Well, today is the official launch day for the last of the GeForce RTX 50 cards by NVIDIA that were shown at CES, the RTX 5070, which has an MSRP set at $549 US, but based on previous launches, the big question is if the card will be available anywhere close to that and in decent quantities, or it's going to be just 1 or 2 models with the rest seeing a price hike.
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So, while we don't know exactly how the launch of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 will go, at least for the first few hours, what we can do is share some retail links of the cards for you to check if they are in stock or not:
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition - $549 (BestBuy)
- ASUS RTX 5070 PRIME - $549 (Newegg)
- Gigabyte RTX 5070 Eagle - $549 (Newegg)
- MSI RTX 5070 Ventus 2x OC - $549 (Newegg)
- ZOTAC RTX 5070 SOLID - $549 (Newegg)
- Gigabyte RTX 5070 Windforce - $549 (Newegg)
- MSI RTX 5070 Shadow 2X OC - $549 (Newegg)
- Gigabyte RTX 5070 Windforce OC - $549 (Newegg)
- Gigabyte RTX 5070 Eagle OC - $659 (Newegg)
- MSI RTX 5070 Ventus 2X OC White - $599 (Newegg)
- ZOTAC RTX 5070 SOLID OC - $699 (Newegg)
- ASUS RTX 5070 TUF OF - $739 (Newegg)
- MSI RTX 5070 Gaming Trio OC - $649 (Newegg)
- MSI RTX 5070 Vanguard SOC - $719 (Newegg)
- Gigabyte RTX 5070 AERO OC - $719 (Newegg)
- PNY RTX 5070 ARGB OC - $699 (Newegg)
- PNY RTX 5070 OC - $549 (Newegg)
- Gigabyte TX 5070 AORUS - $739 (Newegg)
- MSI RTX 5070 Ventus 3X OC - $599 (Newegg)
- ASUS RTX 5070 PRIME OC - $699 (Newegg)
- Gigabyte RTX 5070 Gaming OC - $699 (Newegg)
- MSI RTX 5070 Gaming Trio OC White - TBD (Newegg)
- MSI RTX 5070 Inspire 3X OC - TBD (Newegg)
- MSI RTX 5070 Shadow 3X OC - $599 (Newegg)
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 will be based on the GB205-300-A1 silicon die, featuring a total of 6144 CUDA cores. The card will be equipped with 192 Tensor Cores, 48 RT cores and 80 ROPS. It will also most likely retain the full ROP count, unlike the rest of the models which had a production defect leading to one ROP unit being disabled. The GPU will also pack 48 MB of L2 cache and a total of 31.1 billion transistors within a die that measures 263mm2.
The VRAM capacity remains the same for the GeForce RTX 5070 at 12 GB on a 192-bit bus except for faster GDDR7 memory. The GPU boost clock for the RTX 5070 is 2512 MHz, which is slightly higher than the 2475 MHz on the RTX 4070. The RTX 5070 will have a rated TDP of 250W, which is 30W higher than the RTX 4070 and 50W higher than the RTX 3070. The MSRP of the card is set at $549 US.
According to NVIDIA themselves, the GeForce RTX 5070 offers:
- Built for next-generation gaming with neural rendering. RTX is the most advanced platform with the highest performance for full ray tracing and AI.
- Up to 1.9x perf jump and 3D rendering performance with DLSS 4 MFG over the RTX 4070, and 20% more traditional raster performance.
- DLSS 4 features now supported in over 75 games - the best image quality with our DLSS SR/RR Transformer model and more performance with support for Multi Frame Generation in great settings in titles like Avowed, Kingdom Come Deliverance II, Red Dead Redemption II and Microsoft Flight Simulator.
- A perfect upgrade for GeForce RTX 3070 users, with over 3x increase with DLSS 4 and 65% more traditional raster performance.
- 3x faster GenAI performance vs. RTX 4070 with Blackwell support for FP4
- Export professional grade 4:2:2 video 6x faster on RTX 5070 vs. RTX 4070 with dedicated hardware accelerated 4:2:2 support (NVENC)
For the GeForce RTX 5070, NVIDIA claims a 20% performance uplift in the same native RT (Non-DLSS) gaming scenarios versus the RTX 4070. Without MFG (Multi-Frame-Gen), the card isn't any where close to the RTX 4090 in rasterization or ray tracing performance. Only with 4x MGF mode, the RTX 5070 is about as fast as the RTX 4090, so keep that in mind when going by NVIDIA's official performance figures.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 will be competing against the AMD Radeon RX 9070 at the same price point, so it will be quite a heated battle between the two rivals in this price segment.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 GPU Specs (Preliminary):
| Graphics Card Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU Name | Blackwell GB202-300 | Blackwell GB203-400 | Blackwell GB205 | Blackwell GB206? |
| GPU SMs | 170 (192 Full) | 84 (84 Full) | TBD | TBD |
| GPU Cores | 21760 (+33%) | 10752 (+11%) | TBD | TBD |
| Clock Speeds | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| L2 Cache | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Memory Capacity | 32 GB GDDR7 (+33%) | 16 GB GDDR7 (0%) | 12 GB GDDR7 | TBD |
| Memory Bus | 512-bit (+33%) | 256-bit (0%) | 192-bit (0%) | 128-bit? (0%) |
| Memory Speed | 28 Gbps | 32 Gbps | 28 Gbps | 28 Gbps? |
| Bandwidth | 1792 GB/s | 1024 GB/s | 672 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
| TBP | 600W (+33%) | 400W (+25%) | 250W (+14%) | TBD |
| Power Interface | 1 12V-2x6 (16-Pin) | 1 12V-2x6 (16-Pin) | 1 12VHPWR (16-Pin) | 1 12VHPWR (16-Pin) |
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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