GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 is ahead of the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 29% to 80%, including 68% in 3DMark Time Spy (22,221 vs 13,251). On qwen2.5:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 generates 20.8 tokens/s (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)) against 3.5 for the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)), best community run on file for each.
Side-by-side GPU comparison of the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070. MSRP range: $399 · $549. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.
Where to buy
A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.
Specs side-by-side
| Spec | GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 8 | 12 |
| vram type | — | GDDR7 |
| tdp w | — | 250 |
| cuda cores | — | 6144 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Overclocking.com, PC Watch, BabelTechReviews, WorthPlaying, HWBOT, DatabaseMart, LANOC, 3DMark, PassMark and Tom's Hardware; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.
| Benchmark | GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark DirectX Raytracing (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com |
38 FPS | — |
| 3DMark DirectX Raytracing feature test (fps) (higher is better) Source: PC Watch |
38 | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: BabelTechReviews, WorthPlaying, Overclocking.com |
32,282 points | 41,611 points |
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: HWBOT, WorthPlaying, DatabaseMart, PC Watch |
8,091 points | 13,939 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com, LANOC, 3DMark, WorthPlaying, PC Watch |
3,221 points | 5,787 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, WorthPlaying |
2,914 points | 5,154 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: LANOC, 3DMark, BabelTechReviews, DatabaseMart |
13,251 points | 22,221 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) Source: WorthPlaying, Overclocking.com |
6,594 points | 9,535 points |
| PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
— | 1,299 pts |
| PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
— | 28,758 pts |
| Tom's Hardware GPU Hierarchy (lower is better) Source: Tom's Hardware |
— | 812 rank |
AI inference (tokens/sec)
Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
- llama3.2:1b: 123.0 tok/s (LocalScore (Mozilla Builders))
- llama2:7b: 63.9 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub Discussions)
- llama2:7b: 63.9 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
- llama2:7b: 127.5 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub)
- llama2:7b: 127.5 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub (CUDA performance scoreboard))
- llama2:7b: 127.5 tok/s (knightli.com)
Quick answers
Which is faster, the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 is ahead of the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 29% to 80%, including 68% in 3DMark Time Spy (22,221 vs 13,251).
Which is better for running local LLMs?
On qwen2.5:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 generates 20.8 tokens/s (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)) against 3.5 for the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)), best community run on file for each.
What did the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 cost at launch?
The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB launched at a $399 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 at $549. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.
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