In the gpu comparison between the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix and the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 OC Mini, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 OC Mini is 51 % faster than the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix.
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 PhoenixKFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 OC Mini
The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and has 1664 texture shaders and 13 execution units.
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 OC Mini is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, which has 1920 shaders and 15 execution units.
Memory
Memory
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 OC Mini
Memory Size
4 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
2.002 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
256 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 bit
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 OC Mini can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 OC Mini
Base Clock
1.152 GHz
1.518 GHz
Boost Clock
1.304 GHz
1.708 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix clocks in the base with up to 1.152 GHz. The base frequency of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 OC Mini is 1.518 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 OC Mini
TDP
145 W
150 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
94 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 6-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix is 145 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 6-Pin connector.
The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 OC Mini has a TDP of 150 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 OC Mini
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
2 x 80 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 OC Mini has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 OC Mini
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.4
DVI
1
1
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix.
The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 OC Mini supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 OC Mini
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 OC Mini is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 OC Mini
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
Decode
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 OC Mini
Length
247 mm
181 mm
Height
124 mm
116 mm
Width
--
39 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix is 247 mm long, 124 mm high and -- wide.
The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 OC Mini is 181 mm long, 116 mm high and 39 mm wide.
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 KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 OC Mini +76.0 %
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) KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 OC Mini +51.2 %
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