Component comparison

GeForce RTX 5070 vs GeForce RTX 2050

GeForce RTX 5070 vs GeForce RTX 2050 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 5070
  • + Release year (+4)
  • + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
  • + Memory clock (MHz) (+250 MHz)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+560 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+128 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+55 W)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+22,400M)
  • + CUDA cores (+4096)
  • + TMUs (+128)
  • + ROPs (+48)
  • + RT cores (+16)
  • + Tensor cores (+128)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+26.14 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+161.16 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+402.62 GTexel/s)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+25984)
  • + Normalized score (+14.4)
B GeForce RTX 2050
  • + Die size (mm²) (+63 mm²)
  • + Energy efficiency (+8.3)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 5070
Component B
GeForce RTX 2050
Release year 2025 (+4) 2021
VRAM (GB) 8 GB (+4 GB) 4 GB
Memory type GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) 2000 MHz (+250 MHz) 1750 MHz
Bandwidth (GB/s) 672 GB/s (+560 GB/s) 112 GB/s
Memory bus (bit) 192 bit (+128 bit) 64 bit
TGP / TDP (W) 100 W (+55 W) 45 W
Lithography (nm) 4 nm (-4 nm) 8 nm
Transistors (M) 31,100M (+22,400M) 8,700M
Die size (mm²) 263 mm² 200 mm² (+63 mm²)
Base clock (MHz) — 735 MHz
Boost clock (MHz) — 1245 MHz
CUDA cores 6,144 (+4096) 2,048
TMUs 192 (+128) 64
ROPs 80 (+48) 32
RT cores 48 (+16) 32
Tensor cores 192 (+128) 64
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 30.87 TFLOPS (+26.14 TFLOPS) 4.73 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 201.00 GPixel/s (+161.16 GPixel/s) 39.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 482.30 GTexel/s (+402.62 GTexel/s) 79.68 GTexel/s
Energy efficiency 21.3 29.6 (+8.3)
PassMark (overall) 19,075 —
3DMark Time Spy — 3,221
3DMark Fire Strike 34,949 (+25984) 8,965
Geekbench OpenCL — 44,279
Geekbench Vulkan — 43,030
Normalized score 69.6 (+14.4) 55.2

Only in component A

ray_tracing

In both

CUDA DLSS ReBAR

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 5070 GeForce RTX 2050 Delta
Battlefield 5 180 FPS ≈ 70 FPS +157.1% (A)
CS:GO 240 FPS ≈ 240 FPS ≈
Counter-Strike 2 300 FPS ≈ 74 FPS +305.4% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 170 FPS 18 FPS +844.4% (A)
Far Cry 5 322 FPS 35 FPS +820% (A)
Fortnite 300 FPS ≈ 95 FPS +215.8% (A)
Forza Horizon 4 270 FPS ≈ 70 FPS +285.7% (A)
Forza Horizon 5 329 FPS 53 FPS +520.8% (A)
GTA V 140 FPS ≈ 140 FPS ≈
Metro Exodus 170 FPS ≈ 35 FPS +385.7% (A)
Overwatch 240 FPS ≈ 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS ≈ 140 FPS ≈
Resident Evil 4 Remake 210 FPS 17 FPS +1135.3% (A)
The Witcher 3 436 FPS ≈ 58 FPS +651.7% (A)
Valorant 400 FPS ≈ 130 FPS +207.7% (A)

Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings. Values for GeForce RTX 2050 are model predictions (≈); GeForce RTX 5070 are direct measurements.

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 5070 wins 18 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).