GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) vs RTX 4070

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) 8 GB with 36 pipelines and 4608 shaders against the 2 years older RTX RTX 4070 12 GB that utilizes 46 pipelines and 5888 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 GB GDDR7
VS
12 GB GDDR6X
100.6
(Excellent)
Value Index
40.8
(Average)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 4070 over RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
  • Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4070
  • Performs slightly better (up to 12%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Shows 7% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 106 vs 99 FPS
  • 23% higher maximum theoretical performance (29.1 vs 23.7 TFLOPS)
  • Includes 4 GB more video memory
  • Has 28% more shading units (5888 vs 4608)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
160
105
93
71
172
115
102
79
The Witcher 3
181
153
109
57
194
159
114
61
Counter-Strike 2
263
199
146
83
272
205
149
81
Far Cry 6
139
127
107
63
149
133
115
68
Hogwarts Legacy
108
91
69
38
117
97
77
39
CoD: Modern Warfare III
135
128
98
64
149
145
107
69
Ghost of Tsushima
100
81
68
38
106
88
72
43
Cyberpunk 2077
118
104
68
33
129
119
75
37
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
186
176
129
69
211
190
145
80
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 154 167
1080p Ultra 129 139
1440p Ultra 99 106
4K Ultra 57 62
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
RTX 4070 +12%
18089
Time Spy 15958 17799
Solar Bay 76075 82861
Port Royal 10040 11156
Fire Strike 42259 44067
Wild Life Extreme 30380 35472
Night Raid 138076 153385
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RTX 4070 +19%
167522
Background Blur 197.7 img/sec 233 img/sec
Face Detection 131.5 img/sec 141.7 img/sec
Horizon Detection 5.28 Gpixels/sec 6.62 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 6.79 Gpixels/sec 9.19 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 7.74 Gpixels/sec 9.2 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.53 Gpixels/sec 1.78 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 726.7 Gpixels/sec 845.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 21833.6 FPS 25043.9 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RTX 4070 +19%
26856
G2D Mark 1204 1165
DirectX 11 218 FPS 243 FPS
DirectX 12 89 FPS 103 FPS
GPU Compute 11237 Ops/s 14561 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 11825 & 20710 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RTX 4070 +25%
5387.27
Sources: Blender [9] – 3020 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 4070
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-12-14 (kashitsu)Cinebench 202418051

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
RTX 4070 +14%
27166
GB6 ML Half Precision
43218
40963
GB6 ML Quantized
RTX 4070 +12%
20332
Image Classification (SP) 9511 10246
Image Segmentation (HP) 29012 26153
Image Super Resolution (Q) 25621 32054
Face Detection (HP) 52204 51337
Pose Estimation (Q) 122234 124617
Text Classification (SP) 3209 3703
Machine Translation (HP) 6074 5484
Object Detection (SP) 12095 13134
Depth Estimation (Q) 45666 50548
Style Transfer (SP) 182591 263477
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) and RTX 4070

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released April 15, 2025 April 13, 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $379 $599
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
GPU Codename GB206-300 AD104
Rival Equivalent - - Radeon RX 7900 XT
Successor - - GeForce RTX 5070
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above - Intel Core i7 14700K or above
Desktop GPU rating (35th and 30th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 2407 MHz 1920 MHz
Boost Clock 2572 MHz 2475 MHz
Shading Units 4608 5888
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 144 184
Render Output Units (ROPs) 48 64
Compute Units (Pipelines) 36 46
Tensor Cores 144 184
Ray-tracing Cores 36 46
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 32MB shared 36MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 123 GPixel/s 158 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTexel/s 455 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
23.7 TFLOPS
RTX 4070 +23%
29.1 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 180 W 200 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
Die Size 181 mm² 294 mm²
Transistor Count 21.9 billion 35 billion
Transistor Density 120.99 MTr/mm² 119.05 MTr/mm²
Max. Temperature 87°C -

Memory

Memory Type GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory Size 8 GB 12 GB
Memory Clock 1750 MHz 1313 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 28000 Mbps 21000 Mbps
Bus 128-bit 192-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RTX 4070 +13%
504 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 12.0 8.9
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 3
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a

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