Nvidia’s controversial ‘RTX 5070 vs 4090’ claim is finally coming true

When Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang announced the RTX 50-series at CES 2025, he made some performance-related claims that many enthusiasts rolled their eyes at. They weren’t wrong. At launch, those claims were far from true.

Now, over a year later, Nvidia might finally be delivering on promises made during CES 2025.

So, did the RTX 5070 really equal the RTX 4090?

Many people doubted those claims.

When the RTX 50-series was first announced over a year ago, the hype was definitely there. Although the jump from the RTX 40-series to the RTX 50-series was smaller than the upgrade from the 30-series, it was still substantial … for some cards. For the more mainstream models, the specs suggested incremental upgrades—nothing to get too excited about.

However, Huang made one promise that stood out and echoed throughout various tech publications: the RTX 5070 would offer RTX…