NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 6% to 119%, including 119% in 3DMark Port Royal (41,238 vs 18,851). On gemma:26b, both reach about 5.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA; per LocalLLaMA).
Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090. Both released in 2025. MSRP range: $749 · $1,999. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
*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 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 16 | 32 |
| vram type | GDDR7 | GDDR7 |
| tdp w | 300 | 575 |
| cuda cores | 8960 | 21760 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Club386, TechPowerUp, 3DMark, Digital Trends, HWBOT, Overclocking.com, UL Benchmarks, Tom's Hardware, LANOC 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.
| Benchmark | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: Club386 |
68,741 points | — |
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: TechPowerUp, 3DMark, Digital Trends, HWBOT, Club386 |
18,851 points | 41,238 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com, 3DMark, Club386 |
7,677 points | 15,488 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: UL Benchmarks, Overclocking.com, 3DMark, Club386 |
6,905 points | 11,906 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, Digital Trends, Club386 |
27,667 points | 39,365 pts |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) Source: Club386 |
13,485 points | — |
| PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
1,329 pts | 1,412 pts |
| PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
32,422 pts | 38,935 pts |
| Tom's Hardware GPU Hierarchy (lower is better) Source: Tom's Hardware |
812 rank | 2 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 Ti
- llama3.2:1b-instruct: 198.0 tok/s (LocalScore (Mozilla Builders))
- meta-llama/gpt-oss-20b-MoE: 189.4 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub Discussions)
- meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct: 185.0 tok/s (LocalScore (Mozilla Builders))
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
- Qwen2.5-Coder-7B-Instruct: 5841.0 tok/s (Runpod)
- Llama 3.1 8B FP8: 420.0 tok/s (Runpod)
- gpt-oss:20b: 298.2 tok/s (Hardware Corner)
Quick answers
Which is faster, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 6% to 119%, including 119% in 3DMark Port Royal (41,238 vs 18,851).
Which is better for running local LLMs?
On gemma:26b, both reach about 5.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA; per LocalLLaMA).
What did the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 cost at launch?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti launched at a $749 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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