Comparison

GTX 970 vs RTX 3070

The RTX 3070 is 274.5% faster than GTX 970 in synthetic benchmark and 5.0% more expensive on the retail market.

Replaced by: RTX 4070

Retail Price

$399

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Better Value

Retail Price

$ 419

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Value

9

Value

33

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3DMark Performace

3648

3DMark Performace

13663

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+274.5%

Video Memory

4 GB

Video Memory

8 GB

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+100.0%

Power Consumption

145W

Power Consumption

220W

Efficiency

25

Efficiency

62

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Release Date

2015

Release Date

2020

MSRP

329 $

MSRP

499 $

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+51.7%

AMD Equivalent to GTX 970

NAME3DMARKPRICE
Radeon RX 64003622

AMD Equivalent to RTX 3070

NAME3DMARKPRICE
Radeon RX 6750 XT13595
Radeon RX 6700 XT12808

Is GTX 970 better than RTX 3070?

GTX 970 price to performance rating is lower than RTX 3070's. RTX 3070 offers 266.7% better value fo money.

When it comes to power efficiency, GTX 970 falls behind with an efficiency score that is 25, lower than that of RTX 3070 62. Consuming 220 watts, RTX 3070 has 148.0% better power consumption to performance ratio. The efficiency score is calculated by comparing the benchmark score with power consumption