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Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 3090 outperforms the cheaper 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 RTX 3090 is 2174 days newer than the cheaper GeForce GTX 970.
Advantages of GeForce GTX 970
- Up to 76% cheaper than GeForce RTX 3090 - $396.24 vs $1675.00
- Up to 68% better value when playing Lost Ark than GeForce RTX 3090 - $2.17 vs $6.70 per FPS
- Consumes up to 58% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 - 148 vs 350 Watts
Advantages of GeForce RTX 3090
- Performs up to 37% better in Lost Ark than GeForce GTX 970 - 250 vs 183 FPS
- Up to 500% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 24 vs 4 GB
Lost Ark
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
FPS
183
73%
Value, $/FPS
$2.17/FPS
100%
Price, $
$396.24
100%
Value Winner
NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card …
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition Graphics Card
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Trending Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
GeForce RTX 3090
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
35%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
22%
GeForce RTX 3090
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
189.8 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
556 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce GTX 970 | vs | GeForce RTX 3090 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 19th, 2014 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2020 |
| GeForce 900 | Generation | GeForce 30 |
$329 | MSRP | $1499 |
| 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 | 24 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6X |
| 256-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
| 224.4 GB/s | Bandwidth | 936.2 GB/s |
| 1050 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1395 MHz |
| 1178 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1695 MHz |
1753 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1219 MHz |
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