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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $329
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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $599
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MSRP in USD: $599
Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 4070 outperforms the cheaper GeForce GTX 970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 4070 is 3127 days newer than the cheaper GeForce GTX 970.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Up to 20% cheaper than GeForce RTX 4070 - $399.0 vs $499.99
- Consumes up to 26% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 - 148 vs 200 Watts
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
- Performs up to 113% better in Valheim than GeForce GTX 970 - 147 vs 69 FPS
- Up to 200% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 12 vs 4 GB
Valheim
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card …
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MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ventus 3X E1 12G OC Graphics Card (Ada Lovelace Architecture, Extreme Clock: 2520 MHz, Memory Speed: 20 Gbps, 12GB GDDR6, 192-bit, DP/HDMI)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
GeForce RTX 4070
Desktop • Apr 12th, 2023
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
41.647727272727266%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
26.89942907334212%
GeForce RTX 4070
Desktop • Apr 12th, 2023
Pixel Fillrate
158.4 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
455.4 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 19th, 2014 | Release Date | Apr 12th, 2023 |
| GeForce 900 | Generation | GeForce 40 |
$329 | MSRP | $599 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 16-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 GB | Memory | 12 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6X |
| 256-bit | Bus | 192-bit |
| 224.4 GB/s | Bandwidth | 504.2 GB/s |
| 1050 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1920 MHz |
| 1178 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 2475 MHz |
1753 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1313 MHz |
Builds Using GeForce GTX 970 or GeForce RTX 4070
Valheim, 1920 x 1080, Highest
145 FPS
$10.69/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 7700X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,549.99
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147 FPS
$13.61/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i9-13900KF
12 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,999.99
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150 FPS
$14/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i9-14900KF
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$2,099.99
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150 FPS
$13.33/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i9-14900K
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,999.99
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143 FPS
$13.48/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 7900
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,928
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145 FPS
$10.74/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 7700X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,556.99
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141 FPS
$14.56/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i9-13900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$2,053
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128 FPS
$10.16/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 5700X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,299.99
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147 FPS
$14.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i9-13900KF
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$2,202.82
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141 FPS
$15.25/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i9-13900
64 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$2,150
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