The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 DUKE 8G OC has 1920 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.80 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 6.90 TFLOPS.
The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 DUKE 8G OC is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 15 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card PNY GeForce GTX 970 is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 13 execution units.
Memory
Memory
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 DUKE 8G OC
PNY GeForce GTX 970
Memory Size
8 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
2.027 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
8.1 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
259 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 bit
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The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 DUKE 8G OC is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.027 GHz clocks.
The PNY GeForce GTX 970 has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 DUKE 8G OC
PNY GeForce GTX 970
Base Clock
1.607 GHz
1.050 GHz
Boost Clock
1.797 GHz
1.178 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 DUKE 8G OC has a turbo clock of 1.797 GHz. The turbo frequency of the PNY GeForce GTX 970 is 1.178 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 DUKE 8G OC
PNY GeForce GTX 970
TDP
150 W
145 W
Tjunction max
94 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
2 x 6-Pin
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The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 DUKE 8G OC has 1 x 6-Pin, 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 PNY GeForce GTX 970 is equipped with a 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 DUKE 8G OC
PNY GeForce GTX 970
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
3 x 90 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 DUKE 8G OC are cooled with a Air cooling.
The PNY GeForce GTX 970 is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 DUKE 8G OC
PNY GeForce GTX 970
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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The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 DUKE 8G OC supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The PNY GeForce GTX 970 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 DUKE 8G OC
PNY GeForce GTX 970
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
MSI Mystic Light
No LED lighting
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The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 DUKE 8G OC supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The PNY GeForce GTX 970 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 DUKE 8G OC
PNY GeForce GTX 970
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
No
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 DUKE 8G OC
PNY GeForce GTX 970
Length
312 mm
247 mm
Height
140 mm
112 mm
Width
40 mm
39 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
1,113 g
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 DUKE 8G OC is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the PNY GeForce GTX 970 is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
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 MSI GeForce GTX 1070 DUKE 8G OC +90.3 %
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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