NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti vs NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation, AI & Machine Learning Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
vs
NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation
NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation

NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation wins 10 of 12 benchmarks, averaging 83.4% faster.

Both cards were measured first-party on our bench, same suite, same test rig.

What the numbers say

The gap is widest in Stable Diffusion XL, where NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation leads by 239% (3.76 vs 12.74 images/min); the closest fight is Llama 3.1 8B (1% apart); VRAM decides part of this one: NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation runs 10 of our 12 AI workloads while the other card runs 3, models that don't fit score zero.

Benchmark results head-to-head

BenchmarkNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 TiNVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada GenerationDifference
Qwen3 4B tok/s154.65170.72-9%
Llama 3.1 8B tok/s102.13103.18-1%
Qwen2.5-Coder 14B tok/s056.66n/a
Qwen3 32B tok/s025.88n/a
Llama 3.3 70B tok/s00n/a
Stable Diffusion XL images/min3.7612.74-70%
Z-Image Turbo images/min05.925n/a
FLUX.1 dev images/min01.286n/a
FLUX.1 Kontext dev images/min00.793n/a
Qwen-Image-Edit images/min00n/a
LTX-Video (distilled) frames/s03.23n/a
Wan 2.2 5B (720p) frames/s00.32n/a

Specifications compared

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 TiNVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation
VRAM8GB32GB
ArchitectureAmpere (GA104)Ada Lovelace
Memory bandwidth608 GB/s576 GB/s
Boost clock1,770 MHz2,550 MHz
TDP290 W250 W
Launch MSRP$599$4,000
Release2021-06-102023-08-09

FAQ

Which is better for ai & machine learning: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti or NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation?
NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation performs better for ai & machine learning, winning 10 of 12 benchmarks in our suite with an average 83.4% advantage.
What are the main hardware differences between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation?
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti has 8GB VRAM and a 290W TDP, while NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation has 32GB VRAM and a 250W TDP.
Does VRAM matter more than speed between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation?
For AI, yes, NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation fits 7 more of our 12 workloads than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti. A model that exceeds VRAM doesn't run slower, it doesn't run at all, so the card that fits the model wins that workload outright.
Where is the biggest performance difference between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation?
Stable Diffusion XL: NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation leads by roughly 239% (3.76 vs 12.74 images/min) in our testing.

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