NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 53% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Around 55% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 1683 MHz
2377.2x more texture fill rate: 480.2 GTexel/s vs 202.0 GTexel / s
3.1x more pipelines: 5888 vs 1920
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 16 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
164.1x more memory clock speed: 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective vs 8 GB/s
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1166 vs 847
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26959 vs 13504
3.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 168049 vs 47476
3.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3854 vs 1082
2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 417.133 vs 150.951
4.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 55.476 vs 12.283
8.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 245.639 vs 28.289
3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2459.317 vs 710.366

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 10 June 2016
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz vs 1683 MHz
Texture fill rate	480.2 GTexel/s vs 202.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	5888 vs 1920
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective vs 8 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1166 vs 847
PassMark - G3D Mark	26959 vs 13504
Geekbench - OpenCL	168049 vs 47476
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3854 vs 1082
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	417.133 vs 150.951
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	55.476 vs 12.283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	245.639 vs 28.289
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2459.317 vs 710.366

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

Around 90% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 285 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 285 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1166

847

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

26959

13504

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

168049

47476

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

3854

1082

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

417.133

150.951

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

55.476

12.283

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

245.639

28.289

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2459.317

710.366

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
PassMark - G2D Mark	1166	847
PassMark - G3D Mark	26959	13504
Geekbench - OpenCL	168049	47476
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3854	1082
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	417.133	150.951
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	55.476	12.283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	245.639	28.289
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2459.317	710.366
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1718.593
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		13765
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		13765
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3340

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Pascal
Code name	AD104	GP104
Launch date	2023	10 June 2016
Place in performance rating	35	288
Launch price (MSRP)		$379
Price now		$359.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		45.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz	1683 MHz
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	480.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	30.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	30.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5888	1920
Pixel fill rate	167.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	480.2 GTexel/s	202.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	285 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	7,200 million
CUDA cores		1920
Floating-point performance		6,463 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		94 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	61 mm, 2.4 inches	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	336 mm, 13.2 inches	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	8-pin
Width	140 mm, 5.5 inches	2-slot
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	504.2 GB/s	256 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective	8 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality