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GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 5070

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Key Differences

  • GeForce RTX 5070 has more CUDA Cores (6144 vs 5888).
  • GeForce RTX 5070 has more Memory bandwidth (672 GB/s vs 504.2 GB/s).
  • Boost clock: GeForce RTX 4070 has 2,475 MHz; GeForce RTX 5070 has 2,512 MHz.
  • TDP / TBP / board power: GeForce RTX 4070 has 200 W; GeForce RTX 5070 has 250 W.
  • Architecture: GeForce RTX 4070 has Ada Lovelace; GeForce RTX 5070 has Blackwell 2.0.
  • Launch date: GeForce RTX 4070 has 2023-04-12; GeForce RTX 5070 has 2025-03-04.
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Spec GeForce RTX 4070 GeForce RTX 5070
Overview
Product name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
Architecture Ada Lovelace Blackwell 2.0
Generation / family GeForce RTX 40 Series GeForce RTX 50 Series
GPU codename AD104 GB205
Launch date 2023-04-12 2025-03-04
Market segment Desktop in GeForce RTX 40 Series Desktop in GeForce RTX 50 Series
Board type / entry type Reference GPU Reference GPU
GPU
Process node TSMC 5 nm TSMC 5 nm
Die size 294 mm² 263 mm²
Transistor count 35.8 billion 31.1 billion
GPU chip AD104 GB205
SM / multiprocessor count 46 48
CUDA Cores 5888 6144
Tensor Cores 184 192
RT Cores 46 48
ROPs 64 80
TMUs 184 192
Clocks
Base / Core clock 1,920 MHz 2,325 MHz
Boost clock 2,475 MHz 2,512 MHz
Memory clock 1,313 MHz 1,750 MHz
Memory
Memory size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type GDDR6X GDDR7
Memory bus width 192-bit 192-bit
Memory bandwidth 504.2 GB/s 672 GB/s
Bus / Interface
Bus interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
AGP / PCI / PCIe distinction PCIe PCIe
Power
TDP / TBP / board power 200 W 250 W
Recommended PSU 550 W 600 W
Power connectors 1x 16-pin 1x 16-pin
Slot width Dual-slot, 240 mm length, 40 mm width Dual-slot, 245 mm length, 40 mm width
Display / Media
Display outputs 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
Features
DirectX support DirectX 12.2 DirectX 12.2
OpenGL support OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan support Vulkan 1.4 Vulkan 1.4
CUDA support 8.9 12.0
Shader Model 6.8 6.8
Ray tracing support Hardware RT units present Hardware RT units present
Performance / Benchmarks
FP32 throughput 29.15 TFLOPS 30.87 TFLOPS
FP16 throughput 29.15 TFLOPS 30.87 TFLOPS

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