Component comparison

GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce GTX 1050

GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce GTX 1050 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 4070
  • + Release year (+6)
  • + VRAM (GB) (+6 GB)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+392 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+40 W)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-9 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+32,500M)
  • + CUDA cores (+5120)
  • + TMUs (+136)
  • + ROPs (+40)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+26.93 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+111.84 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+397.20 GTexel/s)
  • + Energy efficiency (+20.5)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+14441)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+23983)
  • + Geekbench OpenCL (+151266)
  • + Geekbench Vulkan (+143519)
  • + Normalized score (+53.1)
B GeForce GTX 1050
  • + Memory clock (MHz) (+5008 MHz)
  • + Die size (mm²) (+162 mm²)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 4070
Component B
GeForce GTX 1050
Release year 2023 (+6) 2017
VRAM (GB) 8 GB (+6 GB) 2 GB
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory clock (MHz) 2000 MHz 7008 MHz (+5008 MHz)
Bandwidth (GB/s) 504 GB/s (+392 GB/s) 112 GB/s
Memory bus (bit) 192 bit (+64 bit) 128 bit
TGP / TDP (W) 115 W (+40 W) 75 W
Lithography (nm) 5 nm (-9 nm) 14 nm
Transistors (M) 35,800M (+32,500M) 3,300M
Die size (mm²) 294 mm² 132 mm² (+162 mm²)
Base clock (MHz) — —
Boost clock (MHz) — —
CUDA cores 5,888 (+5120) 768
TMUs 184 (+136) 48
ROPs 64 (+40) 24
RT cores 46 —
Tensor cores 184 —
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 29.15 TFLOPS (+26.93 TFLOPS) 2.21 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 158.40 GPixel/s (+111.84 GPixel/s) 46.56 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 455.40 GTexel/s (+397.20 GTexel/s) 58.20 GTexel/s
Energy efficiency 31.5 (+20.5) 11.0
PassMark (overall) 19,489 (+14441) 5,048
3DMark Time Spy 11,960 —
3DMark Fire Strike 30,051 (+23983) 6,068
Geekbench OpenCL 168,695 (+151266) 17,429
Geekbench Vulkan 159,285 (+143519) 15,766
Normalized score 84.5 (+53.1) 31.3

Only in component A

DLSS ReBAR ray_tracing

In both

CUDA

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 4070 GeForce GTX 1050 Delta
A Plague Tale Requiem 59 FPS 16 FPS +268.8% (A)
Anno 1800 92 FPS 17 FPS +441.2% (A)
Atlas Fallen 107 FPS 26 FPS +311.5% (A)
Atomic Heart 86 FPS 20 FPS +330% (A)
Back 4 Blood 221 FPS 40 FPS +452.5% (A)
Baldur's Gate 3 73 FPS 16 FPS +356.3% (A)
Battlefield 5 140 FPS 51 FPS +174.5% (A)
Borderlands 3 107 FPS 23 FPS +365.2% (A)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 111 FPS 21 FPS +428.6% (A)
Company of Heroes 3 135 FPS 31 FPS +335.5% (A)
Counter-Strike 2 250 FPS 65 FPS +284.6% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 135 FPS 24 FPS +462.5% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 58 FPS 14 FPS +314.3% (A)
Days Gone 155 FPS 32 FPS +384.4% (A)
Dead Island 2 152 FPS 34 FPS +347.1% (A)
Dead Space Remake 81 FPS 11 FPS +636.4% (A)
Diablo 4 207 FPS 44 FPS +370.5% (A)
Dota 2 178 FPS 126 FPS +41.3% (A)
Dying Light 2 95 FPS 14 FPS +578.6% (A)
Elden Ring 60 FPS 27 FPS +122.2% (A)
Elex 2 118 FPS 17 FPS +594.1% (A)
Escape from Tarkov 120 FPS 54 FPS +122.2% (A)
F1 2020 228 FPS 47 FPS +385.1% (A)
F1 2021 163 FPS 37 FPS +340.5% (A)
F1 22 109 FPS 38 FPS +186.8% (A)
F1 23 153 FPS 36 FPS +325% (A)
Far Cry 5 139 FPS 39 FPS +256.4% (A)
Far Cry 6 105 FPS 24 FPS +337.5% (A)
Far Cry New Dawn 102 FPS 36 FPS +183.3% (A)
Farming Simulator 22 148 FPS 44 FPS +236.4% (A)
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 41 FPS 18 FPS +127.8% (A)
Flight Simulator 2020 83 FPS 15 FPS +453.3% (A)
Fortnite 200 FPS 132 FPS +51.5% (A)
Forza Horizon 4 180 FPS 55 FPS +227.3% (A)
Forza Horizon 5 190 FPS 35 FPS +442.9% (A)
GRID Legends 126 FPS 40 FPS +215% (A)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
GTA V 134 FPS 66 FPS +103% (A)
God of War 96 FPS 16 FPS +500% (A)
Guardians of the Galaxy 147 FPS 29 FPS +406.9% (A)
Halo Infinite 149 FPS 25 FPS +496% (A)
High On Life 127 FPS 27 FPS +370.4% (A)
Hitman 3 208 FPS 32 FPS +550% (A)
Hogwarts Legacy 57 FPS 17 FPS +235.3% (A)
Horizon Zero Dawn 143 FPS 24 FPS +495.8% (A)
Metro Exodus 111 FPS 19 FPS +484.2% (A)
Monster Hunter World 169 FPS 29 FPS +482.8% (A)
Need for Speed Unbound 99 FPS 23 FPS +330.4% (A)
Outriders 145 FPS 27 FPS +437% (A)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Rainbow Six Extraction 240 FPS 36 FPS +566.7% (A)
Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart 58 FPS 16 FPS +262.5% (A)
Resident Evil 4 Remake 160 FPS 24 FPS +566.7% (A)
Resident Evil Village 212 FPS 23 FPS +821.7% (A)
Returnal 64 FPS 20 FPS +220% (A)
Riders Republic 135 FPS 26 FPS +419.2% (A)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 149 FPS 39 FPS +282.1% (A)
Sons of the Forest 72 FPS 21 FPS +242.9% (A)
Spider-Man Miles Morales 115 FPS 29 FPS +296.6% (A)
Star Wars Jedi Survivor 65 FPS 13 FPS +400% (A)
The Callisto Protocol 112 FPS 27 FPS +314.8% (A)
The Last of Us 57 FPS 12 FPS +375% (A)
The Quarry 122 FPS 19 FPS +542.1% (A)
The Witcher 3 229 FPS 39 FPS +487.2% (A)
The Witcher 3 124 FPS 29 FPS +327.6% (A)
The Witcher 3 v4 101 FPS 32 FPS +215.6% (A)
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 74 FPS 19 FPS +289.5% (A)
Total War: Three Kingdoms 133 FPS 24 FPS +454.2% (A)
Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection 84 FPS 17 FPS +394.1% (A)
Valorant 260 FPS 100 FPS +160% (A)
Vampire Bloodhunt 200 FPS 50 FPS +300% (A)
Watch Dogs Legion 130 FPS 22 FPS +490.9% (A)
X-Plane 11.11 52 FPS 45 FPS +15.6% (A)

Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 4070 wins 19 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).