Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
89
52
42
24
122
74
65
45
The Witcher 3
85
67
46
24
139
109
81
42
Counter-Strike 2
133
93
66
32
198
150
107
56
Far Cry 6
70
62
50
23
103
95
72
39
Hogwarts Legacy
46
36
28
14
74
64
44
25
COD Modern Warfare 3
55
49
31
22
90
84
61
38
Ghost of Tsushima
41
32
25
12
72
59
41
24
Cyberpunk 2077
46
41
23
10
80
72
45
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
76
73
49
22
120
113
79
42
Avg FPS
1080p High71111
1080p Ultra5691
1440p Ultra4066
4K Ultra2037
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
5844
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
10047
Time Spy609110201
Solar Bay1580945966
Port Royal12756128
Fire Strike1870729129
Night Raid72273n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
53429
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Background Blur142.3 frames/sn/a
Face Detection65.1 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection2.2 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection3.23 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur3.74 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching0.3 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching195.6 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics5161.6 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
13504
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
17775
G2D Mark8471113
DirectX 11100 fps155 fps
DirectX 1248 fps71 fps
GPU Compute6129 Ops/s9063 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
75.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)423.4 fpsn/a
Car Chase391.1 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)360 fpsn/a
T-Rex1942.3 fpsn/a
ALU 25965.8 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2271.6 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2186n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 10, 2016 June, 24, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Pascal Blackwell 2.0
Codename GP104 GB207-300
Price 379 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1506 MHz 2317 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1683 MHz 2572 MHz
Shader Units 1920 2560
TMUs 120 80
ROPs 64 32
Execution Units 15 20
Ray Tracing Cores No 20
Tensor Cores No 80
L1 cache 48 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 108 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 202 GTex/s 206 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 150 W 130 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 16 nm 5 nm
Max temperature n/a 87 °C
Transistor Size 314 mm² 149 mm²
Transistor count 7 billion 16.9 billion
Transistor density 22.29 MTr/mm² 113.42 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2002 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
256.3 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 12.0
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1b
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 4

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

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Total Votes: 3

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