, Ada Lovelace Arch, GV-N4070WF3OC-12GD

Buy for £509 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 1 minutes ago

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Logo
GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Logo
GeForce RTX 4070

Desktop • Apr 12th, 2023

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Logo
GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


Pixel Fillrate

65.97 GPixel/s

42%

Texel Fillrate

122.5 GTexel/s

27%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Logo
GeForce RTX 4070

Desktop • Apr 12th, 2023


Pixel Fillrate

158.4 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

455.4 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Logo

GeForce GTX 970

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Logo

GeForce RTX 4070

Sep 19th, 2014Release Date
GeForce 900GenerationGeForce 40
MSRP$599
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 16-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4 GBMemory
GDDR5TypeGDDR6X
256-bitBus192-bit
224.4 GB/sBandwidth
1050 MHzBase Clock Speed
1178 MHzBoost Clock Speed
Memory Clock Speed1313 MHz

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