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GeForce RTX 5070 vs GeForce RTX 4070

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Key Differences

  • RTX 5070 is 20% faster than RTX 4070 (12 measured runs at 4K).
  • RTX 5070 has the most memory bandwidth: 672 GB/s against 504.2 GB/s.
  • RTX 4070 draws the least power: 200 W against 250 W.
Spec GeForce RTX 5070 GeForce RTX 4070
Overview
Product name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
4Kgaming performance 51.7 FPS 43.9 FPS 1% low 12 games 43.0 FPS 36.1 FPS 1% low 12 games
Market price $800 US · New retail 35 observations, updated 2 days ago $1,140 US · New retail 3 observations, updated 3 days ago
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Generation / family GeForce RTX 50 Series GeForce RTX 40 Series
GPU codename GB205 AD104
Launch date 2025-03-05 2023-04-13
Market segment Desktop in GeForce RTX 50 Series Desktop in GeForce RTX 40 Series
Board type / entry type Reference GPU Reference GPU
GPU
Process node TSMC 5 nm TSMC 5 nm
Die size 263 mm² 294 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 35.8 billion
GPU chip GB205 AD104
SM / multiprocessor count 48 46
CUDA Cores 6144 5888
Tensor Cores 192 184
RT Cores 48 46
ROPs 80 64
TMUs 192 184
Clocks
Base / Core clock 2,325 MHz 1,920 MHz
Boost clock 2,512 MHz 2,475 MHz
Memory clock 1,750 MHz 1,313 MHz
Memory
Memory size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory bus width 192-bit 192-bit
Memory bandwidth 672 GB/s 504.2 GB/s
Bus / Interface
Bus interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
AGP / PCI / PCIe distinction PCIe PCIe
Power
TDP / TBP / board power 250 W 200 W
Recommended PSU 650 W 650 W
Power connectors 1x PCIe Gen 5 16-pin 1x PCIe 8-pin or 1x PCIe Gen 5 16-pin
Slot width Dual-slot, 245 mm length, 40 mm width Dual-slot, 240 mm length, 40 mm width
Display / Media
Display outputs 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Features
DirectX support DirectX 12.2 DirectX 12.2
OpenGL support OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan support Vulkan 1.4 Vulkan 1.4
CUDA support 12.0 8.9
Shader Model 6.8 6.8
Ray tracing support Hardware RT units present Hardware RT units present
Performance / Benchmarks
FP32 throughput 30.87 TFLOPS 29.15 TFLOPS
FP16 throughput 30.87 TFLOPS 29.15 TFLOPS
Muted cells indicate unavailable, not applicable, or not directly comparable specifications.

Frame rates compare runs of the same game at the same quality preset on one test system. DLAA counts as native resolution, because it applies anti-aliasing at full render resolution rather than upscaling; DLSS and FSR upscaling are never counted as native. Where a capture named ray tracing without a readable on or off value, it is read as on.

Measured game results

Gaming benchmarks

Reviewed FPS from games these cards were measured on under one shared test system and resolution. Every game is compared against itself, so each result is a like-for-like pair. These results are separate from theoretical compute specifications.

4K

GeForce RTX 5070 is 20% faster than GeForce RTX 4070

  1. GeForce RTX 5070 100 index, fastest
  2. GeForce RTX 4070 83.1 index, 17% behind fastest

Relative gaming performance, fastest at 100%. Geometric mean across 12 games measured on every card.

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, DDR5-6000 MHz RAM

  • GeForce RTX 5070
  • GeForce RTX 4070

Game scale: 0 to 80 FPS, shared by every game and GPU at this resolution

  1. Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

    High, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified; Upscaling, DLAA

    • GeForce RTX 5070 49 FPS1% low 40 FPS
    • GeForce RTX 4070 38 FPS1% low 32 FPS

  2. Cyberpunk 2077

    Ultra, DLSS, Visible Unspecified; Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified; Upscaling, DLSS

    • GeForce RTX 5070 38 FPS1% low 33 FPS
    • GeForce RTX 4070 33 FPS1% low 28 FPS

  3. Dying Light: The Beast

    High, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified; Upscaling, DLAA

    • GeForce RTX 5070 42 FPS1% low 38 FPS
    • GeForce RTX 4070 33 FPS1% low 30 FPS

  4. Forza Horizon 6

    Ultra, Upscaling, DLAA

    • GeForce RTX 5070 71 FPS1% low 63 FPS
    • GeForce RTX 4070 58 FPS1% low 52 FPS

  5. Ghost of Tsushima

    Ultra, Upscaling, Visible Unspecified

    • GeForce RTX 5070 44 FPS1% low 41 FPS
    • GeForce RTX 4070 38 FPS1% low 35 FPS

  6. God of War Ragnarök

    Ultra, Upscaling, DLAA

    • GeForce RTX 5070 73 FPS1% low 61 FPS
    • GeForce RTX 4070 59 FPS1% low 50 FPS

  7. Horizon Forbidden West

    Very high, Not reported

    • GeForce RTX 5070 58 FPS1% low 49 FPS
    • GeForce RTX 4070 49 FPS1% low 41 FPS

  8. Mafia: The Old Country

    Ultra, DLSS, Visible Unspecified; Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified; Upscaling, DLSS

    • GeForce RTX 5070 38 FPS1% low 29 FPS
    • GeForce RTX 4070 34 FPS1% low 24 FPS

  9. Red Dead Redemption II

    Ultra, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified; Upscaling, DLAA

    • GeForce RTX 5070 78 FPS1% low 68 FPS
    • GeForce RTX 4070 65 FPS1% low 56 FPS

  10. Resident Evil Requiem

    Ultra, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified; Upscaling, DLAA

    • GeForce RTX 5070 64 FPS1% low 51 FPS
    • GeForce RTX 4070 53 FPS1% low 44 FPS

  11. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

    Ultra, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified; Upscaling, DLAA

    • GeForce RTX 5070 36 FPS1% low 32 FPS
    • GeForce RTX 4070 30 FPS1% low 26 FPS

  12. Silent Hill f

    Ultra, DLSS, Visible Unspecified; Upscaling, DLSS

    • GeForce RTX 5070 52 FPS1% low 41 FPS
    • GeForce RTX 4070 43 FPS1% low 32 FPS
Settings, methodology and sources

PC Tech Vault reports reviewed numbers extracted from source video evidence. It does not claim a controlled lab environment. Each game is compared only against itself under one identical condition on every card, so a set may span quality presets while every individual comparison stays exact. A game measured at more than one preset contributes once. Upscaling techniques differ between vendors and are recorded per game rather than treated as a shared setting.

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
High, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified; Upscaling, DLAA
Cyberpunk 2077
Ultra, DLSS, Visible Unspecified; Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified; Upscaling, DLSS
Dying Light: The Beast
High, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified; Upscaling, DLAA
Forza Horizon 6
Ultra, Upscaling, DLAA
Ghost of Tsushima
Ultra, Upscaling, Visible Unspecified
God of War Ragnarök
Ultra, Upscaling, DLAA
Horizon Forbidden West
Very high, Not reported
Mafia: The Old Country
Ultra, DLSS, Visible Unspecified; Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified; Upscaling, DLSS
Red Dead Redemption II
Ultra, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified; Upscaling, DLAA
Resident Evil Requiem
Ultra, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified; Upscaling, DLAA
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Ultra, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified; Upscaling, DLAA
Silent Hill f
Ultra, DLSS, Visible Unspecified; Upscaling, DLSS
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Advanced provenance

Memory transfer rate
6000 MT/s
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