NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
26.1Rasterization—
20Ray Tracing27.6
38.7Memoryspec-based41.5
80.1Efficiencyspec-based95.9
36.4Compute41.2
1 spec wins — NVIDIA GeForce GTX 10707 spec wins — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
InnoReviews verdict
No overall winner yet: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.
Which would you pick?
Key differences
Reasons to pick the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
- 100% higher Bus width: 256 bit vs 128 bit
Reasons to pick the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
- Stronger Ray Tracing score: 28 vs 20
- Stronger compute score: 41 vs 36
- 75% lower process: 4 nm vs 16 nm
- 53% higher Base clock: 2,310 MHz vs 1,506 MHz
- 53% higher Boost clock: 2,570 MHz vs 1,683 MHz
- Lower launch price: $249 vs $379
General
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2016 | 2025 |
| Architecture | Pascal | Blackwell |
| Process | 16 nm | 4 nm+75% |
| TDP | 150 W | 130 W+13% |
| Power connector | 1x 8-pin | — |
Cores & Clocks
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| Shading units | 1,920 | 2,560+33% |
| RT cores | — | 20 |
| Tensor / AI cores | — | 80 |
| Base clock | 1,506 MHz | 2,310 MHz+53% |
| Boost clock | 1,683 MHz | 2,570 MHz+53% |
Memory
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| VRAM type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Bus width | 256 bit+100% | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 320 GB/s+25% |
Benchmarks
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Time Spy | 6,046Bottom 20% | — |
| 3DMark Speed Way | — | 2,430Bottom 22% |
| PassMark G3D | 13,511Bottom 28% | — |
Features
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| Upscaling | — | DLSS 4 |
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