Component comparison
GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 2050
GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 2050 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 4070
- + Release year (+2)
- + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
- + Memory clock (MHz) (+250 MHz)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+392 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+128 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+70 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-3 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+27,100M)
- + CUDA cores (+3840)
- + TMUs (+120)
- + ROPs (+32)
- + RT cores (+14)
- + Tensor cores (+120)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+24.42 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+118.56 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+375.72 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+1.8)
- + 3DMark Time Spy (+8739)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+21086)
- + Geekbench OpenCL (+124416)
- + Geekbench Vulkan (+116255)
- + Normalized score (+29.3)
B
GeForce RTX 2050
- + Die size (mm²) (+94 mm²)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 4070
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 2050
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2023 (+2) | 2021 |
| VRAM (GB) | 8 GB (+4 GB) | 4 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 2000 MHz (+250 MHz) | 1750 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 504 GB/s (+392 GB/s) | 112 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 192 bit (+128 bit) | 64 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 115 W (+70 W) | 45 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 5 nm (-3 nm) | 8 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 35,800M (+27,100M) | 8,700M |
| Die size (mm²) | 294 mm² | 200 mm² (+94 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | 735 MHz |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | 1245 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 5,888 (+3840) | 2,048 |
| TMUs | 184 (+120) | 64 |
| ROPs | 64 (+32) | 32 |
| RT cores | 46 (+14) | 32 |
| Tensor cores | 184 (+120) | 64 |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 29.15 TFLOPS (+24.42 TFLOPS) | 4.73 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 158.40 GPixel/s (+118.56 GPixel/s) | 39.84 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 455.40 GTexel/s (+375.72 GTexel/s) | 79.68 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 31.5 (+1.8) | 29.6 |
| PassMark (overall) | 19,489 | — |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 11,960 (+8739) | 3,221 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 30,051 (+21086) | 8,965 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 168,695 (+124416) | 44,279 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 159,285 (+116255) | 43,030 |
| Normalized score | 84.5 (+29.3) | 55.2 |
Only in component A
ray_tracing
In both
CUDA
DLSS
ReBAR
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 4070 | GeForce RTX 2050 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Plague Tale Requiem | 59 FPS | 21 FPS | +181% (A) |
| Alan Wake 2 | 65 FPS | 14 FPS | +364.3% (A) |
| Armored Core 6 | 91 FPS | 32 FPS | +184.4% (A) |
| Assassin's Creed Mirage | 116 FPS | 25 FPS | +364% (A) |
| Atlas Fallen | 107 FPS | 43 FPS | +148.8% (A) |
| Atomic Heart | 86 FPS | 30 FPS | +186.7% (A) |
| Avatar Frontiers of Pandora | 65 FPS | 12 FPS | +441.7% (A) |
| Back 4 Blood | 221 FPS | 66 FPS | +234.8% (A) |
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 73 FPS | 30 FPS | +143.3% (A) |
| Battlefield 5 | 140 FPS | ≈ 70 FPS | +100% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | ≈ 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Call of Duty Black Ops 6 | 81 FPS | 25 FPS | +224% (A) |
| Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 | 111 FPS | 18 FPS | +516.7% (A) |
| Company of Heroes 3 | 135 FPS | 27 FPS | +400% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 250 FPS | ≈ 74 FPS | +237.8% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 152 FPS | 46 FPS | +230.4% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 135 FPS | 18 FPS | +650% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 | 58 FPS | 19 FPS | +205.3% (A) |
| Days Gone | 155 FPS | 45 FPS | +244.4% (A) |
| Dead Island 2 | 152 FPS | 31 FPS | +390.3% (A) |
| Dead Space Remake | 81 FPS | 20 FPS | +305% (A) |
| Deathloop | 130 FPS | 30 FPS | +333.3% (A) |
| Diablo 4 | 207 FPS | 39 FPS | +430.8% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 178 FPS | 71 FPS | +150.7% (A) |
| Dragon's Dogma 2 | 61 FPS | 15 FPS | +306.7% (A) |
| Dying Light 2 | 95 FPS | 24 FPS | +295.8% (A) |
| EA Sports WRC | 85 FPS | 20 FPS | +325% (A) |
| Elden Ring | 60 FPS | 39 FPS | +53.8% (A) |
| Elex 2 | 118 FPS | 32 FPS | +268.8% (A) |
| Enshrouded | 63 FPS | 24 FPS | +162.5% (A) |
| Escape from Tarkov | 120 FPS | 70 FPS | +71.4% (A) |
| F1 2021 | 163 FPS | 66 FPS | +147% (A) |
| F1 22 | 109 FPS | 55 FPS | +98.2% (A) |
| F1 23 | 153 FPS | 37 FPS | +313.5% (A) |
| F1 24 | 179 FPS | 49 FPS | +265.3% (A) |
| Far Cry 5 | 139 FPS | 35 FPS | +297.1% (A) |
| Far Cry 6 | 105 FPS | 43 FPS | +144.2% (A) |
| Farming Simulator 22 | 148 FPS | 63 FPS | +134.9% (A) |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 41 FPS | 25 FPS | +64% (A) |
| Final Fantasy XVI | 59 FPS | 15 FPS | +293.3% (A) |
| Flight Simulator 2020 | 83 FPS | 19 FPS | +336.8% (A) |
| Fortnite | 200 FPS | ≈ 95 FPS | +110.5% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 180 FPS | ≈ 70 FPS | +157.1% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 190 FPS | 53 FPS | +258.5% (A) |
| GRID Legends | 126 FPS | 61 FPS | +106.6% (A) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | ≈ 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 134 FPS | 74 FPS | +81.1% (A) |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 82 FPS | 19 FPS | +331.6% (A) |
| Ghostwire Tokyo | 172 FPS | 51 FPS | +237.3% (A) |
| God of War | 96 FPS | 29 FPS | +231% (A) |
| God of War Ragnarök | 98 FPS | 32 FPS | +206.3% (A) |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | 147 FPS | 47 FPS | +212.8% (A) |
| Halo Infinite | 149 FPS | 41 FPS | +263.4% (A) |
| Helldivers 2 | 92 FPS | 19 FPS | +384.2% (A) |
| High On Life | 127 FPS | 35 FPS | +262.9% (A) |
| Hitman 3 | 208 FPS | 59 FPS | +252.5% (A) |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 57 FPS | 26 FPS | +119.2% (A) |
| Horizon Forbidden West | 59 FPS | 15 FPS | +293.3% (A) |
| Immortals of Aveum | 56 FPS | 17 FPS | +229.4% (A) |
| Last Epoch | 156 FPS | 54 FPS | +188.9% (A) |
| Lies of P | 150 FPS | 29 FPS | +417.2% (A) |
| Lords of the Fallen | 63 FPS | 11 FPS | +472.7% (A) |
| Metro Exodus | 111 FPS | ≈ 35 FPS | +217.1% (A) |
| Need for Speed Unbound | 99 FPS | 28 FPS | +253.6% (A) |
| Outriders | 145 FPS | 34 FPS | +326.5% (A) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | ≈ 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | ≈ 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Palworld | 102 FPS | 38 FPS | +168.4% (A) |
| Prince of Persia The Lost Crown | 322 FPS | 195 FPS | +65.1% (A) |
| Rainbow Six Extraction | 240 FPS | 66 FPS | +263.6% (A) |
| Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart | 58 FPS | 18 FPS | +222.2% (A) |
| Ready or Not | 194 FPS | 75 FPS | +158.7% (A) |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 160 FPS | 17 FPS | +841.2% (A) |
| Resident Evil Village | 212 FPS | 58 FPS | +265.5% (A) |
| Returnal | 64 FPS | 21 FPS | +204.8% (A) |
| Riders Republic | 135 FPS | 38 FPS | +255.3% (A) |
| Senua's Saga Hellblade 2 | 34 FPS | 2 FPS | +1600% (A) |
| Skull & Bones | 94 FPS | 33 FPS | +184.8% (A) |
| Sons of the Forest | 72 FPS | 34 FPS | +111.8% (A) |
| Space Marine 2 | 58 FPS | 31 FPS | +87.1% (A) |
| Spider-Man Miles Morales | 115 FPS | 32 FPS | +259.4% (A) |
| Star Wars Jedi Survivor | 65 FPS | 20 FPS | +225% (A) |
| Star Wars Outlaws | 40 FPS | 16 FPS | +150% (A) |
| Starfield | 51 FPS | 16 FPS | +218.8% (A) |
| The Crew Motorfest | 60 FPS | 24 FPS | +150% (A) |
| The Finals | 168 FPS | 68 FPS | +147.1% (A) |
| The Last of Us | 57 FPS | 18 FPS | +216.7% (A) |
| The Quarry | 122 FPS | 31 FPS | +293.5% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 229 FPS | ≈ 58 FPS | +294.8% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 124 FPS | 47 FPS | +163.8% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 v4 | 101 FPS | 19 FPS | +431.6% (A) |
| Tiny Tina's Wonderlands | 74 FPS | 38 FPS | +94.7% (A) |
| Total War Pharaoh | 137 FPS | 30 FPS | +356.7% (A) |
| Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection | 84 FPS | 13 FPS | +546.2% (A) |
| Until Dawn | 59 FPS | 15 FPS | +293.3% (A) |
| Valorant | 260 FPS | ≈ 130 FPS | +100% (A) |
| Vampire Bloodhunt | 200 FPS | 73 FPS | +174% (A) |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 130 FPS | 39 FPS | +233.3% (A) |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 52 FPS | 59 FPS | 13.5% (B) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings. Values for GeForce RTX 2050 are model predictions (≈); GeForce RTX 4070 are direct measurements.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 4070 wins 22 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).