Component comparison
GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce RTX 5050
GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce RTX 5050 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 3070
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+128 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+128 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+10 W)
- + Transistors (M) (+500M)
- + CUDA cores (+3328)
- + TMUs (+104)
- + ROPs (+64)
- + RT cores (+26)
- + Tensor cores (+104)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+7.14 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+83.30 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+111.60 GTexel/s)
- + PassMark (overall) (+297)
- + Normalized score (+37.1)
B
GeForce RTX 5050
- + Release year (+4)
- + Lithography (nm) (-5 nm)
- + Die size (mm²) (+243 mm²)
- + Energy efficiency (+1.1)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 3070
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 5050
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 | 2025 (+4) |
| VRAM (GB) | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 1750 MHz | — |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 448 GB/s (+128 GB/s) | 320 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 256 bit (+128 bit) | 128 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 125 W (+10 W) | 115 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 8 nm | 3 nm (-5 nm) |
| Transistors (M) | 17,400M (+500M) | 16,900M |
| Die size (mm²) | 392 mm² | 149 mm² (+243 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 5,888 (+3328) | 2,560 |
| TMUs | 184 (+104) | 80 |
| ROPs | 96 (+64) | 32 |
| RT cores | 46 (+26) | 20 |
| Tensor cores | 184 (+104) | 80 |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 20.31 TFLOPS (+7.14 TFLOPS) | 13.17 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 165.60 GPixel/s (+83.30 GPixel/s) | 82.30 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 317.40 GTexel/s (+111.60 GTexel/s) | 205.80 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 23.2 | 24.3 (+1.1) |
| PassMark (overall) | 14,364 (+297) | 14,067 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 9,619 | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 25,478 | — |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 123,479 | — |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 120,982 | — |
| Normalized score | 78.5 (+37.1) | 41.3 |
In both
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FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 3070 | GeForce RTX 5050 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 3070 wins 14 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).