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GeForce RTX 5070 Ti vs GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Compare the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 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$1,409.99
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From$2,899.99
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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 39% faster at 1440p (gaming index 71 vs 51).
  • GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is the cheaper card right now, by roughly 106%.
  • GeForce RTX 5070 Ti delivers about 185% more frames per dollar at 1440p.
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti carries more VRAM (24GB vs 16GB), an edge at 4K and in memory-heavy games.
  • GeForce RTX 5070 Ti draws less power (300W vs 450W), 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 3090 Ti51

GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is about 39% 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

5.0

per $100 spent

Better value

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

1.8

per $100 spent

Specs head-to-head

GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
Price (from)
$1,409.99
$2,899.99
1440p gaming index
71
51
VRAM
16GB GDDR7
24GB GDDR6X
Memory bandwidth
896 GB/s
1008 GB/s
Boost clock
2452 MHz
1860 MHz
Shader cores
8,960
10,752
Ray tracing cores
70
84
Tensor / AI cores
280
336
TDP
300W
450W
Recommended PSU
750W
850W
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
$1,999.00

Productivity & compute

GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
3DMark Steel Nomad (points)
6,905
5,755
Geekbench 7 OpenCL (points)
236,398
184,102
Render-Blender (samples/min)
7,582
6,062

Where to buy

GeForce RTX 5070 Tifrom $1,409.99
From$1,409.99
21 versions in stock
GeForce RTX 3090 Tifrom $2,899.99
From$2,899.99
1 version in stock

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