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GeForce RTX 3090 Ti against GeForce RTX 5070

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti leads on the overall index. The price beside each button is the Amazon US reading where ScoutPrices has one; the comparison below is worked on typical prices.

Which one for what

Office & everyday

GeForce RTX 3090 Tileft

64 vs 62 for snappy single-core speed, quiet running, and a card that drives two or three screens without fuss.

Coding & development

GeForce RTX 3090 Tileft

61 vs 57 for cores for builds and containers, plenty of memory, fast storage, and a card for several screens or a local model.

Light gaming

Either

Within 0 points; buy on price.

Gaming

GeForce RTX 3090 Tileft

60 vs 58 for 1440p frame rates, with a CPU that will not hold the card back.

Heavy gaming

GeForce RTX 3090 Tileft

54 vs 49 for the strongest graphics card the budget allows.

Content creation

GeForce RTX 3090 Tileft

61 vs 57 for export times: many cores, a card with good encoders, lots of memory.

3D & rendering

GeForce RTX 3090 Tileft

61 vs 57 for all-core throughput and render speed.

Gaming & streaming

GeForce RTX 3090 Tileft

61 vs 57 for frame rates with headroom for the encoder and the chat.

AI & local models

GeForce RTX 3090 Tileft

65 vs 51 for video memory first, then card speed, then system memory.

Head to head

Scores

Indices out of 100 on ScoutSpecs' own scale, one per kind of work. They are not frames per second and not a measurement of any one sample.

  • Spec score

    GeForce RTX 3090 Ti: 60

    GeForce RTX 5070: 58

    2 ptsto the left

  • Games at 1080p

    GeForce RTX 3090 Ti: 65

    GeForce RTX 5070: 65

    level

  • Games at 1440p

    GeForce RTX 3090 Ti: 60

    GeForce RTX 5070: 58

    2 ptsto the left

  • Games at 4K

    GeForce RTX 3090 Ti: 54

    GeForce RTX 5070: 49

    5 ptsto the left

  • Rendering and video

    GeForce RTX 3090 Ti: 62

    GeForce RTX 5070: 56

    6 ptsto the left

Price and value

Worked on typical prices, the figures the comparison is built on.

  • Value, points per $100

    GeForce RTX 3090 Ti: 4.6

    GeForce RTX 5070: 7

    52%to the right

  • Typical price

    GeForce RTX 3090 Ti: $1,299

    GeForce RTX 5070: $827

    $472to the right

From the spec sheets

  • Video memory

    GeForce RTX 3090 Ti: 24 GB

    GeForce RTX 5070: 12 GB

    100%to the left

  • Board power

    GeForce RTX 3090 Ti: 450 W

    GeForce RTX 5070: 250 W

    80%to the right

  • Length

    GeForce RTX 3090 Ti: 336 mm

    GeForce RTX 5070: 245 mm

    37%to the right

The verdict

  • The RTX 3090 Ti is 3% faster at 1440p.
  • At 4K the gap is 10% in the RTX 3090 Ti's favour.
  • RTX 3090 Ti carries 24 GB of video memory against 12 GB.
  • The RTX 5070 typically costs $472 less.
  • Per dollar, the RTX 5070 is the better buy: 7 points per $100 against 4.6.

Specifications

SpecGeForce RTX 3090 TiGeForce RTX 5070
Video memory24 GB (better)12 GB
Board power450 W250 W (better)
Length336 mm245 mm (better)
Power connector12V-2x6 (16-pin)12V-2x6 (16-pin)
BrandNvidiaNvidia
Released20222025 (better)
Typical price$1,299$827 (better)

The better figure of each pair is in green, with a tick.

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