GeForce RTX 5090 vs RTX 4070
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 21 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 34 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 60.44 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 24.13 | no data |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | AD104 | GB202 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 12 April 2023 (1 year ago) | 30 January 2025 (recently) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | $1,999 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 5888 | 21760 |
| Core clock speed | 1920 MHz | 2017 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2475 MHz | 2407 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 35,800 million | 92,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 575 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 455.4 | 1,637 |
| Floating-point processing power | 29.15 TFLOPS | 104.8 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 176 |
| TMUs | 184 | 680 |
| Tensor Cores | 184 | 680 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 46 | 170 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | 240 mm | 304 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 16-pin | 1x 16-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR6X | GDDR7 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 512 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1313 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 504.2 GB/s | 1.79 TB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b |
| HDMI | + | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 10.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 April 2023 | 30 January 2025 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 32 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 575 Watt |
RTX 4070 has 187.5% lower power consumption.
RTX 5090, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4070 and GeForce RTX 5090. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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