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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 9% to 196%, including 196% in 3DMark Port Royal (41,238 vs 13,939). On qwen2.5:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 generates 89.9 tokens/s (per DatabaseMart) against 20.8 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090. Both released in 2025. MSRP range: $549 · $1,999. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*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

SpecNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
vram gb 1232
vram type GDDR7GDDR7
tdp w 250575
cuda cores 614421760

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from WorthPlaying, TechPowerUp, 3DMark, Overclocking.com, LANOC, Tom's Hardware and PassMark; 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.

BenchmarkNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: WorthPlaying		 41,611 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, 3DMark, WorthPlaying		 13,939 points41,238 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, 3DMark, LANOC, WorthPlaying		 5,787 points15,488 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: WorthPlaying, 3DMark		 5,154 points11,906 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (4K) (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware		 —14,133 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, LANOC, 3DMark		 22,221 points39,365 pts
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: WorthPlaying		 9,535 points—
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 1,299 pts1,412 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 28,758 pts38,935 pts
Tom's Hardware GPU Hierarchy (lower is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware		 812 rank2 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 9% to 196%, including 196% in 3DMark Port Royal (41,238 vs 13,939).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen2.5:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 generates 89.9 tokens/s (per DatabaseMart) against 20.8 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)), best community run on file for each.

What did the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 cost at launch?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 launched at a $549 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 at $1,999. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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