In the gpu comparison between the GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX and the GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro is 1,189 % faster than the GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX.
The GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and has 1920 texture shaders and 15 execution units.
GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, which has 16384 shaders and 128 execution units.
Memory
Memory
GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX
GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro
Memory Size
8 GB
24 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6X
Memory Clock
2.002 GHz
1.313 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
21.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
1,008 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
384 bit
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.
The GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro can access 24 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 1008 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX
GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro
Base Clock
1.518 GHz
2.235 GHz
Boost Clock
1.708 GHz
2.580 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX clocks in the base with up to 1.518 GHz. The base frequency of the GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro is 2.235 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX
GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro
TDP
150 W
450 W
Tjunction max
94 °C
90 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
1 x 16-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX is 150 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.
The GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro has a TDP of 450 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX
GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
3 x 120 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
AIO water cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX
GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.4a
DVI
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 GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX.
The GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX
GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
Addressable LED
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX
GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
No
Decode
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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
GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX
GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro
Length
282 mm
216 mm
Height
128 mm
150 mm
Width
43 mm
42 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 EX is 282 mm long, 128 mm high and 43 mm wide.
The GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro is 216 mm long, 150 mm high and 42 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.
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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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