GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce GTX 970
Summary
GeForce RTX 3070
379%
GeForce GTX 970
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3070 |
| 279% 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 |
| 72 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 3070 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 3070
The GeForce RTX 3070 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (8 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3070 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GA104 (GA104-300-A1) | vs | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 8 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 392 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 17,400 million | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 5888 | vs | 1664 |
| Compute Units | 46 | vs | 13 |
| Core clock | 1500 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 56 |
| TMUs | 184 | vs | 104 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3070 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 3070 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 220 watts | vs | 148 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Sep 2020 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
GeForce RTX 3070
110.40 GP/s
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3070
317.40 GT/s
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3070
448.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3070
20310.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3070
161
GeForce GTX 970
44
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3070
228
GeForce GTX 970
66
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 3070
186
GeForce GTX 970
53
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3070
122
GeForce GTX 970
29
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3070
168
GeForce GTX 970
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 3070
140
GeForce GTX 970
42
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3070
64
GeForce GTX 970
14
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3070
98
GeForce GTX 970
25
FPS (higher is better)