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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090

61 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
VS
92 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090. 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 4090
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 4090

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
192
140
127
98
277
199
191
154
The Witcher 3
212
180
134
70
288
265
187
100
Counter-Strike 2
284
215
157
82
329
244
185
91
Far Cry 6
161
148
127
82
203
182
167
104
Hogwarts Legacy
137
115
92
50
201
164
132
76
COD Modern Warfare 3
181
172
133
88
274
258
221
149
Ghost of Tsushima
123
107
88
56
183
154
137
91
Cyberpunk 2077
161
141
99
44
227
208
143
68
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
250
241
181
101
304
277
215
119
Avg FPS
1080p High189254
1080p Ultra162217
1440p Ultra126175
4K Ultra75106
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
22974
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
42191
Time Spy2261336322
Solar Bay103768186930
Port Royal1431226115
Fire Strike5779372253
Night Raid172986195300
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
190967
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
316301
Background Blur254.4 frames/s318.9 frames/s
Face Detection180.6 frames/s222.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection7.91 Gpix/sec14.2 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.2 Gpix/sec21 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur10.7 Gpix/sec23.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.84 Gpix/sec2.38 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching975.7 Gpix/sec1950 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27816.5 fps48090.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
29057
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
38303
G2D Mark12971297
DirectX 11277 fps329 fps
DirectX 12108 fps150 fps
GPU Compute15779 Ops/s27111 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
615.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1617.6 fps
Car Chasen/a1228.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a1234.6 fps
T-Rexn/a6286 fps
ALU 2n/a15073.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a303.7 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a12119.1
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
30221
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
53037
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
23474
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
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 4090
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 September, 20, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB205-300 AD102
Price n/a 1599

GPU

GPU Frequency 2325 MHz 2235 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2512 MHz 2520 MHz
Shader Units 6144 16384
TMUs 192 512
ROPs 80 176
Execution Units 48 128
Ray Tracing Cores 48 128
Tensor Cores 192 512
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 48000 KB/core 72 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 201 Gpix/sec 444 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 482 GTex/s 1290 GTex/s
FLOPS 30.9 TFLOPS 82.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 450 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 609 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 76.3 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 125.29 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2625 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 4090
1010 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 4090 the clear winner in this comparison.

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