Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti vs Nvidia RTX 5090

Both cards cost about the same per TFLOP of FP16, so pick on memory and availability, not price.

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Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU2.7x on the Nvidia RTX 5090
Memory bandwidth3.6x on the Nvidia RTX 5090
FP16 / BF16 dense2.6x on the Nvidia RTX 5090
FP8 dense2.6x on the Nvidia RTX 5090
Board power2.0x on the Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti

Figures are the vendors' own published numbers, dense rates without sparsity. A bar is drawn only where both cards publish the same figure.

Price, side by side

Metric Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti Nvidia RTX 5090
Cheapest listed $0.11 $0.28
Median across providers $0.15 $0.65
Most expensive listed $0.19 $0.70
Providers 2 5
Reporting stock 1 4
One month, 730 hours $80 $206

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti or the Nvidia RTX 5090 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti starts at $0.11 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 5090 at $0.28. Both cards cost about the same per TFLOP of FP16, so pick on memory and availability, not price.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.19 at Runpod. Nvidia RTX 5090: 4 of 5 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.28 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti: $80 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 5090: $206 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.