GeForce RTX 5090 vs 5070 Ti
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
GB202-300
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
GB203-200-A1
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5090 32 GB with 170 pipelines and 21760 shaders against the RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB that utilizes 70 pipelines and 8960 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
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)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5090
- Performs significantly better (up to 76%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 2.4x higher maximum theoretical performance (104.8 vs 43.9 TFLOPS)
- Shows 40% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 207 vs 148 FPS
- Includes 16 GB more video memory
- Features 400 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Has 2x higher memory bandwidth: 1792 vs 896 GB/s
- Achieves 74% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (419K vs 240K)
- Has 2.4x more shading units (21760 vs 8960)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 336 247 233 187 |
229 164 155 121 |
| The Witcher 3 | 364 327 237 123 |
244 215 155 83 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 363 265 202 99 |
298 221 172 86 |
| Far Cry 6 | 237 202 190 121 |
178 158 146 89 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 249 199 166 97 |
160 131 107 58 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 334 322 260 184 |
212 211 163 115 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 221 185 175 113 |
144 122 109 70 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 261 233 160 77 |
193 176 122 55 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 329 302 238 128 |
279 265 207 106 |
| 1080p High | 299 | 215 |
| 1080p Ultra | 254 | 185 |
| 1440p Ultra | 207 | 148 |
| 4K Ultra | 125 | 87 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 46873 | 27839 |
| Solar Bay | 236689 | 137852 |
| Port Royal | 38202 | 19713 |
| Fire Strike | 87569 | 67490 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 108751 | 58033 |
| Night Raid | 206648 | 188802 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 333 img/sec | 297.9 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 298.5 img/sec | 218.6 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 21.7 Gpixels/sec | 10.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 33.7 Gpixels/sec | 13.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 34.5 Gpixels/sec | 14.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 2.53 Gpixels/sec | 2.03 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 2850 Gpixels/sec | 1290 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 59146.9 FPS | 35438.3 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1410 | 1324 |
| DirectX 11 | 341 FPS | 303 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 179 FPS | 126 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 24360 Ops/s | 17786 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 5090
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-28 (NOX) | Cinebench 2024 | 88980 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 18948 | 14913 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 55109 | 45199 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 58478 | 39360 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 114685 | 84188 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 344729 | 161400 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 4464 | 4010 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 8184 | 7973 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 27802 | 18934 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 85572 | 67761 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 687080 | 335879 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5090 and 5070 TiGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | January 7, 2025 | January 7, 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1999 | $749 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Blackwell 2.0 |
| GPU Codename | GB202-300 | GB203-200-A1 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Radeon RX 9070 XT |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 9 285K or above | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (2nd and 8th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 2017 MHz | 2295 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2407 MHz | 2452 MHz |
| Shading Units | 21760 | 8960 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 680 | 280 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 176 | 96 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 170 | 70 |
| Tensor Cores | 680 | 280 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 170 | 70 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 96MB shared | 48MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 424 GPixel/s | 235 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 1637 GTexel/s | 687 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| TGP | 575 W | 300 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| Die Size | 750 mm² | 378 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 92.2 billion | 45.6 billion |
| Transistor Density | 122.93 MTr/mm² | 120.63 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR7 |
| Memory Size | 32 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 28000 Mbps | 28000 Mbps |
| Bus | 512-bit | 256-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 4 | DLSS 4 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1b | 2.1b |
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