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Key Differences
In short — GeForce GTX 1070 outperforms GeForce GTX 970 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing GeForce GTX 970 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing GeForce GTX 1070 is 630 days newer than GeForce GTX 970.
Advantages of GeForce GTX 1070
- Performs up to 13% better in Forza Horizon 4 than GeForce GTX 970 - 200 vs 177 FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 8 vs 4 GB
Advantages of GeForce GTX 970
- Up to 4% better value when playing Forza Horizon 4 than GeForce GTX 1070 - $2.25 vs $2.34 per FPS
- Consumes up to 1% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 - 148 vs 150 Watts
Forza Horizon 4
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
GeForce GTX 1070
Desktop • Jun 10th, 2016
FPS
200
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.34/FPS
96%
Price, $
$469
85%
FPS Winner
MSI Gaming GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5 SLI DirectX 12 VR Ready Graphics Card (GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G)
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GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
FPS
177
88%
Value, $/FPS
$2.25/FPS
100%
Price, $
$399
100%
Value Winner
NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card …
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
GeForce GTX 1070
Desktop • Jun 10th, 2016
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 1070
Desktop • Jun 10th, 2016
Pixel Fillrate
107.7 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
202 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
61%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
61%
GeForce GTX 1070 | vs | GeForce GTX 970 |
|---|---|---|
Jun 10th, 2016 | Release Date | Sep 19th, 2014 |
| GeForce 10 | Generation | GeForce 900 |
| $379 | MSRP | $329 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
256.3 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s |
1506 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1050 MHz |
1683 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1178 MHz |
2002 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1753 MHz |
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