GeForce RTX 5070 vs RTX 4060

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB with 48 pipelines and 6144 shaders against the 1 year and 8 months older RTX RTX 4060 8 GB that utilizes 24 pipelines and 3072 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
12 GB GDDR7
VS
8 GB GDDR6
93.4
(Very good)
Value Index
41.6
(Average)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 4060 over RTX 5070
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5070
  • Performs significantly better (up to 2.2x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Shows 86% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 128 vs 69 FPS
  • 2x higher maximum theoretical performance (30.9 vs 15.1 TFLOPS)
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
197
140
130
97
128
78
66
47
The Witcher 3
216
183
131
71
143
117
82
44
Counter-Strike 2
293
210
160
81
208
157
111
58
Far Cry 6
164
145
128
82
105
98
76
45
Hogwarts Legacy
140
117
92
51
78
65
47
26
CoD: Modern Warfare III
178
171
136
89
98
90
64
43
Ghost of Tsushima
123
107
89
58
73
61
45
27
Cyberpunk 2077
164
144
99
43
82
75
43
22
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
253
238
189
98
128
119
85
46
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 192 116
1080p Ultra 162 96
1440p Ultra 128 69
4K Ultra 74 40
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 5070 +117%
23223
10683
Time Spy 22708 10615
Solar Bay 107004 49340
Port Royal 14498 6054
Fire Strike 58324 28540
Wild Life Extreme 43879 20610
Night Raid 172064 121368
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RTX 5070 +79%
190967
106633
Background Blur 254.4 img/sec 186.9 img/sec
Face Detection 180.6 img/sec 112.7 img/sec
Horizon Detection 7.91 Gpixels/sec 3.92 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 10.2 Gpixels/sec 5.16 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 10.7 Gpixels/sec 4.94 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.84 Gpixels/sec 1.34 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 975.7 Gpixels/sec 446.2 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 27816.5 FPS 14935.1 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
n/a
10606

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RTX 5070 +47%
28651
19485
G2D Mark 1289 1036
DirectX 11 279 FPS 174 FPS
DirectX 12 106 FPS 76 FPS
GPU Compute 14323 Ops/s 9150 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 23210 & 28684 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RTX 5070 +95%
6109.17
3132.26
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 1904 & 2092 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce RTX 5070
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 4060
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand)Geekbench 6 OpenCL105636
📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand)Cinebench 202410606

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 5070 +69%
30221
17857
GB6 ML Half Precision
RTX 5070 +82%
53037
29214
GB6 ML Quantized
RTX 5070 +65%
23474
14234
Image Classification (SP) 12270 7696
Image Segmentation (HP) 30237 13706
Image Super Resolution (Q) 35585 23289
Face Detection (HP) 62662 31126
Pose Estimation (Q) 145190 78361
Text Classification (SP) 4198 3315
Machine Translation (HP) 6233 3491
Object Detection (SP) 16709 9386
Depth Estimation (Q) 58300 36778
Style Transfer (SP) 246598 148120
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5070 and RTX 4060

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released January 7, 2025 May 18, 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $549 $299
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
GPU Codename GB205-300 AD107
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 9070 - Radeon RX 7700 XT
Successor - - GeForce RTX 5060
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above - Intel Core i5 14600K or above
Desktop GPU rating (21st and 54th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 2160 MHz 1830 MHz
Boost Clock 2512 MHz 2460 MHz
Shading Units 6144 3072
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 192 96
Render Output Units (ROPs) 80 48
Compute Units (Pipelines) 48 24
Tensor Cores 192 96
Ray-tracing Cores 48 24
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 48MB shared 24MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 201 GPixel/s 118 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 482 GTexel/s 236 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RTX 5070 +105%
30.9 TFLOPS
15.1 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 250 W 115 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
Die Size 263 mm² 159 mm²
Transistor Count 31.1 billion 18 billion
Transistor Density 118.25 MTr/mm² 113.21 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory Clock 1750 MHz -
Effective Memory Speed 28000 Mbps -
Bus 192-bit 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RTX 5070 +147%
672 GB/s
272 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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