NVIDIA ’s xx70 cards have always been defined by mid-range prices with performance that knocks on the door of high-end graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the Pascal graphics card inside the GTX 1070 Ti, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend. Spec for spec, this GTX 1070 Ti leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the GTX 970, by boasting 62.5 % more fps.
The GTX 1070 Ti has 8 GB RAM compared to the GTX 970 's 4 GB video memory. In our synthetic benchmarks, the GTX 1070 Ti blows past the GTX 970 and, amazingly, even the GTX 980 as well.
Compared to its AMD 's closest rival, RX Vega 56, the GTX 1070 Ti was 5.4 % faster. Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The GTX 1070 Ti consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the GTX 970 and it really justifies an upgrade.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Dying Light 2, Total War: Warhammer III, Borderlands 3, Baldur's Gate 3, Armored Core VI at 62 fps to 65 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 64 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Hitman 3, Monster Hunter: World, Guardians of the Galaxy, Final Fantasy XV, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War at 60 fps to 62 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 61 fps.
For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Overwatch 2, Valorant at 69 fps to 145 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 107 fps.
The GTX 980 might be the high-end flagship of the latest Maxwell 2.0 set of graphics cards, but their prices keep them out of the reach of most mid-range PC gamers. On the other hand, the GTX 970 is closer to being reasonably affordable at a price tag of $ 329. NVIDIA ’s xx70 cards have always been defined by mid-range prices with performance that knocks on the door of high-end graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the Maxwell 2.0 graphics card inside the GTX 970, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
The GTX 970 is much more cheaper than the GTX 770 as it costs $ 329. Compare this to the GTX 770, which came originally at a price of $ 399. Meanwhile, the AMD closest equivalent card is the R9 290X which costs $ 549. Spec for spec, this GTX 970 leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the GTX 770, by boasting 46 % more fps.
The GTX 970 has 4 GB RAM compared to the GTX 770 's 2 GB video memory. In our synthetic benchmarks, the GTX 970 blows past the GTX 770 and, amazingly, even the GTX 780 as well.
Compared to its AMD 's closest rival, R9 290X, the GTX 970 was 1.6 % faster. Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The GTX 970 consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the GTX 770 and it really justifies an upgrade.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Battlefield V, Fallout 76, Overwatch 2, World War Z, Apex Legends at 60 fps to 62 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 61 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Valorant at 96 fps to 96 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 96 fps.
For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Valorant at 84 fps to 84 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 84 fps.
| Year | Game | Frames Per Second |
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| 2019 | Apex Legends |
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| 2019 | Anthem |
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| 2019 | Far Cry New Dawn |
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| 2019 | Resident Evil 2 |
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| 2019 | Metro Exodus |
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| 2019 | World War Z |
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| 2019 | Gears of War 5 |
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| 2019 | F1 2019 |
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| 2019 | GreedFall |
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| 2019 | Borderlands 3 |
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| 2019 | Call of Duty Modern Warfare |
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| 2019 | Red Dead Redemption 2 |
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| 2019 | Need For Speed: Heat |
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| 2018 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 |
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| 2018 | Assassin's Creed Odyssey |
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| 2018 | Final Fantasy XV |
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| 2018 | Shadow of the Tomb Raider |
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| 2018 | Forza Horizon 4 |
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| 2018 | Fallout 76 |
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| 2018 | Hitman 2 |
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| 2018 | Just Cause 4 |
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| 2018 | Monster Hunter: World |
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| 2018 | Strange Brigade |
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| 2018 | Battlefield V |
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| 2017 | Assassin's Creed Origins |
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| 2017 | Destiny 2 |
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| 2017 | PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds |
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| 2017 | Fortnite Battle Royale |
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| 2017 | Need For Speed: Payback |
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| 2017 | For Honor |
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| 2017 | Project CARS 2 |
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| 2017 | Forza Motorsport 7 |
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| 2016 | Overwatch |
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| 2016 | Dishonored 2 |
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| 2015 | Rocket League |
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| 2015 | Need For Speed |
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| 2015 | Project CARS |
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| 2015 | Rainbow Six Siege |
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| 2012 | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
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| 2009 | League of Legends |
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| GTX 1070 Ti | GTX 970 | |
|---|---|---|
| Board Number | PG411 | PG401 |
| Length | 10.5 inches 267 mm | 10.5 inches 267 mm |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI3x DisplayPort | 1x DVI1x HDMI3x DisplayPort |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 2x 6-pin |
| Slot Width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 180 W | 148 W |
| GTX 1070 Ti | GTX 970 | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1683 MHz | 1178 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 1607 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 2002 MHz 8008 MHz effective | 1753 MHz 7012 MHz effective |
| GTX 1070 Ti | GTX 970 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Generation | GeForce 1000 | GeForce 900 |
| Launch Price | 399 USD | 329 USD |
| Production | Active | End-of-life |
| Release Date | Nov 2nd, 2017 | Sep 19th, 2014 |
| GTX 1070 Ti | GTX 970 | |
|---|---|---|
| CUDA | 6.1 | 5.2 |
| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.82 | 1.1.82 |
| GTX 1070 Ti | GTX 970 | |
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| Architecture | Pascal | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Die Size | 314 mm² | 398 mm² |
| GPU Name | GP104 | GM204 |
| GPU Variant | GP104-300-A1 | GM204-200-A1 |
| Process Size | 16 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 7,200 million | 5,200 million |
| GTX 1070 Ti | GTX 970 | |
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| Bandwidth | 256.3 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Size | 8192 MB | 4096 MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| GTX 1070 Ti | GTX 970 | |
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| ROPs | 64 | 56 |
| Shading Units | 2432 | 1664 |
| TMUs | 152 | 104 |
| GTX 1070 Ti | GTX 970 | |
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| FP32 (float) performance | 8,186 GFLOPS | 3,920 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 255.8 GFLOPS (1:32) | 122.5 GFLOPS (1:32) |
| Pixel Rate | 107.7 GPixel/s | 65.97 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 255.8 GTexel/s | 122.5 GTexel/s |
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