The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G has 5888 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.85 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 21.72 TFLOPS.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom has 1664 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.30 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 4.34 TFLOPS.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G is 400 % faster than the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom.
The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 46 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 13 execution units.
Memory
Memory
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom
Memory Size
8 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 bit
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The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom
Base Clock
1.500 GHz
1.152 GHz
Boost Clock
1.845 GHz
1.304 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.83 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G has a turbo clock of 1.845 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom is 1.304 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom
TDP
270 W
145 W
TDP (up)
280 W
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Tjunction max
93 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
2 x 6-Pin
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The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom 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 RTX 3070 Suprim 8G
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 100 mm
2 x 80 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
37-41 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G are cooled with a Air cooling.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.2
DVI
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1
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The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
MSI Mystic Light
No LED lighting
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The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).
The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
Decode
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 RTX 3070 Suprim 8G
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom
Length
335 mm
247 mm
Height
140 mm
112 mm
Width
61 mm
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Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
1,735 g
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G is 61 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom is 61 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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