I. Preface
To be fair, the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti belongs to the mid-to-high-end graphics card category, and its performance is already strong enough to handle the vast majority of daily applications. However, many digital hardware enthusiasts often carry a dream of owning a flagship product. Even if they never actually purchase one, they still want to know how large the performance gap is between the product they bought and the flagship model.
This article will share a 4K gaming performance comparison between the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and the GeForce RTX 5090, in order to reveal the answer for interested readers.
II. Parameter Comparison
The GeForce RTX 5070 Ti was released on January 6, 2025. It uses the GB203 GPU chip, manufactured with TSMC’s 5nm process. It has 8,960 CUDA cores, 280 texture units, 70 multiprocessor units, 280 tensor cores, and 70 ray tracing units.
Its L2 cache is 64MB. The base clock speed is 2,300MHz, and the maximum boost clock is 2,452MHz. It comes with 16GB of GDDR7 memory, a 256-bit memory bus, 28Gbps memory speed, and 896GB/s memory bandwidth. Its FP32 floating-point performance reaches 43.94 TFLOPS. Power consumption is 300W, and the reference price is $749.
The GeForce RTX 5090 was released on January 6, 2025. It uses the GB202-300-A1 GPU, also manufactured with TSMC’s 5nm process. It features 21,760 CUDA cores, 176 raster units, 680 texture units, 170 multiprocessor units, 680 tensor cores, and 172 ray tracing cores, with 96MB of L2 cache.
Its base clock speed is 2,017MHz, with a maximum boost clock of 2,407MHz. It is equipped with 32GB of GDDR7 memory, a 512-bit memory bus, 28Gbps memory speed, and 1.8TB/s memory bandwidth. Its FP32 floating-point performance reaches 104.8 TFLOPS. Power consumption is 575W, and the suggested retail price is $1,999.
III. Test Platform Configuration
The main configuration is as follows:
- Processor: Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- Motherboard: MSI MPG X670E CARBON
- Memory: 32GB DDR5 6000MHz
- Graphics Cards: GeForce RTX 5090 32GB and GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- Storage: Two Samsung 970 EVO 1TB SSDs
- Operating System: Windows 11
IV. Game Tests (RTX 5090 vs 5070 Ti)
The following tests cover seven games, all using 4K resolution settings. In the image series below, the left represents the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB platform, and the right represents the GeForce RTX 5090 32GB platform.
Game 1: God of War
- RTX 5070 Ti: Avg FPS 85, Min FPS 78, Frame time 11.7ms, CPU usage 20%, CPU power 64W, CPU temp 52°C, RAM usage 12.4GB, GPU usage 99%, VRAM usage 8.7GB, GPU power 278W, GPU temp 54°C
- RTX 5090: Avg FPS 163, Min FPS 142, Frame time 6.0ms, CPU usage 32%, CPU power 71W, CPU temp 66°C, RAM usage 11.5GB, GPU usage 99%, VRAM usage 8.9GB, GPU power 537W, GPU temp 59°C
5090 has 12% higher CPU usage, 0.9GB less RAM usage, same GPU usage, 0.2GB more VRAM usage, 259W more GPU power, and 5°C higher GPU temp. Avg FPS is 78 higher (approx. +92%), min FPS is 64 higher, and frame time is ~5ms lower.
Game 2: Ghostwire: Tokyo
- RTX 5070 Ti: Avg FPS 65, Min FPS 54, Frame time 15.8ms, CPU usage 13%, CPU power 43W, CPU temp 47°C, RAM usage 10.9GB, GPU usage 99%, VRAM usage 8.5GB, GPU power 274W, GPU temp 54°C
- RTX 5090: Avg FPS 120, Min FPS 99, Frame time 8.2ms, CPU usage 18%, CPU power 59W, CPU temp 57°C, RAM usage 10.5GB, GPU usage 99%, VRAM usage 9.9GB, GPU power 519W, GPU temp 56°C
5090 has 5% higher CPU usage, 0.4GB less RAM usage, 1.4GB more VRAM usage, 245W higher GPU power, 2°C higher GPU temp. Avg FPS is 55 higher (+85%), min FPS 45 higher, frame time ~7ms lower.
Game 3: Light and Shadow: Expedition 33
- RTX 5070 Ti: Avg FPS 55, Min FPS 47, Frame time 19.3ms, CPU usage 22%, CPU power 73W, CPU temp 62°C, RAM usage 9.0GB, GPU usage 98%, VRAM usage 8.7GB, GPU power 256W, GPU temp 50°C
- RTX 5090: Avg FPS 90, Min FPS 75, Frame time 9.1ms, CPU usage 25%, CPU power 71W, CPU temp 56°C, RAM usage 9.7GB, GPU usage 97%, VRAM usage 9.0GB, GPU power 457W, GPU temp 59°C
5090 has 3% higher CPU usage, 0.7GB more RAM usage, 0.3GB more VRAM usage, 201W higher GPU power, 9°C higher GPU temp. Avg FPS is 35 higher (+64%), min FPS 28 higher, frame time ~10ms lower.
Game 4: Horizon Forbidden West
- RTX 5070 Ti: Avg FPS 71, Min FPS 62, Frame time 13.7ms, CPU usage 47%, CPU power 106W, CPU temp 74°C, RAM usage 11.9GB, GPU usage 98%, VRAM usage 10.1GB, GPU power 264W, GPU temp 53°C
- RTX 5090: Avg FPS 127, Min FPS 98, Frame time 8.3ms, CPU usage 65%, CPU power 124W, CPU temp 73°C, RAM usage 10.8GB, GPU usage 98%, VRAM usage 10.0GB, GPU power 497W, GPU temp 53°C
5090 has 18% higher CPU usage, 1.1GB less RAM usage, same GPU/VRAM usage, 233W higher GPU power, same GPU temp. Avg FPS is 56 higher (+79%), min FPS 36 higher, frame time ~5ms lower.
Game 5: Silent Hill 2
- RTX 5070 Ti: Avg FPS 50, Min FPS 44, Frame time 19.8ms, CPU usage 13%, CPU power 47W, CPU temp 47°C, RAM usage 10.9GB, GPU usage 98%, VRAM usage 8.7GB, GPU power 264W, GPU temp 52°C
- RTX 5090: Avg FPS 83, Min FPS 73, Frame time 11.5ms, CPU usage 17%, CPU power 57W, CPU temp 53°C, RAM usage 10.5GB, GPU usage 97%, VRAM usage 9.1GB, GPU power 464W, GPU temp 53°C
5090 has 4% higher CPU usage, 0.4GB less RAM usage, 0.4GB more VRAM usage, 200W higher GPU power, 1°C higher GPU temp. Avg FPS is 33 higher (+66%), min FPS 29 higher, frame time ~8ms lower.
Game 6: Black Myth: Wukong
- RTX 5070 Ti: Avg FPS 52, Min FPS 41, Frame time 19.3ms, CPU usage 12%, CPU power 44W, CPU temp 50°C, RAM usage 12.6GB, GPU usage 97%, VRAM usage 10.9GB, GPU power 254W, GPU temp 53°C
- RTX 5090: Avg FPS 97, Min FPS 79, Frame time 10.3ms, CPU usage 17%, CPU power 61W, CPU temp 53°C, RAM usage 13.4GB, GPU usage 99%, VRAM usage 11.7GB, GPU power 500W, GPU temp 61°C
5090 has 5% higher CPU usage, 0.8GB more RAM, 2% higher GPU usage, 0.8GB more VRAM, 246W higher GPU power, 8°C higher GPU temp. Avg FPS is 45 higher (+87%), min FPS 38 higher, frame time ~8ms lower.
Game 7: The Last of Us Part II
- RTX 5070 Ti: Avg FPS 76, Min FPS 66, Frame time 12.9ms, CPU usage 30%, CPU power 85W, CPU temp 64°C, RAM usage 13.3GB, GPU usage 99%, VRAM usage 11.2GB, GPU power 282W, GPU temp 54°C
- RTX 5090: Avg FPS 109, Min FPS 95, Frame time 7.8ms, CPU usage 69%, CPU power 109W, CPU temp 72°C, RAM usage 13.2GB, GPU usage 98%, VRAM usage 12.6GB, GPU power 447W, GPU temp 58°C
5090 has 39% higher CPU usage, 1.4GB more VRAM usage, 165W higher GPU power, 4°C higher GPU temp. Avg FPS is 33 higher (+43%), min FPS 29 higher, frame time ~5ms lower.
V. Comparative Conclusion
Compared to the GeForce RTX 5090, the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti was completely “crushed” throughout the tests—an unsurprising outcome. However, despite the significantly higher power consumption of the RTX 5090, its temperature was not much higher, indicating that the RTX 5090 has an effective cooling solution.
Based on the data above, the overall gaming performance of the GeForce RTX 5090 is approximately 74% higher than that of the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti.
Note: This conclusion applies only to 4K gaming scenarios. In different types of application tests, the performance emphasis may vary significantly, which could lead to different overall conclusions.
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