NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Full Specs

Summary

5,888 Shaders 2.48GHz	2,560 Shaders 2.57GHz
12GB GDDR6X504.2GB/s	8GB GDDR6224GB/s
Peak·FP32·FP16 29.15 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 13.16 TFLOPS
Form Factor PCIe Card	Form Factor PCIe Card
TDP 200W	TDP 130W
Power Connectors 1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR -	Power Connectors - 1x 8-Pin

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Tensor FP4 FP4 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP8-16 FP8-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP8-32 FP8-32 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-16 FP16-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-32 FP16-32 Tensor Sparse FP64 BF16 Tensor BF16 BF16 Tensor Sparse Tensor TF32 Tensor INT8 Tensor INT4 Memory Bandwidth TDP

GeForce RTX 4070932.7 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse

x2.21

GeForce RTX 5050421.1 TFLOPSFP4 Tensor Sparse

x1

Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed2475MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC	Clock Speed2570MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 932.7 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse	Peak OPS 421.1 TFLOPSFP4 Tensor Sparse
-	Tensor FP4 210.5 TFLOPS FP4 Tensor Sparse 421.1 TFLOPS
Tensor FP8-16 233.2 TFLOPS FP8-16 Tensor Sparse 466.3 TFLOPS Tensor FP8-32 116.6 TFLOPS FP8-32 Tensor Sparse 233.2 TFLOPS	Tensor FP8-16 105.3 TFLOPS FP8-16 Tensor Sparse 210.5 TFLOPS Tensor FP8-32 52.63 TFLOPS FP8-32 Tensor Sparse 105.3 TFLOPS
Tensor FP16-16 116.6 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 233.2 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 58.29 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 116.6 TFLOPS	Tensor FP16-16 52.63 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 105.3 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 26.32 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 52.63 TFLOPS
BF16 29.15 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 58.29 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 116.6 TFLOPS	BF16 13.16 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 26.32 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 52.63 TFLOPS
Tensor TF32 29.15 TFLOPS	Tensor TF32 13.16 TFLOPS
FP32 29.15 TFLOPS	FP32 13.16 TFLOPS
FP64 455.4 GFLOPS	FP64 205.6 GFLOPS
Tensor INT4 466.3 TOPS	Tensor INT4 -
Tensor INT8 233.2 TOPS	Tensor INT8 105.3 TOPS
Ray 67.37 TOPS	Ray 39.91 TOPS
Pixel Rate 158.4 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 82.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 455.4 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 205.6 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 5,888 Shaders	Shaders 2,560 Shaders
TMUs 184 TMUs	TMUs 80 TMUs
ROPs 64 ROPs	ROPs 32 ROPs
Tensor Cores 184 T-Cores	Tensor Cores 80 T-Cores
RT Cores 46 RT-Cores	RT Cores 20 RT-Cores
SMs 46 SMs	SMs 20 SMs

Clocks

Base Clock 1.92GHz	Base Clock 2.31GHz
Boost Clock 2.48GHz	Boost Clock 2.57GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 36.9MB shared

L2 Cache 32.8MB shared

Memory

12GB GDDR6X	8GB GDDR6
Memory Bus 192-bit	Memory Bus 128-bit
Memory Speed 21GT/s	Memory Speed 14GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 504.2GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 224GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Power & Thermals

TDP 200W	TDP 130W
Max Temp -	Max Temp 87°C Max

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 4	Multi-Monitor 4
HDCP HDCP 2.3	HDCP HDCP 2.3

Ports

-	3x DisplayPort 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4	-
1x HDMI 2.1	1x HDMI 2.1

Encoder

Encoder Model 2x NVENC 8	Encoder Model NVENC 9
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1

Decoder

Decoder Model NVDEC 5	Decoder Model NVDEC 6
Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 VC-1 VP8 VP9 AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1	Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 VC-1 VP8 VP9 AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1

Card

Form Factor PCIe Card	Form Factor PCIe Card
PCIe 2.1-Slots	PCIe -
Height 112 mm (4.41") Width 244 mm (9.61") Depth 42 mm (1.65")	-
Cooling Open-Air 2x Fans	Cooling Open-Air 2x Fans
Power Connectors 1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR	Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin

Chip

Manufacturer NVIDIA	Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chip Designer NVIDIA	Chip Designer NVIDIA
Architecture Ada Lovelace	Architecture Blackwell
Family GeForce 40	Family GeForce 50
Branding	Branding
Codename NV184	Codename NV197
Chip Variant AD104-250	Chip Variant -
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Apr 13, 2023	Release Date Jun 24, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node 4N	Fabrication Node 4NP
Die Size 295mm²	Die Size -
Transistor Count 35.8 Billion	Transistor Count -
Transistor Density 121.6 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density -

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