Home GPU comparison Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti - Which is better?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

61 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
VS
71 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
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 5070
vs
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
192
140
127
98
196
139
127
96
The Witcher 3
212
180
134
70
218
185
131
70
Counter-Strike 2
284
215
157
82
290
218
161
86
Far Cry 6
161
148
127
82
158
148
129
81
Hogwarts Legacy
137
115
92
50
136
113
91
50
COD Modern Warfare 3
181
172
133
88
181
173
136
89
Ghost of Tsushima
123
107
88
56
124
106
91
55
Cyberpunk 2077
161
141
99
44
163
146
98
45
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
250
241
181
101
261
238
186
101
Avg FPS
1080p High189192
1080p Ultra162163
1440p Ultra126128
4K Ultra7575
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
22974
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
24160
Time Spy2261321841
Solar Bay103768109151
Port Royal1431214882
Fire Strike5779351985
Night Raid172986155722
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
190967
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
232083
Background Blur254.4 frames/s362.7 frames/s
Face Detection180.6 frames/s227.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection7.91 Gpix/sec11.3 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.2 Gpix/sec15.9 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur10.7 Gpix/sec12.1 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.84 Gpix/sec1.56 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching975.7 Gpix/sec1080 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27816.5 fps31024.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
29057
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
29499
G2D Mark12971227
DirectX 11277 fps241 fps
DirectX 12108 fps122 fps
GPU Compute15779 Ops/s17022 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
249 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1005.1 fps
Car Chasen/a897.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a781.7 fps
T-Rexn/a4109.9 fps
ALU 2n/a7102.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a274.9 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a7000.8
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
30221
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
53037
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
23474
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
n/a
Image Classification (SP)12270n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)30237n/a
Horizon Detection35585n/a
Face Detection (HP)62662n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)145190n/a
Text Classification (SP)4198n/a
Machine Translation (HP)6233n/a
Object Detection (SP)16709n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)58300n/a
Style Transfer (SP)246598n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
6148.6
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 March, 29, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB205-300 GA102
Price n/a 1999

GPU

GPU Frequency 2325 MHz 1560 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2512 MHz 1860 MHz
Shader Units 6144 10752
TMUs 192 336
ROPs 80 112
Execution Units 48 84
Ray Tracing Cores 48 84
Tensor Cores 192 336
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 48000 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 201 Gpix/sec 208 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 482 GTex/s 625 GTex/s
FLOPS 30.9 TFLOPS 40 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 450 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1313 MHz
Bus 192 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 21000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
672 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
1008 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
4 (44.44%)
5 (55.56%)
Total Votes: 9

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