Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
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
332
242
231
183
113
67
58
41
The Witcher 3
366
338
234
127
125
97
72
40
Counter-Strike 2
379
271
209
98
181
136
95
47
Far Cry 6
235
202
198
124
92
85
67
36
Hogwarts Legacy
244
210
167
96
67
54
41
19
COD Modern Warfare 3
337
333
269
184
79
71
49
33
Ghost of Tsushima
221
190
170
114
63
47
38
21
Cyberpunk 2077
259
231
166
77
69
63
35
16
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
334
306
238
128
106
100
69
37
Avg FPS
1080p High30199
1080p Ultra25880
1440p Ultra20958
4K Ultra12632
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
54096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
8493
Time Spy475159086
Solar Bay21322939825
Port Royal375295193
Fire Strike9020023209
Night Raid20901692188
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
419309
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
97923
Background Blur333 frames/s200 frames/s
Face Detection298.5 frames/s106.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection21.7 Gpix/sec3.73 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection33.7 Gpix/sec4.57 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur34.5 Gpix/sec4.84 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.53 Gpix/sec1.07 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching2850 Gpix/sec452 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics59146.9 fps11141.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
40359
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
16119
G2D Mark1444819
DirectX 11344 fps129 fps
DirectX 12195 fps60 fps
GPU Compute28243 Ops/s6446 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
624.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
100.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1397.2 fps538.5 fps
Car Chase1150.3 fps455.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1178.2 fps405.2 fps
T-Rex4812.3 fps1996.1 fps
ALU 25992.8 fps2485.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2269.7 fps258.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation5991.72579.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 October, 17, 2018
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Turing
Codename GB202-300-A1 TU106
Price 1999 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 2017 MHz 1410 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 21760 2304
TMUs 680 144
ROPs 176 64
Execution Units 170 36
Ray Tracing Cores 170 36
Tensor Cores 680 288
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 88 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 424 Gpix/sec 104 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 1637 GTex/s 233 GTex/s
FLOPS 104.8 TFLOPS 7.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 575 W 175 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 750 mm² 445 mm²
Transistor count 92.2 billion 10 billion
Transistor density 122.93 MTr/mm² 22.47 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 512 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 32 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
1792 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 10.1 7.5
DisplayPort 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 the clear winner in this comparison.

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