GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) vs GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro White

GPU comparison with benchmarks The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) has 1920 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.72 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 6.61 TFLOPS. The GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro White has 16384 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.58 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 84.55 TFLOPS.

GPU The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 15 streaming multiprocessors. The graphics card GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro White is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture and is equipped with 128 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0)	GPU	GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro White
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070	Based on	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
GP104-200-A1	GPU Chip	AD102-300-A1
Pascal	Architecture	Ada Lovelace
15	Streaming Multiprocessors	128
1920	Shader	16384
64	Render Output Units	176
120	Texture Units	512
0	Raytracing Cores	128

Memory The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks. The GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro White has a 24 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.313GHz.
8 GB	Memory Size	24 GB
GDDR5	Memory Type	GDDR6X
2.002 GHz	Memory Clock	1.313 GHz
8.0 Gbps	Memory Speed	21.0 Gbps
256 GB/s	Memory bandwidth	1008 GB/s
256 bit	Memory Interface	384 bit

Clock Speeds The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) has a turbo clock of 1.721 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro White is 2.580 GHz.
1.506 GHz	Base Clock	2.235 GHz
1.721 GHz	Boost Clock	2.580 GHz
1.68 GHz	Avg (Game) Clock
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) 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 4090 Hydro White is equipped with a 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 90 °C.
150 W	TDP	450 W (Reference)
--	TDP (up)	--
94 °C	Tjunction max	90 °C
1 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) are cooled with a Air cooling. The GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro White is cooled by a Air cooling.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
2 x 90 mm	Fan 1	3 x 120 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
dB	Noise (Idle)	0 dB
--	Noise (Load)	--

Connectivity The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2. The GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro White supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
4	Max. Displays	4
2.2	HDCP-Version	2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b	HDMI Ports	1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4	DP Ports	3x DP v1.4a
1	DVI Ports	--
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--

Featureset The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1. The GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro White supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_1	DirectX	12_2 (Ultimate)
No	Raytracing	Yes
Yes	DLSS / FSR	Yes
No LED lighting	LED	Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs 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.
Decode / Encode	h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	h265 / HEVC	Decode / Encode
No	AV1	Decode
Decode	VP8	Decode
Decode	VP9	Decode

Dimensions The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) is 37 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case. The width of the GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro White is 37 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
280 mm	Length	216 mm
131 mm	Height	150 mm
37 mm	Width	42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
--	Weight	--
PCIe 3.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) was released in Q2/2016. The GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro White published in Q2/2023 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers.
GV-N1070WF2-8GD	Part-no	49NXM5MD7FAI
Q2/2016	Release date	Q2/2023
379 $ (Reference)	Launch Price	1,599 $ (Reference)
16 nm	Structure size	5 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0)
1.506 GHz, 8 GB (150 W TDP)

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2.235 GHz, 24 GB (-- TDP)

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

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


	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR5	2773
	GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro White 24 GB GDDR6X	19625

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR5	1228
	GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro White 24 GB GDDR6X	26068

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)


	GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro White 24 GB GDDR6X	10097

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Cyberpunk 2077

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.

3840x2160 (2160p)


	GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro White 24 GB GDDR6X	95 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro White 24 GB GDDR6X	189 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro White 24 GB GDDR6X	200 fps (avg)

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The Last of Us Part 1

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.

3840x2160 (2160p)


	GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro White 24 GB GDDR6X	82 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro White 24 GB GDDR6X	145 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro White 24 GB GDDR6X	188 fps (avg)

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Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

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.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL


	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR5	46846
	GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro White 24 GB GDDR6X	330111

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR5	49697
	GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro White 24 GB GDDR6X	263618

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FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

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)


	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR5	6.61
	GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro White 24 GB GDDR6X	84.55

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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0)
vs
GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 Hydro White

GPU comparison with benchmarks

GPU

Memory

Clock Speeds

Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

Connectivity

Featureset

Supported Video Codecs

Dimensions

Additional data

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