RTX 5070 vs RTX 2050
Short answer: which is best?
RTX 5070 is 500.2 % stronger than RTX 2050. RTX 5070 ranks #11 of 43 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (10,006 GPU score over 2 verified runs). RTX 2050 ranks #35 of 43 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (1,667 GPU score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 3 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | RTX 5070 | RTX 2050 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU score (the card's own performance) | 10,006 | 1,667 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 11,193 | 2,402 |
| Earth II (Vulkan) | 41.3 FPS | 6.8 FPS |
| Mission to Earth II (DX12) | 51.7 FPS | 8.4 FPS |
| Earth II Landing (DX12 Ultimate) | 49.3 FPS | 8.4 FPS |
| Supernova (DX11) | 117.5 FPS | 36.5 FPS |
| Memory bandwidth | 241 GB/s | 20 GB/s |
| VRAM | 12 GB | 4 GB |
| Ray tracing | Yes | Yes |
What the numbers mean
The GPU score is the graphics card's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the card in, and depends on processor, memory and storage. We show both and never mix them.
All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik
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