GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs GeForce GTX 970

GeForce RTX 2070 Super
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 9 Jul 2019
GeForce RTX 2070 Super
GeForce GTX 970
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 19 Sep 2014
GeForce GTX 970

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    260%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 2070 Super

160% higher gaming performance.
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 970

Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce RTX 2070 Super

HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 2070 Super

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (20 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce RTX 2070 SuperGeForce GTX 970
GPU NameTU104 (TU104-410-A1)vsGM204 (GM204-200-A1)
Fab Process12 nmvs28 nm
Die Size545 mm²vs398 mm²
Transistors13,600 millionvs5,200 million
Shaders2560vs1664
Compute Units40vs13
Core clock1605 MHzvs1050 MHz
ROPs64vs56
TMUs160vs104

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 2070 SuperGeForce GTX 970
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective
vs1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 2070 SuperGeForce GTX 970
TDP175 wattsvs148 watts
Release Date9 Jul 2019vs19 Sep 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    113.30 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 970
    58.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    283.20 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 970
    109.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    448.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 970
    224.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    9060.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 970
    3494.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    147
  • GeForce GTX 970
    65

FPS (higher is better)

Destiny 2

Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    149
  • GeForce GTX 970
    75

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    168
  • GeForce GTX 970
    79

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    127
  • GeForce GTX 970
    47

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    122
  • GeForce GTX 970
    44

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    165
  • GeForce GTX 970
    66

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    145
  • GeForce GTX 970
    53

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    108
  • GeForce GTX 970
    45

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    138
  • GeForce GTX 970
    55

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    94
  • GeForce GTX 970
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    84
  • GeForce GTX 970
    29

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    123
  • GeForce GTX 970
    45

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    102
  • GeForce GTX 970
    42

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    61
  • GeForce GTX 970
    22

FPS (higher is better)

Destiny 2

Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    68
  • GeForce GTX 970
    29

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    72
  • GeForce GTX 970
    27

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    56
  • GeForce GTX 970
    19

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    44
  • GeForce GTX 970
    14

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    71
  • GeForce GTX 970
    25

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    57
  • GeForce GTX 970
    25

FPS (higher is better)