NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 vs ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3070 OC. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3070 OC, chip, information processing units.

• Architecture
  Pascal -
• Execution Units
  1920 46
• GPU Chip
  GP104 GA104-300-A1
• L1 Cache
  48 KB -
• L2 Cache
  2 MB -
• Render Output Units
  64 96
• Texture Units
  120 184
• Based on
  - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
• Shader
  - 5888

Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.

• Memory Bandwidth
  256.3 GB/s 448 GB/s
• Memory Bus
  256 bit 256 bit
• Memory Clock
  2000 MHz -
• Memory Data Rate
  8 Gbps -
• Memory Size
  8 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR6
• Memory Speed (legacy frequency label)
  - 1750 MHz

Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.

• Base Clock
  1506 MHz 1500 MHz
• Boost Clock
  1683 MHz 1935 MHz + 12%
• Game Clock
  - 1905 MHz
• Overclocking
  - Yes

Graphics card power limits and recommended system power supply describe different specifications.

• System Power Supply
  450 W (PSU recommendation) -
• TDP
  150 W 280 W+ 27 %
• Maximum Junction Temperature
  - 93 °C
• TDP (up)
  - 350 W+ 46 %

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3070 OC.

• Cooler-Type
  - Air cooling
• Fan-Type
  - Axial
• Fan 1
  - 3 x 100 mm
• Fan 2
  - -
• Noise (Idle)
  - 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  - 42-45 dB

Connectivity and connections.

• DisplayPort Ports
  3 × DisplayPort 1.4a 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a
• DVI Ports
  1 × DVI -
• HDMI Ports
  1 × HDMI 2.0 2 × HDMI 2.1
• Max. Displays
  5 4
• PCIe Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
• Power Connectors
  1x 8-pin 2 x 8-Pin
• HDCP Version
  - 2.3
• USB-C Ports
  - -
• VGA Ports
  - -

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• CUDA
  6.1 -
• DirectX
  12.1 12_2
• Max. resolution
  3840 × 2160 7680 × 4320
• OpenCL
  3.0 -
• OpenGL
  4.6 -
• Shader Model
  6.7 (6.4) -
• Vulkan
  1.3 -
• DLSS / FSR
  - Yes
• LED
  - ASUS Aura Sync
• Raytracing
  - Yes

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• AV1
  - Decode
• h264
  - Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  - Decode / Encode
• VP8
  - Decode
• VP9
  - Decode

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Height
  40 mm 140 mm
• Length
  267 mm 319 mm
• Slot Size
  Dual-slot 3 PCIe-Slots
• Width
  112 mm 58 mm
• Weight
  - 1750 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3070 OC and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070.

• Process Technology
  16 nm 8 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2016 Q4/2020
• Documents
  - data sheet
• Launch Price (historical)
  - 749 $
• Part Number
  - ROG-STRIX-RTX3070-O8G-GAMING

• FP16 (theoretical)
  101.0 GFLOPS (1:64) -
• FP32 (theoretical)
  6.463 TFLOPS -
• FP64 (theoretical)
  202.0 GFLOPS (1:32) -
• Pixel Rate
  107.7 GPixel/s -
• Texture Rate
  202.0 GTexel/s -