Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming 8GB GDDR5
The 1822MHz boost clock and triple-fan cooler push this GTX 1070 beyond reference speeds for smoother 1080p gaming. Its 8GB GDDR5 frame buffer and dual-slot design provide solid headroom for high-texture settings without overwhelming compact builds. This card suits budget-focused 1080p gamers upgrading from older 900-series or mid-range 700-series GPUs.
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong thermal (92nd percentile) 92nd
- Strong affordability (71st percentile) 71st
Cons
- Below average user sentiment (11th percentile)
- Below average compute (22nd percentile)
- Below average vram (26th percentile)
- Below average rt (28th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | GeForce GTX 1070 |
| Brand | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Pascal |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 16 |
Memory
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | 256 |
| Bandwidth | 256.3 |
Compute
| CUDA Cores | 1920 |
| Base Clock | 1620 |
| Boost Clock | 1822 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 6.463 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 13510 |
| GPU Compute | 6116 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 150 |
| Recommended PSU | 500 |
| Power Connectors | 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 |
Physical
| Length | 280 |
| Slot Width | 2 |
| Form Factor | ATX |
| Weight | 1.2 kg / 2.6 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | No |
| VR Ready | Yes |
| DirectX | 12 |
| RGB | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming | ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5080-O16G-EVO | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G | PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce GTX 1070 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | GeForce RTX 5080 |
| Vram | 8GB GDDR5 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1822 | 2685 | 2482 | 2730 | 2680 | 2620 |
| Tdp W | 150 | 360 | 300 | 360 | 339 | 360 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 | 256 |
| Ray Tracing | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | User Sentiment | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming | 28.6 | 28 | 25.8 | 31.8 | 21.8 | 30.3 | 10.6 | 51.2 | 46.9 | 29.5 | 70.7 |
| ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5080-O16G-EVO Compare | 85 | 97.5 | 88.4 | 94.1 | 93.1 | 90.1 | 72.2 | 59.2 | 94.1 | 95.4 | 18.6 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 79 | 92.1 | 85.3 | 88.4 | 87.7 | 96.4 | 81 | 73.7 | 94.1 | 88.7 | 20.7 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 85 | 97.5 | 88.4 | 94.1 | 93.1 | 96.4 | 99.5 | 59.2 | 94.1 | 99 | 19.7 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.6 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 83.5 | 95.4 | 84.5 | 86.6 | 54.7 | 98.7 | 78.2 | 15.2 |
| PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O Compare | 85 | 97.5 | 88.4 | 94.1 | 93.1 | 96.4 | 45.5 | 59.2 | 94.1 | 82.3 | 17.3 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Price History
Usage Scores
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