NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB vs GeForce RTX 5070, AI & Machine Learning Comparison
GeForce RTX 5070 wins 21 of 33 benchmarks, averaging 82.5% faster.
Both cards' numbers are anchored estimates calibrated against our measured cards, pending first-party measurement. Treat small gaps as ties.
What the numbers say
The gap is widest in Nemotron Nano 9B v2, where GeForce RTX 5070 leads by 121% (39.24 vs 86.81 tok/s); the closest fight is SD Turbo (48% apart); VRAM decides part of this one: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB runs 46 of our 12 AI workloads while the other card runs 21, models that don't fit score zero.
Benchmark results head-to-head
| Benchmark | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB | GeForce RTX 5070 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| MiniCPM5 2B tok/s | 158.1 | 275.74 | -43% |
| LFM2.5 2.6B tok/s | 142.22 | 266.12 | -47% |
| Granite 4.1 3B tok/s | 108.51 | 183.95 | -41% |
| Nemotron 3 Nano 4B tok/s | 88.1 | 184.99 | -52% |
| Qwen3 4B tok/s | 96.29 | 180.21 | -47% |
| DeepSeek Coder 7B Instruct v1.5 tok/s | 62.54 | 126.75 | -51% |
| Llama 3 8B tok/s | 55.37 | 112.34 | -51% |
| Llama 3.1 8B tok/s | 57.09 | 119.87 | -52% |
| Qwen3 8B tok/s | 54.34 | 109.63 | -50% |
| Nemotron Nano 9B v2 tok/s | 39.24 | 86.81 | -55% |
| Ornith 1.5 9B tok/s | 48.42 | 99.41 | -51% |
| Gemma 4 12B tok/s | 35.25 | 69.06 | -49% |
| Qwen2.5-Coder 14B tok/s | 31.12 | 58.15 | -46% |
| Qwen3 14B tok/s | 30.4 | 60.87 | -50% |
| Gemma 4 26B A4B tok/s | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Qwen3 30B A3B tok/s | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Gemma 4 31B tok/s | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Qwen3 32B tok/s | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Llama 3.3 70B tok/s | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Stable Diffusion 1.5 images/min | 26.23 | 39.2 | -33% |
| SD Turbo images/min | 361.33 | 535.06 | -32% |
| LCM DreamShaper v7 images/min | 94.29 | 142.36 | -34% |
| SDXL Turbo images/min | 255.5 | 383.37 | -33% |
| Z-Image Turbo images/min | 1.41 | 0 | n/a |
| Sana 1.6B images/min | 11.91 | 19.71 | -40% |
| Stable Diffusion XL images/min | 4.58 | 7.43 | -38% |
| Playground v2.5 images/min | 2.89 | 4.37 | -34% |
| PixArt-Sigma XL images/min | 6.62 | 0 | n/a |
| FLUX.1 Kontext dev images/min | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| FLUX.1 dev images/min | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Qwen-Image-Edit images/min | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| LTX-Video (distilled) frames/s | 1.668 | 0 | n/a |
| Wan 2.2 5B (720p) frames/s | 0 | 0 | n/a |
Whole-job comparison
How long each card takes to finish a complete pipeline, not just one model. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB is faster on 0 of 1; GeForce RTX 5070 on 1.
| Workflow | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB | GeForce RTX 5070 | Difference | Cost per run |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full codebase review | 32.1 min | 17.2 min | GeForce RTX 5070 1.86x faster | $0.058 vs $0.047 |
Renting by the hour, GeForce RTX 5070 finishes 1 of 1 cheaper. The quicker card is not automatically the cheaper way to get the work done.
Cost to rent
| Card | Per hour |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB | $0.109 |
| GeForce RTX 5070 | $0.162 |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB is 1.49x cheaper per hour. Cheapest on-demand rate we see across RunPod and Vast.
Specifications compared
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB | GeForce RTX 5070 | |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 16GB | 12GB |
| Transistors | 22,900M | 31,100M |
| Die size | 187.8 mm² | 263 mm² |
| Process node | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| Transistor density | 121.9 M/mm² | 118.3 M/mm² |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Blackwell |
| Memory bandwidth | 288 GB/s | 672 GB/s |
| Boost clock | 2,535 MHz | 2,512 MHz |
| TDP | 165 W | 250 W |
| Launch MSRP | $499 | $549 |
| Release | 2023-07-18 | 2025-03-05 |
FAQ
- Which is better for ai & machine learning: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB or GeForce RTX 5070?
- GeForce RTX 5070 performs better for ai & machine learning, winning 21 of 33 benchmarks in our suite with an average 82.5% advantage.
- What are the main hardware differences between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB and GeForce RTX 5070?
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB has 16GB VRAM and a 165W TDP, while GeForce RTX 5070 has 12GB VRAM and a 250W TDP.
- Does VRAM matter more than speed between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB and GeForce RTX 5070?
- For AI, yes, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB fits 2 more of our 12 workloads than GeForce RTX 5070. 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 4060 Ti 16GB and GeForce RTX 5070?
- Nemotron Nano 9B v2: GeForce RTX 5070 leads by roughly 121% (39.24 vs 86.81 tok/s) in our testing.
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