In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO 8G and the Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP!, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO 8G is 55 % faster than the Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP!.
The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and has 1920 texture shaders and 15 execution units.
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, which has 1664 shaders and 13 execution units.
Memory
Memory
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO 8G
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP!
Memory Size
8 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
2.002 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 bit
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The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.
The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO 8G
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP!
Base Clock
1.506 GHz
1.114 GHz
Boost Clock
1.683 GHz
1.253 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! is 1.114 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO 8G
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP!
TDP
150 W
145 W
Tjunction max
94 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
2 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO 8G is 150 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.
The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! has a TDP of 145 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO 8G
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP!
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 70 mm
1 x 90 mm
Fan 2
--
2 x 80 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
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The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO 8G has a total of 1 Radial fans.
The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO 8G
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP!
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.2
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 MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO 8G.
The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO 8G
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP!
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO 8G
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP!
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
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
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO 8G
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP!
Length
269 mm
292 mm
Height
111 mm
111 mm
Width
35 mm
--
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
840 g
--
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO 8G is 269 mm long, 111 mm high and 35 mm wide.
The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! is 292 mm long, 111 mm high and -- 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.
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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