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MSRP in USD: $379
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Boost Clock
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$479
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce GTX 1070 outperforms the more expensive Radeon HD 7970 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce GTX 1070 is 1632 days newer than the more expensive Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
- Performs up to 7% better in War Thunder than Radeon HD 7970 - 233 vs 217 FPS
- Up to 22% cheaper than Radeon HD 7970 - $136.47 vs $175.0
- Up to 27% better value when playing War Thunder than Radeon HD 7970 - $0.59 vs $0.81 per FPS
- Consumes up to 40% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 150 vs 250 Watts
- Up to 167% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 8 vs 3 GB
War Thunder
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC with Boost 3GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11197-03-40G
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GeForce GTX 1070
Desktop • Jun 10th, 2016
FPS
233
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.59/FPS
100%
Price, $
$136.47
100%
FPS and Value Winner
ASUS Dual GEFORCE GTX 1070 8GB OC Computer Graphics Card - PCI-E G-Sync 4K and VR Ready GPU
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
GeForce GTX 1070
Desktop • Jun 10th, 2016
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
27%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
58%
GeForce GTX 1070
Desktop • Jun 10th, 2016
Pixel Fillrate
107.7 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
202 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Jun 10th, 2016 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | GeForce 10 |
| $549 | MSRP | $379 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 3 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 384-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
264 GB/s | Bandwidth | 256.3 GB/s |
| 925 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1506 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1683 MHz |
| 1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2002 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon HD 7970 or GeForce GTX 1070
War Thunder, 1920 x 1080, Movie
106 FPS
$7.79/FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
Core i5-6400
16 GB, N/A Storage
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