The Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost has 5888 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.48 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 29.15 TFLOPS.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost is 606 % faster than the MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC.
The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 13 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture and is equipped with 46 execution units.
Memory
Memory
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC
Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost
Memory Size
4 GB
12 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6X
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
1.313 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
21.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
504 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
192 bit
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The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost has a 12 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.313GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC
Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost
Base Clock
1.102 GHz
1.920 GHz
Boost Clock
1.241 GHz
2.475 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC has a turbo clock of 1.241 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost is 2.475 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC
Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost
TDP
145 W
200 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
90 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 6-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC has 2 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 90 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC
Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
2 x 90 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 970 4GD5T OC are cooled with a Air cooling.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC
Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.1a
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.4a
DVI
2
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The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC
Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC
Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
Decode
AV1
No
Decode
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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 970 4GD5T OC
Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost
Length
275 mm
269 mm
Height
125 mm
132 mm
Width
36 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
Yes
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The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC is 36 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost is 36 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.
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.
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.
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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