NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
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Key differences
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Shading cores (21,760 vs 6,144)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher RT cores (170 vs 48)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Tensor / AI cores (680 vs 192)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher VRAM (32 GB vs 12 GB)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Memory bus width (512 bit vs 192 bit)
Full spec comparison
Spec
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Performance
VRAM12 GB32 GB▲
Memory typeGDDR7GDDR7
Memory bus width192 bit512 bit▲
Memory bandwidth672 GB/s1792 GB/s▲
Shading cores6,14421,760▲
RT cores48170▲
Tensor / AI cores192680▲
Base clock2325 MHz▲2010 MHz
Boost clock2512 MHz▲2410 MHz
Ray tracingYesYes
Upscaling techDLSS 4 (Multi Frame Generation)DLSS 4 (Multi Frame Generation)
Power & Size
TDP250 W▲575 W
Recommended PSU650 W▲1000 W
Power connector1× 16-pin (12V-2x6)1× 16-pin (12V-2x6)
Bus interfacePCIe 5.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Card length245 mm▲304 mm
Slot width2 slots▲2.5 slots
Display outputs3× DisplayPort 2.1b, 1× HDMI 2.1b3× DisplayPort 2.1b, 1× HDMI 2.1b