Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 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
192
140
127
98
122
74
65
45
The Witcher 3
212
180
134
70
139
109
81
42
Counter-Strike 2
284
215
157
82
198
150
107
56
Far Cry 6
161
148
127
82
103
95
72
39
Hogwarts Legacy
137
115
92
50
74
64
44
25
COD Modern Warfare 3
181
172
133
88
90
84
61
38
Ghost of Tsushima
123
107
88
56
72
59
41
24
Cyberpunk 2077
161
141
99
44
80
72
45
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
250
241
181
101
120
113
79
42
Avg FPS
1080p High189111
1080p Ultra16291
1440p Ultra12666
4K Ultra7537
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
22974
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
10047
Time Spy2261310201
Solar Bay10376845966
Port Royal143126128
Fire Strike5779329129
Night Raid172986n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
190967
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Background Blur254.4 frames/sn/a
Face Detection180.6 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection7.91 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection10.2 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur10.7 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching1.84 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching975.7 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics27816.5 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
29057
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
17775
G2D Mark12971113
DirectX 11277 fps155 fps
DirectX 12108 fps71 fps
GPU Compute15779 Ops/s9063 Ops/s
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
30221
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
53037
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
23474
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
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

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
6148.6
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 June, 24, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Blackwell 2.0
Codename GB205-300 GB207-300

GPU

GPU Frequency 2325 MHz 2317 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2512 MHz 2572 MHz
Shader Units 6144 2560
TMUs 192 80
ROPs 80 32
Execution Units 48 20
Ray Tracing Cores 48 20
Tensor Cores 192 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 48000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 201 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 482 GTex/s 206 GTex/s
FLOPS 30.9 TFLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 250 W 130 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Max temperature n/a 87 °C
Transistor Size 263 mm² 149 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 16.9 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 113.42 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
672 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12.2
Vulkan 1.4 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 12.0
DisplayPort 2.1b 2.1b
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 4

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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