GeForce GTX 1070 vs GeForce GTX 970

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 970, which comes with a clock frequency of 1050 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 1664 SPUs, 104 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1070		18174 points
GeForce GTX 970		10867 points
	Difference: 7307 (67%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1070		436 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 970		262 Sol/s
	Difference: 174 (66%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 970		145 Watts
GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (3%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1070 should perform a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 970 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 970		224000 MB/sec
	Difference: 38144 (17%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 is a lot (approximately 65%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 970. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 970		109200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 71520 (65%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 970		67200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 29184 (43%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.