Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
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
142
94
84
58
170
113
105
79
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
191
160
114
61
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
262
207
148
82
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
148
135
112
71
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
120
96
78
43
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
154
141
110
72
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
104
87
74
40
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
133
115
78
34
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
209
194
148
81
Avg FPS
1080p High136166
1080p Ultra114139
1440p Ultra85107
4K Ultra4863
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Time Spy1370117825
Solar Bay6321482645
Port Royal859511149
Fire Strike3761244109
Night Raid111626152587
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Background Blur209.1 frames/s233 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s141.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec6.62 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec9.19 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec9.2 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.78 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec845.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps25043.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
G2D Mark11521165
DirectX 11199 fps245 fps
DirectX 1277 fps102 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s14820 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1039 fps
Car Chasen/a900 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a761.2 fps
T-Rexn/a3848.1 fps
ALU 2n/a5980.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a296.7 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a6200.7
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
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

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
3702.71
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 April, 13, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB206-250 AD104
Price n/a 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 1920 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 2475 MHz
Shader Units 3840 5888
TMUs 120 184
ROPs 48 64
Execution Units 30 46
Ray Tracing Cores 30 46
Tensor Cores 120 184
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 36000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 120 Gpix/sec 158 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 455 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 145 W 200 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 294 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 35 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 119.05 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1313 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 21000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
504.2 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 8.9
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 3

Results

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

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
3 (37.5%)
5 (62.5%)
Total Votes: 8

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