ASUS GeForce GTX 1070 Dual OC 8GB GDDR5
The Pascal-based GTX 1070 with a 1797 MHz boost clock and dual-fan cooler delivers reliable 1080p gaming from a compact 240mm card. Its dual HDMI 2.0b ports offer flexible multi-display setups uncommon for this class, and the one-click OC mode via GPU Tweak II simplifies tuning. This card suits budget-conscious builders seeking smooth 1080p performance in older titles without ray tracing demands.
GPU GeForce GTX 1070
VRAM 8GB GDDR5
Boost Clock 1797 MHz
TDP 150 W
Memory Bus 256 bit
Class consumer
38 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong user sentiment (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong affordability (83rd percentile) 83rd
Cons
- Below average compute (21st percentile)
- Below average vram (25th percentile)
- Below average ai (28th percentile)
- Below average rt (30th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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92/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 25 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
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 | 1582 |
| Boost Clock | 1797 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 6.463 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 13513 |
| GPU Compute | 6116 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 150 |
| Recommended PSU | 450 |
| Power Connectors | 8-pin |
| Cooler | Dual Fan |
| Fans | 2 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 |
| DisplayPort | 2 |
| HDMI | 2 |
| Max Displays | 3 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 |
Physical
| Length | 240 |
| Slot Width | 2.1 |
| Form Factor | Full Height |
Features
| Ray Tracing | No |
| Upscaling | DLSS |
| AV1 Encode | No |
| VR Ready | Yes |
| DirectX | 12 |
| RGB | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | ASUS GeForce GTX 1070 Dual OC | ZOTAC Twin Edge RTX 5070 OC | XFX Gaming RX-79GMERCB9 | MSI Gaming GeForceRTX5060Ti 8G GAMING TRIO OC | Gigabyte Gaming OC GV-R78XTGAMING OC-16GD | Sapphire PULSE 11325-04CPO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce GTX 1070 | GeForce RTX 5070 | Radeon RX 7900 GRE | GeForce RTX 4070 Ti | Radeon RX 7800 XT | Radeon RX 7900 GRE |
| Vram | 8GB GDDR5 | 12GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR6 | 12GB GDDR6X | 16GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1797 | 2542 | 2395 | 2610 | 2565 | 2290 |
| Tdp W | 150 | 250 | 245 | 285 | 263 | 268 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 256 | 192 | 256 | 192 | 256 | 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 | Thermal | User Sentiment | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASUS GeForce GTX 1070 Dual OC | 27.7 | 29.9 | 24.9 | 30 | 21.4 | 45.4 | 43.5 | 96 | 49.7 | 38.9 | 42.1 | 83 |
| ZOTAC Twin Edge RTX 5070 OC Compare | 62.3 | 76.7 | 65.5 | 79.9 | 72.5 | 89.6 | 56 | 85.9 | 79.3 | 94.1 | 66.2 | 39.7 |
| XFX Gaming RX-79GMERCB9 Compare | 88.4 | 89.3 | 71.9 | 77.8 | 90.3 | 72.1 | 72.5 | 10.5 | 77.5 | 70.2 | 88.9 | 39 |
| MSI Gaming GeForceRTX5060Ti 8G GAMING TRIO OC Compare | 58.4 | 85.5 | 59.4 | 85 | 74.7 | 83.9 | 91.5 | 0 | 75.7 | 70.2 | 56.8 | 50.5 |
| Gigabyte Gaming OC GV-R78XTGAMING OC-16GD Compare | 83 | 71.2 | 72.8 | 64.4 | 81.8 | 83.9 | 91.5 | 27.3 | 53.3 | 85.9 | 88.9 | 50.4 |
| Sapphire PULSE 11325-04CPO Compare | 88.4 | 89.3 | 71.9 | 77.8 | 90.3 | 72.1 | 72.5 | 0 | 65.2 | 85.9 | 0 | 54.5 |
Price
Value & Pricing
Price History
New Open Box / Refurbished
Usage Scores
- Overall38.4
- AI/LLM17.8
- Budget70.3
- Gaming 4k21.4
- Ray Tracing32.7
- Workstation25.3
- Gaming 1080p39.8
- Gaming 1440p35.1
- Content Creation24
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