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
36 Overall Score
Price $359
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
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62/100Our AI sentiment read▲7
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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 | MSI GAMING TRIO G5070-12GTC | PNY OC VCG5070T16TFXPB1-O | ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5070-12G | XFX Mercury RX-97TRGBBB9 | Sapphire PULSE 11348-03-20G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce GTX 1070 | GeForce RTX 5070 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5070 | Radeon RX 9070 XT | Radeon RX 9070 XT |
| Vram | 8GB GDDR5 | 12GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 12GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1822 | 2610 | 2450 | 2512 | 3100 | 2970 |
| Tdp W | 150 | 250 | 300 | 250 | 304 | 304 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming | 28.3 | 27.8 | 25.5 | 31.6 | 21.7 | 30.1 | 91.5 | 10.7 | 51 | 46.9 | 30.1 | 70.9 |
| MSI GAMING TRIO G5070-12GTC Compare | 62 | 82.5 | 65.1 | 79.5 | 72.3 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 81.1 | 79.8 | 94.1 | 95.4 | 34.5 |
| PNY OC VCG5070T16TFXPB1-O Compare | 79 | 92.1 | 85.3 | 88.4 | 87.8 | 66.9 | 91.5 | 58.1 | 73.4 | 82.2 | 99.1 | 34.9 |
| ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5070-12G Compare | 62 | 82.5 | 65.1 | 79.5 | 72.3 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 72.4 | 79.8 | 94.1 | 95.4 | 46 |
| XFX Mercury RX-97TRGBBB9 Compare | 89 | 84.4 | 75.3 | 75.6 | 90.7 | 96.4 | 72.8 | 96.2 | 47.6 | 94.1 | 95.4 | 40.8 |
| Sapphire PULSE 11348-03-20G Compare | 89.1 | 84.4 | 73.6 | 75.6 | 89.6 | 96.4 | 72.8 | 86.6 | 47.6 | 89 | 88.8 | 40.8 |
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