NVIDIA is going to start GeForce RTX 5070 sales on March 2025 at a recommended price of $549 . This is a high-end Blackwell 2.0 architecture desktop card based on 5 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 12 GB of GDDR7 memory clocked at 1.75 GHz are supplied, and together with 192 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 672.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a dual-slot graphics card attached via PCIe 5.0 x16 interface. 1x 16-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 250 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce RTX 5070: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	8
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Power efficiency	22.01	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code name	GB205
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	March 2025
Launch price (MSRP)	$549	of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000)

Detailed specifications

GeForce RTX 5070's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce RTX 5070's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	6144	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	2165 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Boost clock speed	2510 MHz	of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	31,000 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	481.9	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	30.84 TFLOPS	of 104.8 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs	64	of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs	192	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Tensor Cores	192	of 1216 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Ray Tracing Cores	48	of 170 (GeForce RTX 5090)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce RTX 5070 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 5.0 x16
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 5070: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	192 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	672.0 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Resizable BAR	+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 5070. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a
HDMI	+

API and SDK compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce RTX 5070, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.8
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	3.0
Vulkan	1.4
CUDA	10.1
DLSS	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce RTX 5070. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

RTX 5070 81.52

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX 5070 31326

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce RTX 5070 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart	220−230
Counter-Strike 2	180−190
Cyberpunk 2077	180−190

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart	220−230
Battlefield 5	180−190
Counter-Strike 2	180−190
Cyberpunk 2077	180−190
Far Cry 5	190−200
Fortnite	300−350
Forza Horizon 4	300−350
Forza Horizon 5	210−220
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
Valorant	400−450

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart	220−230
Battlefield 5	180−190
Counter-Strike 2	180−190
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	270−280
Cyberpunk 2077	180−190
Far Cry 5	190−200
Fortnite	300−350
Forza Horizon 4	300−350
Forza Horizon 5	210−220
Grand Theft Auto V	170−180
Metro Exodus	190−200
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	300−350
Valorant	400−450

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	180−190
Counter-Strike 2	180−190
Cyberpunk 2077	180−190
Far Cry 5	190−200
Forza Horizon 4	300−350
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	300−350
Valorant	400−450

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

300−350

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	90−95
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	500−550
Grand Theft Auto V	150−160
Metro Exodus	130−140
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
Valorant	450−500

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	190−200
Cyberpunk 2077	110−120
Far Cry 5	170−180
Forza Horizon 4	260−270
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	190−200

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

150−160

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart	70−75
Counter-Strike 2	60−65
Grand Theft Auto V	170−180
Metro Exodus	90−95
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	170−180
Valorant	300−350

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	130−140
Counter-Strike 2	60−65
Cyberpunk 2077	55−60
Far Cry 5	120−130
Forza Horizon 4	230−240
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	95−100

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

75−80

Closest competitors

GeForce RTX 5070's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop graphics cards.

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 101.55

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 101.36

GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 100

GeForce RTX 5070 100

Radeon RX 7900 XTX 99.14

GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 95.95

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 94.54

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce RTX 5070 is Radeon RX 7900 XTX, which is slower by 1% and lower by 2 positions in our ranking.