The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 SG Edition has 2304 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.83 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 8.43 TFLOPS.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 SG Edition is 30 % faster than the Gainward GeForce GTX 1070.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 15 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 SG Edition is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 36 execution units.
Memory
Memory
Gainward GeForce GTX 1070
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 SG Edition
Memory Size
8 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Clock
2.002 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
448 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 bit
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.
The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 SG Edition has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Gainward GeForce GTX 1070
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 SG Edition
Base Clock
1.506 GHz
1.410 GHz
Boost Clock
1.683 GHz
1.830 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 has a turbo clock of 1.683 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 SG Edition is 1.830 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Gainward GeForce GTX 1070
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 SG Edition
TDP
150 W
175 W
Tjunction max
94 °C
89 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.
The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 SG Edition is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 89 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Gainward GeForce GTX 1070
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 SG Edition
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
3 x 80 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 are cooled with a Air cooling.
The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 SG Edition is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Gainward GeForce GTX 1070
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 SG Edition
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.4a
DVI
1
--
USB-C
--
1
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 SG Edition supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
Gainward GeForce GTX 1070
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 SG Edition
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 SG Edition supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Gainward GeForce GTX 1070
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 SG Edition
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
No
No
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Gainward GeForce GTX 1070
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 SG Edition
Length
252 mm
320 mm
Height
112 mm
110 mm
Width
--
50 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
3 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 SG Edition is -- and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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