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.
GPU GeForce GTX 1070
VRAM 8GB GDDR5
Boost Clock 1822 MHz
TDP 150 W
Memory Bus 256 bit
Class consumer
38 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong thermal (92nd percentile) 92nd
Cons
- Below average user sentiment (11th percentile)
- Below average vram (26th percentile)
- Below average rt (29th percentile)
- Below average social proof (29th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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62/100Our AI sentiment read▲7
The proof
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 ProArt RTX 5080 | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | ZOTAC AMP Extreme Infinity ZT-B50800B-10P | PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce GTX 1070 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Vram | 8GB GDDR5 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1822 | 2730 | 2482 | 2670 | 2620 | 2680 |
| Tdp W | 150 | 150 | 300 | 360 | 360 | 339 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming | 29.6 | 29 | 25.5 | 32.6 | 37.1 | 30.2 | 10.6 | 49.3 | 46.8 | 29.1 |
| ASUS ProArt RTX 5080 Compare | 86.7 | 95.8 | 88.3 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 0 | 97.4 | 98.6 | 95.3 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 80.6 | 92.5 | 85.1 | 88.8 | 93 | 96.4 | 80.2 | 68.9 | 94 | 88.6 |
| ZOTAC AMP Extreme Infinity ZT-B50800B-10P Compare | 86.7 | 97.6 | 88.3 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 71.6 | 57.6 | 94 | 99 |
| PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O Compare | 86.7 | 97.6 | 88.3 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 45 | 57.6 | 94 | 82.2 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.6 | 91.7 | 91.4 | 83.4 | 99.2 | 84.3 | 86.4 | 42.5 | 98.7 | 78 |
Usage Scores
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