GeForce RTX 5070 Ti vs GeForce RTX 3090

Compare the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and GeForce RTX 3090 on real gaming benchmarks, full specifications, live retailer prices and performance-per-dollar, then jump straight to the cheapest in-stock version of either card.

From$1,169.99
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From$1,969.99
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The short answer

The GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is the better buy here: it's both faster at 1440p and gives more performance per dollar.

  • GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is about 47% faster at 1440p (gaming index 71 vs 48).
  • GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is the cheaper card right now, by roughly 68%.
  • GeForce RTX 5070 Ti delivers about 147% more frames per dollar at 1440p.
  • GeForce RTX 3090 carries more VRAM (24GB vs 16GB), an edge at 4K and in memory-heavy games.
  • GeForce RTX 5070 Ti draws less power (300W vs 350W), so it runs cooler and asks less of your PSU.

Gaming performance

Gaming score: geometric mean of in-game FPS, normalized so the RTX 5090 = 100. Switch resolution with the toggle above.

1440p gaming
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti71
GeForce RTX 309048

GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is about 47% faster at 1440p.

Performance per dollar

1440p gaming score for every $100 of the card’s current cheapest price. Higher is better value.

GeForce RTX 5070 Ti

6.1

per $100 spent

Better value

GeForce RTX 3090

2.5

per $100 spent

Specs head-to-head

GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
GeForce RTX 3090
Price (from)
$1,169.99
$1,969.99
1440p gaming index
71
48
VRAM
16GB GDDR7
24GB GDDR6X
Memory bandwidth
896 GB/s
936 GB/s
Boost clock
2452 MHz
1695 MHz
Shader cores
8,960
10,496
Ray tracing cores
70
82
Tensor / AI cores
280
328
TDP
300W
350W
Recommended PSU
750W
750W
Upscaling
DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation, DLSS 5 Neural Rendering
DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction
Architecture
Blackwell GB203
Ampere GA102
Process node
TSMC 4N
Samsung 8N
MSRP
$750.00
$1,499.00

Productivity & compute

GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
GeForce RTX 3090
3DMark Steel Nomad (points)
6,905
5,117
Geekbench 7 OpenCL (points)
210,789
168,899
PassMark G3D (G3D Mark)
32,364
26,509
Render-Blender (samples/min)
7,582
5,825

Where to buy

GeForce RTX 5070 Tifrom $1,169.99
From$1,169.99
27 versions in stock
GeForce RTX 3090from $1,969.99
From$1,969.99
8 versions in stock

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