Unleashing the Power: A Deep Dive into the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti

The RTX 5070 Ti has arrived – and it is not a poor representation by any means. In fact, with a slight enhancement in raw performance and the addition of multi-frame capabilities for $50 less than the previous generation card, it could be the best performing GPU available for $750… provided that it’s actually sold at its MSRP for more than just a brief moment at launch.

Like other Blackwell models, the 5070 Ti is built on the same 4N manufacturing process as the previous 40-series cards. Therefore, Nvidia is transitioning to quicker GDDR7 memory, an updated architecture, and increased power limits to achieve better performance – along with that multi-frame capacity for enhanced frame rates at a latency cost.

The 5070 Ti presents a unique position in the lineup since there is no Founders Edition available this time – unlike the 5090 and 5080 which we have already reviewed, and the 5070 that will be launching soon – making this an MSI Ventus 3X OC model. OC indicates it’s an overclocked version, but at a modest +30MHz over the reference specifications, any noticeable performance gain will likely be negligible – we will be benchmarking it through our rigorous set of 17 RT and non-RT tests as usual.

It is a standard design, featuring three axial fans, a substantial heatsink, moderate yet not silent operation, and the typical arrangement of three DisplayPort 2.1 ports and one HDMI 2.1 port. Power is supplied via the increasingly controversial 12VHPWR connector.

Looking at the specifications, the 5070 Ti occupies an intriguing niche as it’s a scaled-down RTX 5080, rather than a fully-fledged 5070. This means the GB203 chip comes with 8960 CUDA cores compared to the 5080’s 10752, a rated boost clock of 2.45GHz against 2.62GHz, and 896GB/s of GDDR7 bandwidth compared to 960GB/s on the more powerful card. The clock and bandwidth reductions are relatively minor, however, power consumption is significantly lower – with a TGP of 300W here compared to 360W for the 5080.

We found that the 5080 was generally overclockable to a significant degree, so if the same holds true for the 5070 Ti, it may be possible to match clock speeds and memory bandwidth to the higher-end card – an exciting prospect.

	RTX 5090	RTX 5080	RTX 5070 Ti	RTX 5070
Processor	GB202	GB203	GB203	GB205
Cores	21,760	10,752	8,960	6,144
Boost Clock	2.41GHz	2.62GHz	2.45GHz	2.51GHz
Tensor Core TOPS	3352	1801	1406	988
RT Core TFLOPS	318	171	133	94
Memory	32GB GDDR7	16GB GDDR7	16GB GDDR7	12GB GDDR7
Memory Bus Width	512-bit	256-bit	256-bit	192-bit
Memory Bandwidth	1792GB/s	960GB/s	896GB/s	672GB/s
Total Graphics Power	575W	360W	300W	250W
PSU Recommendation	1000W	850W	750W	650W
Power Connector	600W PCIe 5.0 (4x 8-pin)	450W PCIe 5.0 (3x 8-pin)	300W PCIe 5.0 (2x 8-pin)	300W PCIe 5.0 (2x 8-pin)
Price	$1999/£1939	$999/£979	$749/£729	$549/£539
Release Date	January 30th	January 30th	February 20th	February

We discovered that applying a 450MHz overclock on the 5070 Ti in Afterburner was surprisingly feasible, pushing the card routinely beyond 3GHz without substantial power draw – at least, there was certainly nothing that would trouble the robust cooler or cause any concern with your electricity provider.

The end result is that the 5070 Ti outperforms the RTX 4080 Feat, and that’s without needing to push the power limit beyond the standard 100% – something Nvidia acknowledges as a bug that needs addressing, which would unlock additional optimizations.

For the remainder of our testing though, we are utilizing the card in its factory configuration. Alongside it, we’re employing a high-end setup centered around the fastest gaming CPU, the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, to transfer the load to the GPU as much as possible. We also have 32GB of Corsair DDR5-6000 CL30 memory, a premium Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Hero motherboard, and a 1000W Corsair PSU.

With that being said, let’s dive into the benchmarks.

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