NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

2.3x more texture fill rate: 482.3 GTexel/s vs 211.2 GTexel/s
2.4x more pipelines: 6144 vs 2560
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB

Texture fill rate	482.3 GTexel/s vs 211.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	6144 vs 2560
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 8% higher core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 2325 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 2512 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 28 Gbps effective

Launch date	2023 vs 4 Mar 2025
Core clock speed	2505 MHz vs 2325 MHz
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz vs 2512 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 28 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050
PassMark - G2D Mark	1286
PassMark - G3D Mark	28843
Geekbench - OpenCL	186565
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5077

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050
Essentials
Architecture	Blackwell 2.0	Ada Lovelace
Code name	GB205	AD106
Launch date	4 Mar 2025	2023
Place in performance rating	20	not rated
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2512 MHz	2640 MHz
Core clock speed	2325 MHz	2505 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	6144	2560
Pixel fill rate	201.0 GPixel/s	84.48 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	482.3 GTexel/s	211.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	31100 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		211.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		13.52 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		13.52 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 5.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	245 mm, 9.6 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	115 mm, 4.5 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.8	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	672.0 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 28 Gbps effective	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR7	GDDR6