nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR5

Memory

2432

Cores

256.3 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

$399 Nov 2017 View Details

nvidia

Brand

4GB GDDR5

Memory

1664

Cores

224.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

$329 Sep 2014 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

8GB GDDR5 180W $399 Nov 2017

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

$399 • Nov 2017

GeForce GTX 970

$329 • Sep 2014

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

4GB GDDR5 148W $329 Sep 2014

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Memory Size	8 GB	4 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR5
TDP	180 W	148 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1683 MHz	1178 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	256.3 GB/s	224.4 GB/s
Process Size	16nm	28nm
Architecture	Pascal	Maxwell 2.0
Shading Units	2432	1664
RT Cores	N/A	N/A
TMUs	152	104
ROPs	64	56
Memory Bus	256-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	2002 MHz	1753 MHz
Pixel Rate	107.7 GPixel/s	65.97 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	256.3 GTexel/s	224.4 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	8.186 GFLOPS	3.92 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	2.00 MB	2.00 MB
Die Size	314 mm²	398 mm²
Transistors	7200 Million	5200 Million
Required PSU	450 W	300 W
Power Connectors	1x 8-pin	2x 6-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX	12.1	12.1
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

6675 (+87%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

3574

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

57735 (+99%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

28989

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

80.2 FPS (+71%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

46.8 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

14690 (+52%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

9637

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Game Benchmarks Comparison (165 benchmarks)

Valkyria Chronicles 4

8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy • SEGA

1080p

| high

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+50%)

AVG 181 FPS

MIN 165 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 110 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+52%)

AVG 147 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 89 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+102%)

AVG 101 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

Winner

Loser

Pathfinder Kingmaker

8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG • Owlcat Games

1080p

| high

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+31%)

AVG 127 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 92 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+82%)

AVG 111 FPS

MIN 106 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+81%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

Winner

Loser

Dying Light Bad Blood

7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access • Techland

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+102%)

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+100%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+82%)

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Winner

Loser

Immortal Unchained

8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Toadman Interactive

1080p

| high

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+89%)

AVG 138 FPS

MIN 124 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+89%)

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+95%)

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

Shadows Awakening

8.3 2018 • Action, RPG • Games Farm

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+76%)

AVG 139 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+78%)

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+57%)

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

Strange Brigade

7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure • Rebellion

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+95%)

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+91%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+88%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison