GeForce RTX 5070 benchmark result sees it matching the wrong RTX 4090

Three samples of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 have arrived on the PassMark benchmark site and have performed at a lower rate than can be expected. Of course, it has been reported that this benchmark has had issues with Blackwell cards because of the removal of 32-bit framework support; however, a patch is now in place so it is unclear whether the RTX 5070 samples have been able to take advantage of the updated software or are still being accidentally nerfed. The samples managed an average G3D Mark of 27,105 in the test suite, consisting of test runs in DirectX9-12 and a GPU Compute benchmark. This score places the GeForce RTX 5070 just below a GeForce RTX 4090 in the overall chart – but as stated above, this is the mobile variant of the chip (RTX 4090 Laptop GPU) - not the more-powerful desktop version.

When Nvidia announced the GeForce RTX 5070, it was claimed that the desktop graphics card would offer RTX 4090 performance for just $549. Obviously, this was just Jensen Huang employing a bit of hyperbole, as the RTX 5070 would only have to match the RTX 4090 in a single synthetic or gaming benchmark to allow Team Green to make such a claim. With the advantage of Multi Frame Generation (MFG) taking up the slack, and discounting possible latency issues, the Blackwell card has been shown to reach RTX 4090 levels: In our in-depth review of the RTX 5070 we discovered that with MFG x4 the newer card could produce 87 FPS in Star Wars Outlaws (at 4K, ultra for settings and ray tracing). The older Ada Lovelace card churned out around 90 FPS in our tests, with regular frame generationand ray reconstruction. So Nvidia’s claim is legitimate…even if deeply tenuous.

The GeForce RTX 5070 benchmark runs on PassMark leave the card struggling to beat out desktop predecessors like the RTX 4070 and RTX 4070 Ti, although in our testing, the Blackwell card generally performed a little better than the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti. The desktop variant of the RTX 4090 is currently out of sight, with an advantage of +41.4% over the RTX 5070 in terms of average performance result. While those with some GPU knowledge will have realized Team Green’s claim was going to be extremely subjective, it can be questioned just how ethical the statement of the RTX 5070 offering RTX 4090 performance is in regard to the average consumer's comprehension. It could all end up being moot for the RTX 5070 anyway, as the release of the AMD Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT with their reasonable prices, good performances, and avoidance of availability issues, should leave Team Red with a head start in this sector of the GPU market.