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
Price $359
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong thermal (92nd percentile) 92nd
Cons
- Below average user sentiment (10th percentile)
- Below average vram (25th percentile)
- Below average rt (29th percentile)
- Below average ai (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 TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5070-O12G-GAMING | PNY OC VCG5070T16TFXPB1-O | MSI GAMING TRIO G5070-12GTC | ZOTAC Solid OC ZT-B50700J-10P | XFX Swift RX-97SWFB3B9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce GTX 1070 | GeForce RTX 5070 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5070 | GeForce RTX 5070 | Radeon RX 9070 |
| Vram | 8GB GDDR5 | 12GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 12GB GDDR7 | 12GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1822 | 2640 | 2450 | 2610 | 2542 | 2700 |
| Tdp W | 150 | 250 | 300 | 250 | 250 | 245 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 256 | 192 | 256 | 192 | 192 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming | 29.4 | 28.9 | 25.4 | 32.5 | 36.9 | 30 | 91.5 | 10.3 | 49.3 | 46.7 | 30.8 |
| ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5070-O12G-GAMING Compare | 62.3 | 82.8 | 64.8 | 82 | 81.1 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 72.1 | 73.4 | 99.2 | 95.5 |
| PNY OC VCG5070T16TFXPB1-O Compare | 80.6 | 92.5 | 85 | 88.8 | 93 | 66.8 | 91.5 | 0 | 68.9 | 82 | 99.1 |
| MSI GAMING TRIO G5070-12GTC Compare | 62.3 | 82.8 | 64.8 | 82 | 81.1 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 0 | 73.4 | 94 | 95.5 |
| ZOTAC Solid OC ZT-B50700J-10P Compare | 62.3 | 82.8 | 64.8 | 82 | 81.1 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 86.6 | 73.4 | 94 | 88.9 |
| XFX Swift RX-97SWFB3B9 Compare | 83 | 79.3 | 74.9 | 68.8 | 86.8 | 89.9 | 72.8 | 0 | 63 | 94 | 88.9 |
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