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GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce RTX 4090

GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce RTX 4090: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

24 GB GDDR6X | 384-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Logo
MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING X SLIM 24G Gaming Graphics Card - 24GB GDDR6X, 2695 MHz, PCI Express Gen 4, 384-bit, 2x DP v 1.4a, HDMI 2.1a (Supports 4K & 8K HDR) Black

Buy for £1,789.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75450 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

24 GB GDDR6X | 384-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Logo
MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING X SLIM 24G Gaming Graphics Card - 24GB GDDR6X, 2695 MHz, PCI Express Gen 4, 384-bit, 2x DP v 1.4a, HDMI 2.1a (Supports 4K & 8K HDR) Black

Buy for £1,789.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75450 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 4090 outperforms GeForce GTX 970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 4090 is 2923 days newer than GeForce GTX 970.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

  • Consumes up to 67% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 - 148 vs 450 Watts

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

  • Performs up to 253% better in Saints Row than GeForce GTX 970 - 187 vs 53 FPS
  • Up to 500% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 24 vs 4 GB
This is a free version of Saints Row.
Saints Row

Saints Row

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Logo
GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


FPS

53

28.342245989304814%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Logo
GeForce RTX 4090

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022


FPS

187

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

£1789.99

100%

FPS Winner

MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING X SLIM 24G Gaming Graphics Card - 24GB GDDR6X, 2695 MHz, PCI Express Gen 4, 384-bit, 2x DP v 1.4a, HDMI 2.1a (Supports 4K & 8K HDR) Black

Buy for £1,789.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75450 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Logo
GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Logo
GeForce RTX 4090

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Logo
GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


Pixel Fillrate

65.97 GPixel/s

14.874859075535513%

Texel Fillrate

122.5 GTexel/s

9.496124031007753%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Logo
GeForce RTX 4090

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022


Pixel Fillrate

443.5 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

1290 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Logo

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Logo

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Sep 19th, 2014Release Date
Sep 20th, 2022
GeForce 900GenerationGeForce 40
$329
MSRP$1599
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 16-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4 GBMemory
24 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6X
256-bitBus384-bit
224.4 GB/sBandwidth
1008 GB/s
1050 MHzBase Clock Speed
2235 MHz
1178 MHzBoost Clock Speed
2520 MHz
1753 MHz
Memory Clock Speed1313 MHz

Builds Using GeForce GTX 970 or GeForce RTX 4090

Saints Row, 1920 x 1080, Ultra

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