GeForce GTX 1070 vs GeForce GTX 970

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 970, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1050 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 1750 MHz on this particular card. It features 1664 SPUs along with 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

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1070 should in theory be a little bit superior to the GeForce GTX 970 overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 will be much (more or less 65%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 970. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 should be a lot (approximately 43%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTX 970, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. 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 rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.