Component comparison

GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 5060

GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 5060 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 4070
  • + Memory clock (MHz) (+500 MHz)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+56 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+70 W)
  • + Transistors (M) (+13,900M)
  • + CUDA cores (+2048)
  • + TMUs (+64)
  • + ROPs (+16)
  • + RT cores (+16)
  • + Tensor cores (+64)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+9.97 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+38.50 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+155.80 GTexel/s)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+2740)
  • + Normalized score (+34.2)
B GeForce RTX 5060
  • + Release year (+2)
  • + Die size (mm²) (+113 mm²)
  • + Energy efficiency (+37.7)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+1315)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 4070
Component B
GeForce RTX 5060
Release year 2023 2025 (+2)
VRAM (GB) 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR7
Memory clock (MHz) 2000 MHz (+500 MHz) 1500 MHz
Bandwidth (GB/s) 504 GB/s (+56 GB/s) 448 GB/s
Memory bus (bit) 192 bit (+64 bit) 128 bit
TGP / TDP (W) 115 W (+70 W) 45 W
Lithography (nm) 5 nm 5 nm
Transistors (M) 35,800M (+13,900M) 21,900M
Die size (mm²) 294 mm² 181 mm² (+113 mm²)
Base clock (MHz) — —
Boost clock (MHz) — —
CUDA cores 5,888 (+2048) 3,840
TMUs 184 (+64) 120
ROPs 64 (+16) 48
RT cores 46 (+16) 30
Tensor cores 184 (+64) 120
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 29.15 TFLOPS (+9.97 TFLOPS) 19.18 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 158.40 GPixel/s (+38.50 GPixel/s) 119.90 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 455.40 GTexel/s (+155.80 GTexel/s) 299.60 GTexel/s
Energy efficiency 31.5 69.2 (+37.7)
PassMark (overall) 19,489 (+2740) 16,749
3DMark Time Spy 11,960 —
3DMark Fire Strike 30,051 31,366 (+1315)
Geekbench OpenCL 168,695 —
Geekbench Vulkan 159,285 —
Normalized score 84.5 (+34.2) 50.3

In both

CUDA DLSS ReBAR ray_tracing

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 4070 GeForce RTX 5060 Delta
Battlefield 5 140 FPS 130 FPS +7.7% (A)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Counter-Strike 2 250 FPS 220 FPS +13.6% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 135 FPS 95 FPS +42.1% (A)
Escape from Tarkov 120 FPS 120 FPS ≈
Far Cry 5 139 FPS 130 FPS +6.9% (A)
Fortnite 200 FPS 170 FPS +17.6% (A)
Forza Horizon 4 180 FPS 150 FPS +20% (A)
Forza Horizon 5 190 FPS 255 FPS 34.2% (B)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Metro Exodus 111 FPS 95 FPS +16.8% (A)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Resident Evil 4 Remake 160 FPS 110 FPS +45.5% (A)
The Witcher 3 229 FPS 140 FPS +63.6% (A)
Valorant 260 FPS 230 FPS +13% (A)

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

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 4070 wins 15 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).