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NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070: Comparison

NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 separate most on tdp: NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation at 130 W, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 at 250 W, 92% in favour of NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation. VRAM splits them by another 40%, again favouring NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation. They match on gpu brand, tier and ray tracing support. In Blender Cycles (GPU) the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 scores 6,173 against 4,446 for the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation, a lead of 28%.

Specs

Specification
NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation
NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (NVIDIA/Blackwell/Mainstream/12GB GDDR7/6,144 CUDA Cores/250W TDP/Ray Tracing/$549 MSRP)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
GPU BrandNVIDIANVIDIA
SeriesRTX Ada GenerationBlackwell
Board PartnerNVIDIA Reference (workstation, no AIB partners)Reference/Founders Edition
VRAM20 GB12 GB-40%
TierMainstreamMainstream
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR7
Ray Tracing Supporttruetrue
TDP130 W250 W-92%
ArchitectureAda LovelaceBlackwell
MSRP1250549
CUDA Cores61446,144

Benchmarks

Measured results, not specifications. Percentages are the gap to the leading product in each test.

Blender Cycles (GPU)

Blender 4.5, Blender Open Data (CC0). Median of monster + junkshop + classroom, combined samples/min.

Blender renders 3D scenes by tracing light through them, which loads every shader unit on the card at once. The score measures sustained render throughput, so it tells you what a card does in Cycles and similar renderers rather than what it does in a game. Figures come from Blender's Open Data project, which places no restriction on reuse, and we publish the median of every submission for that card on the same Blender version.

NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation4,446n=16-28%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50706,173n=912Best

Verdict

NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation

7.5 / 10 Expert Rating

A dependable mainstream Ada workstation card, now best bought at a discount against the newer RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

8 / 10 Expert Rating

The mainstream Blackwell card most people actually buy — a genuine 1440p performer with 12GB of VRAM and sensible 250W power requirements.

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