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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
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
GeForce GTX 1070
Desktop • Jun 10th, 2016
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 1070
Desktop • Jun 10th, 2016
Pixel Fillrate
107.7 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
202 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
27%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
58%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
|---|---|---|
Jun 10th, 2016 | Release Date | Dec 22nd, 2011 |
| GeForce 10 | Generation | Southern Islands |
$379 | MSRP | $549 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
| 256.3 GB/s | Bandwidth | 264 GB/s |
1506 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 925 MHz |
| 1683 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
2002 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1375 MHz |
Builds Using GeForce GTX 1070 or Radeon HD 7970
War Thunder, 1920 x 1080, Movie
106 FPS
$7.78/FPS
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