NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
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Key differences
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Shading cores (21,760 vs 5,888)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher RT cores (170 vs 46)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Tensor / AI cores (680 vs 184)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Memory bandwidth (1792 GB/s vs 504 GB/s)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 has lower TDP (200 W vs 575 W)
Full spec comparison
Spec
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Performance
VRAM12 GB32 GB▲
Memory typeGDDR6XGDDR7
Memory bus width192 bit512 bit▲
Memory bandwidth504 GB/s1792 GB/s▲
Shading cores5,88821,760▲
RT cores46170▲
Tensor / AI cores184680▲
Base clock1920 MHz2010 MHz▲
Boost clock2475 MHz▲2410 MHz
Ray tracingYesYes
Upscaling techDLSS 3 (Frame Generation)DLSS 4 (Multi Frame Generation)
Power & Size
TDP200 W▲575 W
Recommended PSU650 W▲1000 W
Power connector1× 16-pin (12VHPWR)1× 16-pin (12V-2x6)
Bus interfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Card length250 mm▲304 mm
Slot width2 slots▲2.5 slots
Display outputs3× DisplayPort 1.4a, 1× HDMI 2.13× DisplayPort 2.1b, 1× HDMI 2.1b