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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce GTX 1070 outperforms the more expensive GeForce GTX 970 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce GTX 1070 is 630 days newer than the more expensive GeForce GTX 970.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
- Performs up to 18% better in Sea of Thieves than GeForce GTX 970 - 133 vs 113 FPS
- Up to 71% cheaper than GeForce GTX 970 - $136.47 vs $469.0
- Up to 75% better value when playing Sea of Thieves than GeForce GTX 970 - $1.03 vs $4.15 per FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 8 vs 4 GB
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Consumes up to 1% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 - 148 vs 150 Watts
Sea of Thieves
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
GeForce GTX 1070
Desktop • Jun 10th, 2016
FPS
133
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.03/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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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
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
60%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 | vs | NVIDIA 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 |
Builds Using GeForce GTX 1070 or GeForce GTX 970
Sea of Thieves, 1920 x 1080, Mythical
77 FPS
$10.72/FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
Core i5-6400
16 GB, N/A Storage
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