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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070

42 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
VS
23 out 100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5060
vs
GeForce GTX 1070

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
142
94
84
58
89
52
42
24
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
85
67
46
24
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
133
93
66
32
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
70
62
50
23
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
46
36
28
14
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
55
49
31
22
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
41
32
25
12
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
46
41
23
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
76
73
49
22
Avg FPS
1080p High13671
1080p Ultra11456
1440p Ultra8540
4K Ultra4820
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
5844
Time Spy137016091
Solar Bay6321415809
Port Royal85951275
Fire Strike3761218707
Night Raid11162672273
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
53429
Background Blur209.1 frames/s142.3 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s65.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec2.2 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec3.23 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec3.74 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec0.3 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec195.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps5161.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
13504
G2D Mark1152847
DirectX 11199 fps100 fps
DirectX 1277 fps48 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s6129 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
75.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a423.4 fps
Car Chasen/a391.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a360 fps
T-Rexn/a1942.3 fps
ALU 2n/a5965.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a271.6 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a2186
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
n/a
Image Classification (SP)8362n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)22831n/a
Horizon Detection22375n/a
Face Detection (HP)41955n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)84685n/a
Text Classification (SP)3296n/a
Machine Translation (HP)5083n/a
Object Detection (SP)11023n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)38817n/a
Style Transfer (SP)155103n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
3702.71
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 January, 10, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Pascal
Codename GB206-250 GP104
Price n/a 379

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 1683 MHz
Shader Units 3840 1920
TMUs 120 120
ROPs 48 64
Execution Units 30 15
Ray Tracing Cores 30 No
Tensor Cores 120 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 120 Gpix/sec 108 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 202 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 145 W 150 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 314 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 7 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 22.29 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
256.3 GB/s

API

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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
5 (71.43%)
2 (28.57%)
Total Votes: 7

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