ASUS Prime GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Review: Midrange Blackwell Tested
| ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 Ti: MSRP $749 The GeForce RTX 5070 Ti brings NVIDIA’s latest Blackwell GPU architecture down to a $749 starting price point, without sacrificing any features, but it’s not a huge upgrade over the previous gen.
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NVIDIA continues its onslaught of Blackwell-based GeForce RTX 50 series cards today, with the release of the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti. Technically, cards go on sale tomorrow from NVIDIA’s board partners, but over the next couple of days we can show you what a couple of the cards can do in terms of performance, starting with the ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 Ti we'll be featuring here.
Like all of the other GeForce RTX 5070 Ti cards coming down the pipeline, the ASUS PRIME features a proprietary design with ASUS’ own take on NVIDIA's upper-midrange GPU, but this particular model should be arriving at NVIDIA’s specified $749 MSRP – an ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 Ti OC Edition, with somewhat higher boost clocks is also coming, and will be somewhat more expensive. The same is true for a number of other manufacturers that will be offering multiple models at or above MSRP.
Before we dive in and get up-clos-and-personal with the ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 Ti though, let’s lay some of the groundworks and explain where the RTX 5070 Ti lives in NVIDA’s line-up. Specs and a quick comparison up first...
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Specifications
The above table compares the main features and specification of the last three "70" class GPUs from NVIDIA. As you can see, in terms of its specifications, the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is an upgrade over the previous-gen GeForce RTX 4070 Ti in most ways. The GeForce RTX 5070 Ti has more cores, which are also based on a newer architecture, more memory with much higher bandwidth, more L1 cache, a larger register file, an upgraded media engine, a native PCIe Gen 5 interface, and higher pixel and texture fill rates, despite a somewhat lower boost clock. Like the RTX 3070 Ti, a 256-bit memory interface returns, which results in nearly 900GB/s of peak bandwidth when paired to its speedy 16GB of 28Gbps GDDR7 memory.
Like the GeForce RTX 5080, the new RTX 5070 Ti is built around the 45.6 billion transistor GB203 GPU. But unlike the GeForce RTX 5080, which features a full-fat chip, the RTX 5070 Ti is scaled back somewhat. The full GB203 as it is configured on the RTX 5080 features 11 GPCs, 42 TPCs, 84 SMs, and eight 32-bit memory controllers, for an aggregate 256-bit bus width. Each SM contains 128 FP32 CUDA Cores, for a grand total of 10,752, with 84 4th Gen RT Cores, 336 5th Gen Tensor Cores, 336 Texture Units, and 112 ROPS. The GB203 also includes a total of 10,752 KB L1 cache, a 21,504 KB Register File, and 65,536 KB L2 cache. On the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, however, only 6 GPCs, 35 TPCs, and 70 SMs are enabled, which results in 8,960 total CUDA cores, 280 Tensor cores, and 70 RT cores. The L1 cache commensurately drops down to 8,960KB, with 49,152KB of L2 as well.
While the GB203 powering the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is scaled back versus the more powerful GeForce RTX 5080, or GeForce RTX 5090 for that matter, its features and capabilities remain the same. RTX Neural Rendering, RTX Mega Geometry, DLSS 4 with Multi-Frame Gen, the new AI Management Processor, and updated media engine with hardware acceleration for 4:2:2 video, are all part of the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti's feature set. You can learn about all of those features in our previous NVIDIA Blackwell GPU architecture coverage, if you haven't already read it.
Checking Out The ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
NVIDIA might have been able to shrink its flagship GeForce RTX 5090 and the RTX 5080 Founders Edition cards down into a two-slot form factor, but its partners are typically employing much larger designs on their RTX 50 series cards. Although it sits a few rungs down the stack versus higher-end cards, the ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is still 2.5 slots wide, 12” long, and features a fin-stack and fan configuration that’s much bigger than the actual PCB housing the card’s components.
Dominating the front of the ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is triple-fan cooling solution, with curved edges and a partial pass-through design. The card features dual ball fan bearings for added durability, with what ASUS calls “Axial-tech” fans. That basically means the fan hub is a bit smaller and the fan blades are a bit longer than typical axial fans, which reduces noise, increases downward pressure, and ultimately improves cooling performance.
The ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 Ti also features a vented metal backplate, and a dual-BIOS switch labeled with a “P” and “Q”, we supposed for performance and quiet modes, but ASUS’ site lists “default” and “OC” modes. Whatever the modes are actually called, the card’s default GPU boost clock is 2,452MHz (when the switch is set to Q). That clock increases slightly to 2,482MHz when in P-mode, however.
And with all of that covered, let's get to some benchmarks...
