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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Key differences

  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Memory bandwidth (1792 GB/s vs 504 GB/s)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Shading cores (21,760 vs 7,168)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher RT cores (170 vs 56)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Tensor / AI cores (680 vs 224)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher VRAM (32 GB vs 12 GB)

Full spec comparison

Spec
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Performance
VRAM12 GB32 GB
Memory typeGDDR6XGDDR7
Memory bus width192 bit512 bit
Memory bandwidth504 GB/s1792 GB/s
Shading cores7,16821,760
RT cores56170
Tensor / AI cores224680
Base clock1980 MHz2010 MHz
Boost clock2475 MHz2410 MHz
Ray tracingYesYes
Upscaling techDLSS 3 (Frame Generation)DLSS 4 (Multi Frame Generation)
Power & Size
TDP220 W575 W
Recommended PSU650 W1000 W
Power connector1× 16-pin (12VHPWR)1× 16-pin (12V-2x6)
Bus interfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Card length267 mm304 mm
Slot width2 slots2.5 slots
Display outputs3× DisplayPort 1.4a, 1× HDMI 2.13× DisplayPort 2.1b, 1× HDMI 2.1b