gtx 1070 vs rtx 3070
For years now, the GTX 1070 has been an all-around great graphics card for PC gamers. It offers solid performance, is pretty affordable, and is capable of running almost any modern game. However, recent advances in GPU technology have made it seem that the GTX 1070 is starting to fall behind.
The latest NVIDIA graphics cards offer significantly better performance than the old GTX 1070. The RTX 2080, for example, is capable of rendering more detailed and complex images than its predecessor. Additionally, the RTX 2080 comes with ray tracing and AI-powered capabilities that boost gaming performance even more.
To determine which card is the best, we’ve compared the GTX 1070 against the RTX 2080 in a variety of benchmarks and gaming tests. The results below show the relative performance of each card based on their CUDA cores, base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed, and more.
We’ve also included the total system power requirements for each video card, which is useful if you’re building a custom PC. Note that the RTX 2080 requires a more powerful motherboard than the GTX 1070.
In terms of gaming benchmarks, the GTX 1070 is faster than the RTX 2080 in both Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p resolution with the Medium preset. In addition, the GTX 1070 is faster than RTX 2070 Mobile in cryptocurrency mining benchmarks.