The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti could be more of a force to be reckoned with than many expect with the RTX 50 series launch. NVIDIA lifted the review embargoes for its flagship RTX 5090 this week and while it has shown impressive performance gains over its predecessor, its price points, which range from $1,999 (MSRP) to $2,799.99 (ASUS), are a sticker shock to say the least. A recently leaked benchmark reportedly indicates that the GeForce RTX 5080 may not fully outperform the former flagship RTX 4090, and even if somewhat accurate do bring up questions of price/performance value.
Facts vs. Speculation
Fact: NVIDIA has established a history of releasing some of its Ti graphics cards based on models from a higher GPU tier that is essentially a cutdown version featuring fewer cores and slower memory. This strategy typically tends to happen at the higher end of NVIDIA’s product stacks whereas the lowest models are within the same GPU offerings.
Fact: The NVIDIA GeForce 4070 Ti SUPER was a cutdown version of the RTX 4080 with fewer cores and the same type of 16 GDDR6X memory at a slower frequency launched at the $799 price many wanted the RTX 4080 to be at which initially launched at $1,199. At one point prices dipped down to the $749 range and then jumped as inventory dried up.
Fact: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is a cutdown version of the RTX 5080 with a $749 MSRP, the same as the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, often referred to as the GOAT of graphics cards, from 2017. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti will also have the same 16 GB amount of GDDR7 memory as the aforementioned RTX 5080.
Fact: 300W or greater TDP depending on custom AIB versions. It’s difficult to beat this TDP range for the amount of features and performance being offered.
Speculation: How many GPUs of the RTX 5070 Ti will be available vs. those of the RTX 5080 or 5090? This will play a major factor in reported sales if there are less of this GPU available versus how many NVIDIA is able to release along with how many are provided to its partners compared to the RTX 5080 or RTX 5090 GPUs. Just because the flagship cards are reported as having higher sales doesn’t equate to how many of the 5070 Ti has been available for sale.
New features
NVIDIA is deploying a plethora of new features with its RTX 50 series GPUs which has been documented with our RTX 5090 FE review, some of which are trickling down to its previous generations, the RTX 5070 Ti will be included along with its flagship cousins to receive these features. This is no doubt related to claims about the RTX 5080 beating the RTX 4090 in some testing. Meanwhile, as inventory continues to dry up for RTX 30 series and RTX 40 series cards, consumers are being left with fewer NVIDIA GPUs to pick from that can take advantage of past and present features, thus making for more difficult decisions for which RTX 50 series to settle upon. While the thought of spending $999 for a GeForce RTX 5080 seems palpable to double, or nearly triple for the flagship, spending $150 less starts to look far more attractive for nearly the same performance, making the RTX 5070 Ti suddenly shine all the more.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is expected to launch towards the end of February with AMD’s 9070XT/XTX series at the end of March. It will be a battle between the two companies for the mid-to-high-end graphics card segment as Intel seeks to sway consumers for 1080p gaming with its Intel Arc B570/580 GPUs.
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Specs (via NVIDIA)
| Features | Details | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| GPU Engine Specs: | NVIDIA CUDA® Cores | 8960 |
| Shader Cores | Blackwell | |
| Tensor Cores (AI) | 5th Generation 1406 AI TOPS | |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 4th Generation 133 TFLOPS | |
| Boost Clock (GHz) | 2.45 | |
| Base Clock (GHz) | 2.3 | |
| Memory Specs: | Standard Memory Config | 16 GB GDDR7 |
| Memory Interface Width | 256-bit | |
| Technology Support: | NVIDIA Architecture | Blackwell |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | |
| NVIDIA DLSS | DLSS 4 Super Resolution DLAA Ray Reconstruction Frame Generation Multi Frame Generation | |
| NVIDIA Reflex | Reflex 2 Low Latency Mode Frame Warp (Coming Soon) | |
| NVIDIA Broadcast | Yes | |
| PCI Express Gen 5 | Yes | |
| Resizable BAR | Yes | |
| NVIDIA App | Yes | |
| NVIDIA Ansel | Yes | |
| NVIDIA FreeStyle | Yes | |
| NVIDIA ShadowPlay | Yes | |
| NVIDIA Highlights | Yes | |
| NVIDIA G-SYNC® | Yes | |
| Game Ready Drivers | Yes | |
| NVIDIA Studio Drivers | Yes | |
| NVIDIA Omniverse | Yes | |
| RTX Remix | Yes | |
| Microsoft DirectX® 12 Ultimate | Yes | |
| NVIDIA GPU Boost™ | Yes | |
| NVIDIA NVLink™ (SLI-Ready) | No | |
| Vulkan 1.4, OpenGL 4.6 | Yes | |
| NVIDIA Encoder (NVENC) | 2x Ninth Generation | |
| NVIDIA Decoder (NVDEC) | 1x Sixth Generation | |
| AV1 Encode | Yes | |
| AV1 Decode | Yes | |
| CUDA Capability | 12.8 | |
| VR Ready | Yes | |
| Display Support: | Maximum Digital Resolution(1) | 4K at 480Hz or 8K at 165Hz with DSC |
| Standard Display Connectors | 3x DisplayPort(2), 1x HDMI(3) | |
| Multi Monitor | up to 4(4) | |
| HDCP | 2.3 | |
| Card Dimensions: | Length | Varies by manufacturer |
| Width | Varies by manufacturer | |
| Slots | Varies by manufacturer | |
| SFF-Ready Enthusiast GeForce Card | Varies by manufacturer | |
| Thermal and Power Specs: | Maximum GPU Temperature (in C) | 88 |
| Total Graphics Power (W) | 300 | |
| Required System Power (W) (5) | 750 | |
| Supplementary Power Connectors | 2x PCIe 8-pin cables (adapter in box) OR 300 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable |