ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 PRIME 12GB GDDR7
ASUS
90 Overall Score
vs
Sapphire Radeon RX 580 Nitro+ 8GB GDDR5
Sapphire
32 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 PRIME 12GB GDDR7
85 out of 100 high confidence 58 reviews
The ASUS Prime RTX 5070 is widely praised for its excellent cooling, quiet operation, and strong 1440p gaming performance, especially when paired with DLSS and frame generation. Users upgrading from older cards like the GTX 1080 Ti or RTX 2080 report significant gains, though some note that the 12GB VRAM can be a limiting factor for future titles. A few reviewers mention driver glitches and a desire for more VRAM, but overall sentiment is very positive, with many calling it a great value at MSRP.
Pros
- Excellent cooling performance
- Quiet fan operation
- Strong 1440p gaming performance
- Great value at MSRP
- Effective DLSS and frame generation
Cons
- 12GB VRAM may limit future games
- Nvidia driver glitches reported
- Red LED stays on after shutdown
- Some units arrived faulty
- No significant upgrade for old games
Cooling performance 15
Noise level 12
1440p gaming performance 10
Value for money 8
Vram capacity 5
Driver stability 3
Sapphire Radeon RX 580 Nitro+ 8GB GDDR5
No customer feedback yet
Scores
Gaming 1080p
Gaming 1440p
Ray Tracing
Budget
Content Creation
Gaming 4k
Workstation
Ai Llm
Specifications
| ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 PRIME | Sapphire Radeon RX 580 Nitro+ | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 5070 | Radeon RX 580 |
| Brand | NVIDIA | AMD |
| Architecture | Blackwell | 14 nm FinFET |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 5★ | 14 |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 12 GB★ | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR7★ | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | 48★ | — |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | 30.8700008392334★ | — |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 30.8700008392334★ | — |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 250 | 150★ |
| Recommended PSU | 750 | 500★ |
| Power Connectors | 1 x 16-Pin | 1 x 8-pin + 1 x 6-pin |
| Cooler | Triple Fan★ | Dual Fan |
| Fans | 3★ | 2 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 5.0 x16 | PCI-E |
| DisplayPort | 3★ | 2 |
| HDMI | 1 | 2★ |
| Max Displays | 4 | 5★ |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 3840x2160 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 304★ | 324 |
| Slot Width | 2.5 | 2★ |
| Form Factor | Full Height | Full Height |
| Weight | 1.50 kg★ | 1.59 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓★ | ✗ |
| Upscaling | DLSS 4 | FSR |
| AV1 Encode | ✓★ | ✗ |
| VR Ready | ✓★ | — |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | 12 |
| RGB | ✓ | ✓ |
Pros & Cons
ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 PRIME 12GB GDDR7
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong connectivity (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong thermal (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
Sapphire Radeon RX 580 Nitro+ 8GB GDDR5
- Strong social proof (75th percentile)
- Below average compute (9th percentile)9th %ile
- Below average vram (22nd percentile)
- Below average raster (23rd percentile)
- Below average rt (24th percentile)
Pricing
ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 PRIME 12GB GDDR7
Sapphire Radeon RX 580 Nitro+ 8GB GDDR5
No current pricing available
Verdict
Winner: ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 PRIME
Scores 90 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 21 of 38 specs.
