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Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 4070 outperforms 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 GeForce GTX 970.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Consumes up to 26% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 - 148 vs 200 Watts
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
- Performs up to 47% better in Dota 2 than GeForce GTX 970 - 246 vs 167 FPS
- Up to 200% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 12 vs 4 GB
Dota 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Best Looking
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
FPS
167
67%
Value, $/FPS
$2.81/FPS
100%
Price, $
$469
100%
Value Winner
NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card …
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Best Looking
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%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
26%
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
Dota 2, 1920 x 1080, Best Looking
246 FPS
$6.91/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i9-13900KF
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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246 FPS
$8.13/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i9-13900KF
12 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,999.99
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234 FPS
$10.6/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i9-13900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$2,481.07
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219 FPS
$6.16/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i7-12700F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,349.99
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235 FPS
$7.15/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 7800X3D
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,679.99
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240 FPS
$7.5/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i7-13700K
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,799.99
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208 FPS
$5.58/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,160.53
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243 FPS
$9.05/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 7700X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$2,199.99
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209 FPS
$6.7/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 5700X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,399.99
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240 FPS
$6.51/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 7700
64 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,562
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