Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 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
170
113
105
79
122
74
65
45
The Witcher 3
191
160
114
61
139
109
81
42
Counter-Strike 2
262
207
148
82
198
150
107
56
Far Cry 6
148
135
112
71
103
95
72
39
Hogwarts Legacy
120
96
78
43
74
64
44
25
COD Modern Warfare 3
154
141
110
72
90
84
61
38
Ghost of Tsushima
104
87
74
40
72
59
41
24
Cyberpunk 2077
133
115
78
34
80
72
45
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
209
194
148
81
120
113
79
42
Avg FPS
1080p High166111
1080p Ultra13991
1440p Ultra10766
4K Ultra6337
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
10047
Time Spy1782510201
Solar Bay8264545966
Port Royal111496128
Fire Strike4410929129
Night Raid152587n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Background Blur233 frames/sn/a
Face Detection141.7 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection6.62 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection9.19 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur9.2 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching1.78 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching845.4 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics25043.9 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
17775
G2D Mark11651113
DirectX 11245 fps155 fps
DirectX 12102 fps71 fps
GPU Compute14820 Ops/s9063 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1039 fpsn/a
Car Chase900 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)761.2 fpsn/a
T-Rex3848.1 fpsn/a
ALU 25980.8 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2296.7 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation6200.7n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 13, 2023 June, 24, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Blackwell 2.0
Codename AD104 GB207-300
Price 599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1920 MHz 2317 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2475 MHz 2572 MHz
Shader Units 5888 2560
TMUs 184 80
ROPs 64 32
Execution Units 46 20
Ray Tracing Cores 46 20
Tensor Cores 184 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 36000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 158 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 455 GTex/s 206 GTex/s
FLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 200 W 130 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Max temperature n/a 87 °C
Transistor Size 294 mm² 149 mm²
Transistor count 35 billion 16.9 billion
Transistor density 119.05 MTr/mm² 113.42 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1313 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 21000 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
504.2 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 8.9 12.0
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1b
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 DLSS 4

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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