NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

Around 1% higher core clock speed: 2325 MHz vs 2310 MHz
Around 4% higher pipelines: 6144 vs 5888
Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 285 Watt
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 28 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1286 vs 1166
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 28843 vs 26959
Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 186565 vs 168049
Around 32% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5077 vs 3854

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2325 MHz vs 2310 MHz
Texture fill rate	482.3 GTexel/s vs 480.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	6144 vs 5888
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 285 Watt
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 28 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1286 vs 1166
PassMark - G3D Mark	28843 vs 26959
Geekbench - OpenCL	186565 vs 168049
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5077 vs 3854

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 2512 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm

Launch date	2023 vs 4 Mar 2025
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz vs 2512 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1286

1166

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

28843

26959

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

186565

168049

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

5077

3854

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
PassMark - G2D Mark	1286	1166
PassMark - G3D Mark	28843	26959
Geekbench - OpenCL	186565	168049
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5077	3854
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		417.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		55.476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		245.639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2459.317

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Essentials
Architecture	Blackwell 2.0	Ada Lovelace
Code name	GB205	AD104
Launch date	4 Mar 2025	2023
Place in performance rating	20	35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2512 MHz	2610 MHz
Core clock speed	2325 MHz	2310 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	6144	5888
Pixel fill rate	201.0 GPixel/s	167.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	482.3 GTexel/s	480.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	285 Watt
Transistor count	31100 million	35800 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		480.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		30.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		30.74 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	61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 5.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	245 mm, 9.6 inches	336 mm, 13.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	115 mm, 4.5 inches	140 mm, 5.5 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	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	672.0 GB/s	504.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 28 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR7	GDDR6X