MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8GB GDDR5
The compact 175mm length and single-fan design deliver full Pascal architecture performance with 1920 CUDA cores and an 8GB GDDR5 memory buffer in a small form factor. Its 1721MHz boost clock and dual HDMI 2.0 outputs provide solid 1080p gaming and versatile multi-monitor support for a card of this size. This GPU is best for small-form-factor PC builders who need reliable 1080p gaming without sacrificing expansion space.
GPU GeForce GTX 1070
VRAM 8GB GDDR5
Boost Clock 1721 MHz
TDP 150 W
Memory Bus 256 bit
Class consumer
32 Overall Score
Price $389
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
Cons
- Below average user sentiment (13th percentile)
- Below average vram (25th percentile)
- Below average ai (29th percentile)
- Below average rt (32nd percentile)
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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 | 1531 |
| Boost Clock | 1721 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 6.463 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 13510 |
| GPU Compute | 6116 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 150 |
| Recommended PSU | 500 |
| Power Connectors | 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Single Fan |
| Fans | 1 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 2 |
| HDMI | 2 |
| Max Displays | 4 |
Physical
| Length | 175 |
| Slot Width | 2 |
| Form Factor | ITX |
| Weight | 0.6 kg / 1.3 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | No |
| Upscaling | DLSS |
| AV1 Encode | No |
| VR Ready | Yes |
| DirectX | 12 |
| RGB | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX | Gigabyte WINDFORCE GV-N4090WF3-24GD | ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5070-O12G-GAMING | PNY OC VCG5070T16TFXPB1-O | ZOTAC Solid OC ZT-B50700J-10P | XFX Swift RX-97SWFB3B9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce GTX 1070 | GeForce RTX 4090 | GeForce RTX 5070 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5070 | Radeon RX 9070 |
| Vram | 8GB GDDR5 | 24GB GDDR6X | 12GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 12GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1721 | 2520 | 2640 | 2450 | 2542 | 2700 |
| Tdp W | 150 | 450 | 250 | 300 | 250 | 245 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 256 | 384 | 192 | 256 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX | 29.4 | 32.3 | 25.4 | 32.5 | 36.9 | 42.8 | 34.5 | 13.2 | 49.3 | 42.9 | 38.5 |
| Gigabyte WINDFORCE GV-N4090WF3-24GD Compare | 92.3 | 99 | 92.5 | 96.6 | 94.6 | 84.3 | 91.5 | 86.6 | 41.6 | 70.5 | 95.5 |
| 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 |
| 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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