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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070

61 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
VS
23 out 100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5070
vs
GeForce GTX 1070

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
192
140
127
98
89
52
42
24
The Witcher 3
212
180
134
70
85
67
46
24
Counter-Strike 2
284
215
157
82
133
93
66
32
Far Cry 6
161
148
127
82
70
62
50
23
Hogwarts Legacy
137
115
92
50
46
36
28
14
COD Modern Warfare 3
181
172
133
88
55
49
31
22
Ghost of Tsushima
123
107
88
56
41
32
25
12
Cyberpunk 2077
161
141
99
44
46
41
23
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
250
241
181
101
76
73
49
22
Avg FPS
1080p High18971
1080p Ultra16256
1440p Ultra12640
4K Ultra7520
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
22974
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
5844
Time Spy226136091
Solar Bay10376815809
Port Royal143121275
Fire Strike5779318707
Night Raid17298672273
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
190967
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
53429
Background Blur254.4 frames/s142.3 frames/s
Face Detection180.6 frames/s65.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection7.91 Gpix/sec2.2 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.2 Gpix/sec3.23 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur10.7 Gpix/sec3.74 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.84 Gpix/sec0.3 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching975.7 Gpix/sec195.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27816.5 fps5161.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
29057
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
13504
G2D Mark1297847
DirectX 11277 fps100 fps
DirectX 12108 fps48 fps
GPU Compute15779 Ops/s6129 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
75.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a423.4 fps
Car Chasen/a391.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a360 fps
T-Rexn/a1942.3 fps
ALU 2n/a5965.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a271.6 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a2186
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
30221
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
53037
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
23474
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
n/a
Image Classification (SP)12270n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)30237n/a
Horizon Detection35585n/a
Face Detection (HP)62662n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)145190n/a
Text Classification (SP)4198n/a
Machine Translation (HP)6233n/a
Object Detection (SP)16709n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)58300n/a
Style Transfer (SP)246598n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
6148.6
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 10, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Pascal
Codename GB205-300 GP104
Price n/a 379

GPU

GPU Frequency 2325 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2512 MHz 1683 MHz
Shader Units 6144 1920
TMUs 192 120
ROPs 80 64
Execution Units 48 15
Ray Tracing Cores 48 No
Tensor Cores 192 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 48000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 201 Gpix/sec 108 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 482 GTex/s 202 GTex/s
FLOPS 30.9 TFLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 250 W 150 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 314 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 7 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 22.29 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
672 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
256.3 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 6.1
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

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3 (60%)
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Total Votes: 5

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