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).