RTX 5090 vs RTX 2070
Short answer: which is best?
RTX 5090 is 702.6 % stronger than RTX 2070. RTX 5090 ranks #1 of 54 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (28,389 GPU score over 6 verified runs). RTX 2070 ranks #31 of 54 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (3,537 GPU score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 7 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | RTX 5090 | RTX 2070 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU score (the card's own performance) | 28,389 | 3,537 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 21,848 | 5,386 |
| Earth II (Vulkan) | 134.1 FPS | 13.5 FPS |
| Mission to Earth II (DX12) | 174.4 FPS | 16.4 FPS |
| Earth II Landing (DX12 Ultimate) | 113.8 FPS | 19.7 FPS |
| Supernova (DX11) | 115.2 FPS | 122 FPS |
| Memory bandwidth | 698 GB/s | 81 GB/s |
| VRAM | 31 GB | 8 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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