Component comparison
GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 5050
GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 5050 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 4070
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+184 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
- + Transistors (M) (+18,900M)
- + CUDA cores (+3328)
- + TMUs (+104)
- + ROPs (+32)
- + RT cores (+26)
- + Tensor cores (+104)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+15.98 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+76.10 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+249.60 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+7.2)
- + PassMark (overall) (+5422)
- + Normalized score (+43.1)
B
GeForce RTX 5050
- + Release year (+2)
- + Lithography (nm) (-2 nm)
- + Die size (mm²) (+145 mm²)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 4070
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 5050
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2023 | 2025 (+2) |
| VRAM (GB) | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 2000 MHz | — |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 504 GB/s (+184 GB/s) | 320 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 192 bit (+64 bit) | 128 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 115 W | 115 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 5 nm | 3 nm (-2 nm) |
| Transistors (M) | 35,800M (+18,900M) | 16,900M |
| Die size (mm²) | 294 mm² | 149 mm² (+145 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 5,888 (+3328) | 2,560 |
| TMUs | 184 (+104) | 80 |
| ROPs | 64 (+32) | 32 |
| RT cores | 46 (+26) | 20 |
| Tensor cores | 184 (+104) | 80 |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 29.15 TFLOPS (+15.98 TFLOPS) | 13.17 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 158.40 GPixel/s (+76.10 GPixel/s) | 82.30 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 455.40 GTexel/s (+249.60 GTexel/s) | 205.80 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 31.5 (+7.2) | 24.3 |
| PassMark (overall) | 19,489 (+5422) | 14,067 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 11,960 | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 30,051 | — |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 168,695 | — |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 159,285 | — |
| Normalized score | 84.5 (+43.1) | 41.3 |
In both
CUDA
DLSS
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FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 4070 | 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 4070 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).