GeForce RTX 5070 Ti vs NVIDIA RTX A5000, AI & Machine Learning Comparison
Dead heat, GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and NVIDIA RTX A5000 split our benchmark suite evenly.
Both cards were measured first-party on our bench, same suite, same test rig.
What the numbers say
The gap is widest in Z-Image Turbo, where NVIDIA RTX A5000 leads by 125% (1.8 vs 4.05 images/min); the closest fight is LTX-Video (distilled) (5% apart); VRAM decides part of this one: NVIDIA RTX A5000 runs 8 of our 12 AI workloads while the other card runs 6, models that don't fit score zero.
Benchmark results head-to-head
| Benchmark | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | NVIDIA RTX A5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 4B tok/s | 231.69 | 171.68 | +35% |
| Llama 3.1 8B tok/s | 153.23 | 119.86 | +28% |
| Qwen2.5-Coder 14B tok/s | 83.44 | 64.89 | +29% |
| Qwen3 32B tok/s | 0 | 30.49 | n/a |
| Llama 3.3 70B tok/s | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Stable Diffusion XL images/min | 9.38 | 7.46 | +26% |
| Z-Image Turbo images/min | 1.8 | 4.05 | -56% |
| FLUX.1 dev images/min | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| FLUX.1 Kontext dev images/min | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Qwen-Image-Edit images/min | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| LTX-Video (distilled) frames/s | 2.57 | 2.7 | -5% |
| Wan 2.2 5B (720p) frames/s | 0 | 0.24 | n/a |
Whole-job comparison
How long each card takes to finish a complete pipeline, not just one model. GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is faster on 1 of 1; NVIDIA RTX A5000 on 0.
| Workflow | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | NVIDIA RTX A5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full codebase review | 12 min | 15.4 min | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 1.29x faster |
Specifications compared
| GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | NVIDIA RTX A5000 | |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 16GB | 24GB |
| Architecture | Blackwell | Ampere (GA102 derivative) |
| Memory bandwidth | 896 GB/s | 768 GB/s |
| Boost clock | 2,452 MHz | 1,695 MHz |
| TDP | 300 W | 230 W |
| Launch MSRP | $749 | $2,250 |
| Release | 2025-02-20 | 2021-04-12 |
FAQ
- What are the main hardware differences between GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and NVIDIA RTX A5000?
- GeForce RTX 5070 Ti has 16GB VRAM and a 300W TDP, while NVIDIA RTX A5000 has 24GB VRAM and a 230W TDP.
- Does VRAM matter more than speed between GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and NVIDIA RTX A5000?
- For AI, yes, NVIDIA RTX A5000 fits 2 more of our 12 workloads than GeForce RTX 5070 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 GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and NVIDIA RTX A5000?
- Z-Image Turbo: NVIDIA RTX A5000 leads by roughly 125% (1.8 vs 4.05 images/min) in our testing.
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