NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 vs NVIDIA RTX A5000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 and NVIDIA RTX A5000 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 - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

NVIDIA RTX A5000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 99% higher core clock speed: 2325 MHz vs 1170 MHz
Around 48% higher boost clock speed: 2512 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 482.3 GTexel/s vs 433.9 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1286 vs 1032
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 28843 vs 22553
Around 21% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 186565 vs 154729

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Mar 2025 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed	2325 MHz vs 1170 MHz
Boost clock speed	2512 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Texture fill rate	482.3 GTexel/s vs 433.9 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1286 vs 1032
PassMark - G3D Mark	28843 vs 22553
Geekbench - OpenCL	186565 vs 154729

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A5000

Around 33% higher pipelines: 8192 vs 6144
Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 230 Watt vs 250 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 12 GB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 28 Gbps effective

Pipelines	8192 vs 6144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	230 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 28 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A5000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1286

1032

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

28843

22553

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

186565

154729

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070	NVIDIA RTX A5000
PassMark - G2D Mark	1286	1032
PassMark - G3D Mark	28843	22553
Geekbench - OpenCL	186565	154729
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5077
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		581.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		6836.931
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		54.372
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		191.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2038.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		22508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		22508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070	NVIDIA RTX A5000
Essentials
Architecture	Blackwell 2.0	Ampere
Code name	GB205	GA102
Launch date	4 Mar 2025	12 Apr 2021
Place in performance rating	20	69
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2512 MHz	1695 MHz
Core clock speed	2325 MHz	1170 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	6144	8192
Pixel fill rate	201.0 GPixel/s	162.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	482.3 GTexel/s	433.9 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	230 Watt
Transistor count	31100 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		867.8 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		27.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		27.77 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b	4x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 5.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	245 mm, 9.6 inches	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	115 mm, 4.5 inches	112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.8	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	672.0 GB/s	768 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 28 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR7	GDDR6