The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (Ada Lovelace) and has 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 504 GB/s.
The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB has the AD104-250-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture.
The GALAX GeForce GTX 970 HOF is based on the graphics chip GM204-200-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
Memory
Memory
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB
GALAX GeForce GTX 970 HOF
Memory Size
12 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6X
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.313 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
21.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
504 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
256 bit
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The graphics memory of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB clocks at 1.313 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 21.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the GALAX GeForce GTX 970 HOF is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB
GALAX GeForce GTX 970 HOF
Base Clock
1.920 GHz
1.228 GHz
Boost Clock
2.505 GHz
1.380 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB
GALAX GeForce GTX 970 HOF
TDP
200 W
145 W
Tjunction max
90 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 200 W.
The GALAX GeForce GTX 970 HOF has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 145 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB
GALAX GeForce GTX 970 HOF
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
3 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The GALAX GeForce GTX 970 HOF has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB
GALAX GeForce GTX 970 HOF
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.2
DVI
--
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB.
The GALAX GeForce GTX 970 HOF supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB
GALAX GeForce GTX 970 HOF
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the GALAX GeForce GTX 970 HOF is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB
GALAX GeForce GTX 970 HOF
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
Decode
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB
GALAX GeForce GTX 970 HOF
Length
267 mm
308 mm
Height
134 mm
129 mm
Width
51 mm
49 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
3 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The GALAX GeForce GTX 970 HOF needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
Time Spy Extreme Graphics score ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB +426.9 %
Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.
The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.
Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.
The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.
FP32 (TFLOPS) ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB +542.7 %
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