GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Prices and Stock
MSRP $329

NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card …

MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4G LE VR Ready Graphics Card

Prices and Stock
MSRP $599

NVIDIA - GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card - Dark Platinum and Black

MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB GDRR6X 256-Bit HDMI/DP Nvlink Tri-Frozr 2 Ampere Architecture OC Graphics Card (RTX 3070 Ti Ventus 3X 8G OC)

Key Differences

In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce RTX 3070 Ti outperforms GeForce GTX 970 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is 2446 days newer than GeForce GTX 970.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 970

Consumes up to 49% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti - 148 vs 290 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Performs up to 116% better in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds than GeForce GTX 970 - 201 vs 93 FPS
Up to 21% better value when playing PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds than GeForce GTX 970 - $3.38 vs $4.29 per FPS
Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 8 vs 4 GB

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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

FPS

46%

Value, $/FPS

$4.29/FPS

79%

Price, $

$399

100%

NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card …

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In Stock

Updated 206 minutes ago

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Desktop • May 31st, 2021

FPS

201

100%

Value, $/FPS

$3.38/FPS

100%

Price, $

$679.05

58%

FPS and Value Winner

NVIDIA - GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card - Dark Platinum and Black

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In Stock

Updated 209 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Desktop • May 31st, 2021

1920 x 1080

Very High

370

FPS

462

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

1920 x 1080

Ultra

FPS

140

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

387

FPS

396

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Ultra

351

FPS

544

FPS

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

1920 x 1080

High

594

FPS

814

FPS

Valorant

Theoretical Performance

GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

Pixel Fillrate

65.97 GPixel/s

39%

Texel Fillrate

122.5 GTexel/s

36%

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Desktop • May 31st, 2021

Pixel Fillrate

169.9 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

339.8 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce GTX 970	vs	GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Sep 19th, 2014	Release Date	May 31st, 2021
GeForce 900	Generation	GeForce 30
$329	MSRP	$599
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x 6-pin	Power Connectors	1x 12-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
4 GB	Memory	8 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6X
256-bit	Bus	256-bit
224.4 GB/s	Bandwidth	608.3 GB/s
1050 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1575 MHz
1178 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	1770 MHz
1753 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1188 MHz