KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Gamer OC
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Gamer OC and the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Gamer OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and has 1664 texture shaders and 13 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, which has 5888 shaders and 46 execution units.
KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Gamer OC GPU GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
GM204-200-A1 GPU Chip AD104-250-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ada Lovelace
13 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
1664 Shader 5888
56 Render Output Units 64
104 Texture Units 184
0 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Gamer OC has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G can access 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 504 GB/s.

4 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6X
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.313 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 21.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 504 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Gamer OC clocks in the base with up to 1.126 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G is 1.920 GHz.

1.126 GHz Base Clock 1.920 GHz
1.266 GHz Boost Clock 2.565 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Gamer OC is 145 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 6-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G has a TDP of 200 W (Reference) and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors.

145 W TDP 200 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
2 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Gamer OC has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 80 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Gamer OC.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1a
1x DP v1.2 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
2 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Gamer OC supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Gamer OC is 180 mm long, 124 mm high and 41 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G is 300 mm long, 130 mm high and 58 mm wide.

180 mm Length 300 mm
124 mm Height 130 mm
41 mm Width 58 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Gamer OC was released in Q4/2014 at a price of 329 $.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G was introduced in Q2/2023 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

97NPH6DT8RVZ Part-no GV-N4070AERO OC-12GD
Q4/2014 Release date Q2/2023
329 $ Launch Price 599 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 5 nm
-- Documents data sheet

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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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

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)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
56 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
96 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
135 fps (avg)

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)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
37 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
129 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
102 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
178 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
207 fps (avg)

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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

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)

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