NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
22.5Rasterization—
20Ray Tracing27.6
32.4Memoryspec-based41.5
76.3Efficiencyspec-based95.9
29.8Compute41.2
1 spec wins — NVIDIA GeForce GTX 9708 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 970
- 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 30
- 120% higher Base clock: 2,310 MHz vs 1,050 MHz
- 118% higher Boost clock: 2,570 MHz vs 1,178 MHz
- 100% higher VRAM: 8 GB vs 4 GB
- Lower launch price: $249 vs $329
General
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2014 | 2025+1% |
| Architecture | Maxwell | Blackwell |
| Process | 28 nm | 4 nm+86% |
| TDP | 145 W | 130 W+10% |
| Power connector | 2x 6-pin | — |
Cores & Clocks
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| Shading units | 1,664 | 2,560+54% |
| RT cores | — | 20 |
| Tensor / AI cores | — | 80 |
| Base clock | 1,050 MHz | 2,310 MHz+120% |
| Boost clock | 1,178 MHz | 2,570 MHz+118% |
Memory
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 4 GB | 8 GB+100% |
| VRAM type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Bus width | 256 bit+100% | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 224 GB/s | 320 GB/s+43% |
Benchmarks
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Time Spy | 3,625Bottom 7% | — |
| 3DMark Speed Way | — | 2,430Bottom 22% |
| PassMark G3D | 9,635Bottom 13% | — |
Features
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| Upscaling | — | DLSS 4 |
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