Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti vs RTX 4070 Ti

Plenty of us dream of getting our hands on the likes of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, but at $2,000 it’s not something everyone can afford. Even the next rung down, the RTX 5080, you’re still looking at a hefty investment of $1,000. Which is why the slightly more pedestrian RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 are likely to be of more interest to plenty of gamers.

Sure, these cards may not hit the same frame rates at 4K as the top tier offerings, but they’re still going to be capable of hitting silky smooth frame rates at more reasonable resolutions, especially now that we have DLSS 4 to keep things ticking along smoothly. But how does Nvidia’s latest RTX 5070 Ti compare to the outgoing model, the RTX 4070 Ti? Let’s start by taking a look at the specs:

It’s worth highlighting that the RTX 5070 Ti is different to the rest of the new RTX 50 Series. Unlike the RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and even the RTX 5070, there is no Founders Edition of this card, leaving Add-in Board (AIB) partners to do their own thing in terms of cooling and clock speeds. The number of CUDA cores, the memory configuration, as well as minimum clock speeds are all set though, so you’ll get a general idea of how things should shape up.

The RTX 5070 Ti has a suggested launch price of $749, and there should be at least a few cards available at this price point at launch. From what we’ve seen before though, these prices can increase to make way for more elaborate cooling options. Still, that launch price is at least slightly lower than the RTX 4070 Ti was when it launched, so it’s a move in the right direction. Looking at the rest of the specifications, there is plenty to be positive about here.

Tensor Core and Ray Tracing Performance numbers promise big things at the very least, with the Tensor Core throughput more than double from 641 AI TOPS to 1,406 AI TOPS. The raw ray tracing numbers also promise big improvements, trebling the from 40 TFLOPS to 133 TFLOPs. Performance looks good for DLSS and ray tracing titles then, doubling the frame rates in some games, as the graph from Nvidia shows:

As for more traditional rendering techniques? It’s tricky to say at this point, but a new architecture generation usually means good things for performance, and despite the ever so slightly slower core clock speeds, you’re probably looking at performance improvements around the 20–30% depending on the game. That increase in video memory is also going to be important to performance and compatibility moving forward, as well as making this a more interesting graphics card for those that enjoy AI image creation—16GB of GDDR7 will go down very nicely.

The Total Graphics Power (TGP) for the RTX 5070 Ti sees an increase from the 4070 Ti’s 285W to 300W. That’s seems like a reasonable bump given the new architecture, the increased core count, and the much-improved memory subsystem. Nvidia recommends a 750W for systems running RTX 5070 Ti graphics cards, although once again it’s worth highlighting that the likes of Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, et al. may up this slightly to justify larger coolers by pushing the overclocks higher. Check the card you’re looking at basically. That said, we’d be surprised if the overall system power went above 850W, which is why we’d recommend that as your target for the faster cards, although 750W should be fine for more modest systems.

If you’re in the market for a new power supply, it’s worth getting one that is ATX 3.1 compliant, as this ensures you’ll have the native 12V-2x6 connector to make your life that little bit easier… and tidier.

If your current PSU is already up to the task, you can still power this card without a 12V-2x6 port on the PSU, as two 8-pin connections can be used to supply enough power without issue. You can see the different ways to power an RTX 5080 and 5090 from a CORSAIR PSU in the helpful infographic below.

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