GeForce GTX 1070
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How it stacks up to the flagship
Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.
Estimated benchmark results
Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.
Performance breakdown
FPS Across Resolutions
Average FPS across all PC games
Cost per frame
Launch MSRP ($379) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.
What Owners Say
Owners love the great 1080p performance and power efficiency that still holds up today. The usual gripe is the 8 GB VRAM feeling tight in newer, more demanding titles.
- Effortlessly plays 1440p games
- Sips power, runs cool and quiet
- Eight gigs handles modern textures
- Great value years after launch
- Not enough VRAM for modern games
- Can't ray trace at all
- No DLSS support
Supported technologies
Full specifications
- CUDA Cores
- 1,920
- TMUs
- 120
- ROPs
- 64
- L2 cache
- 2 MB
- Size
- 8 GB
- Type
- GDDR5
- Bus width
- 256-bit
- Bandwidth
- 256 GB/s
- Memory clock
- 8 GB/s
- Base clock
- 1506 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1683 MHz
- FP32 (float)
- 6.463 TFLOPS
- FP16 (half)
- 6.463 TFLOPS
- Pixel rate
- 108 GPixel/s
- Texture rate
- 202 GTexel/s
- TDP
- 150W
- Suggested PSU
- 300W
- Power connectors
- 1x 8-pin
- Bus interface
- PCIe 3.0 x16
- Length
- 267 mm
- Slot width
- 2-slot
- Max resolution
- 7680×4320
- Outputs
- DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
API and SDK support
- DirectX
- 12 (12_1)
- Shader Model
- 6.4
- OpenGL
- 4.5
- OpenCL
- 1.2
- Vulkan
- +
- CUDA
- +
Our verdict on the GTX 1070
The GTX 1070 is a mid-range Pascal card that still holds up well today, but its 8GB of VRAM now feels tight.
Get it if you want solid 1080p or decent 1440p gaming on a budget and don't mind older tech that still holds up. Skip it if you need ray tracing, high-refresh 4K, or modern features that newer cards handle way better.
Buy it if…
- You want high fps at 1440p without breaking the bank.
- You play older games and want to max out the settings.
- You need a reliable used card for a budget VR setup.
Its place in the overall top
881 votes