The GeForce GTX 970 is the comparison's loser – it's at least 2x slower gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 5090 and it's also a slightly worse value for money, as it's only $4245.95 cheaper!
Advantages of the GeForce GTX 970
- Up to 92% cheaper – $359.46 vs $4605.41
- Consumes up to 74% less energy – 148 vs 575 Watts
Advantages of the GeForce RTX 5090
- At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
- A slightly better value for money for gaming
- Up to 700% more VRAM memory – 32 vs 4 GB
GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce RTX 5090 for Gaming
The GPU's performance in selected game and settings
GeForce GTX 970
Sep 19th, 2014
Average FPS
65
27%
Min 1% FPS
32
19%
Price, €
€359.46
100%
Value, €/FPS
€5.53/FPS
100%
GeForce RTX 5090
Jan 30th, 2025
Average FPS
242
100%
Min 1% FPS
166
100%
Price, €
€4605.41
7%
Value, €/FPS
€19.03/FPS
29%
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€4,504.50
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GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce RTX 5090 in My Games
The FPS you'll get in saved games, click on a game to change it
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Synthetic Benchmarks
The GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce RTX 5090 in synthetic GPU benchmarks
Performance Specifications
The GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce RTX 5090 in core GPU performance specifications
GeForce GTX 970
Sep 19th, 2014
Memory
4 GB
12%
Memory Bandwidth
224.4 GB/s
13%
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
16%
Texture Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
7%
FP32
3.92 TFLOPS
4%
GeForce RTX 5090
Jan 30th, 2025
Memory
32 GB
100%
Memory Bandwidth
1790 GB/s
100%
Pixel Fillrate
423.6 GPixel/s
100%
Texture Fillrate
1637 GTexel/s
100%
FP32
104.8 TFLOPS
100%
Specifications
Comparison of all specifications
GeForce GTX 970 | SpecificationsComparison of all specifications | GeForce RTX 5090 |
|---|---|---|
| General | ||
| Sep 19th, 2014 | Release Date | Jan 30th, 2025 |
$329.00 | MSRP | $1,999.00 |
| GeForce 900 | Generation | GeForce 50 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
148 W | Power Consumption | 575 W |
| Memory | ||
| 4 GB | Memory Size | 32 GB |
| GDDR5 | Memory Type | GDDR7 |
| 256-bit | Memory Bus | 512-bit |
| 224.4 GB/s | Bandwidth | 1790 GB/s |
| Theoretical Performance | ||
| 65.97 GPixel/s | Pixel Fillrate | 423.6 GPixel/s |
| 122.5 GTexel/s | Texture Fillrate | 1637 GTexel/s |
| 3.92 TFLOPS | FP32 | 104.8 TFLOPS |
