MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING TRIO 12G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 and the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING TRIO 12G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and has 1664 texture shaders and 13 execution units.

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING TRIO 12G is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, which has 7680 shaders and 60 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 GPU MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING TRIO 12G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
GM204-200-A1 GPU Chip AD104-400-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ada Lovelace
13 Streaming Multiprocessors 60
1664 Shader 7680
56 Render Output Units 80
104 Texture Units 240
0 Raytracing Cores 60

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING TRIO 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 MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 clocks in the base with up to 1.051 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING TRIO 12G is 2.310 GHz.

1.051 GHz Base Clock 2.310 GHz
1.178 GHz Boost Clock 2.625 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 is 145 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 6-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING TRIO 12G has a TDP of 285 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors.

145 W TDP 285 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
2 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING TRIO 12G has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 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 MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING TRIO 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 v2.1
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING TRIO 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 MSI Mystic Light

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 MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 is 269 mm long, 111 mm high and 38 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING TRIO 12G is 337 mm long, 140 mm high and 62 mm wide.

269 mm Length 337 mm
111 mm Height 140 mm
38 mm Width 62 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
890 g Weight 1613 g
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 was released in Q4/2014 at a price of 299 $.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING TRIO 12G was introduced in Q1/2023 at a price of 799 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q4/2014 Release date Q1/2023
299 $ Launch Price 799 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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