ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 DUAL 12GB GDDR7

The ASUS Dual RTX 5070 OC scores 28,796 on PassMark, putting it in the top 20% of all GPUs we've tested. Connectivity is the real standout at the 99th percentile with five display outputs. Just don't buy it for AI work, that 59.3 out of 100 score is a weak spot.

Let's talk raw numbers. The 30.87 TFLOPS of FP32 compute puts this card in the top fifth of everything we've benchmarked, and the raster performance backs that up at the 82nd percentile. In practical terms, you're looking at a card that crushes 1440p gaming, with ray tracing performance at the 83rd percentile being a genuine strength. The 2,572MHz boost clock on the OC edition gives it a nice edge over reference designs, and the 672 GB/s memory bandwidth means texture-heavy games won't choke. DLSS 4.0 support is the real ace here, letting you push frame rates well beyond what the raw silicon would suggest.

Where it stumbles is AI workloads. The 59.3 out of 100 score for AI and LLM tasks is mediocre, and that's a bit awkward for a card marketed around Blackwell's AI capabilities. The 192 Tensor cores are there, but the 12GB VRAM ceiling and 192-bit bus hold it back when you're trying to run larger models locally. Efficiency is solid at the 74th percentile, so the 250W TDP is being put to reasonable use, but this isn't the card to buy if you're planning to do serious machine learning work.

Against the MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti, this ASUS card gives up 4GB of VRAM and a chunk of CUDA cores, but the Ventus typically costs more and runs hotter with its triple-fan design. The Gigabyte AERO RTX 5080 is in a different league entirely, with 16GB of VRAM and significantly more compute, but you're paying a hefty premium for that jump. The ZOTAC APOCALYPSE RTX 5080 and PNY ARGB OC RTX 5080 are similarly out of reach for most buyers at this tier. What the ASUS Dual does well is deliver top-fifth raster and ray tracing performance in a compact dual-fan package, which none of those triple-fan behemoths can claim. If you're building in a smaller case and want strong 1440p performance without the size penalty, this card makes a compelling argument.

Pricing on this card is all over the map depending on where you shop. In Canada, the spread is wild, ranging from CAD 920 to CAD 2,300 across four listings. That's a CAD 1,380 gap for the exact same GPU, which is frankly absurd. If you're buying in Canada, the CAD 920 listing is the obvious move, and anything above CAD 1,200 is someone taking advantage of stock scarcity. The single US listing at USD 990 is reasonable for this performance tier, though the RTX 5070 Ti competitors with 16GB of VRAM start looking tempting at similar money. European buyers are looking at EUR 1,514 to EUR 1,604, which is a premium you'd only pay if local availability is tight.

The ASUS Dual RTX 5070 OC posts a PassMark G3D score of 28,796, which lands it in the top fifth of all GPUs in our database. That's the headline number, and it means this card handles 1440p gaming without breaking a sweat. The 12GB of GDDR7 on a 192-bit bus pushes 672 GB/s of bandwidth, and with 6,144 CUDA cores clocked to a 2,572MHz boost, there's real muscle here. Connectivity is where this thing genuinely shines, sitting at the 99th percentile with three DisplayPort 2.1b and two HDMI 2.1b outputs. Five display outputs on a dual-fan card is a flex, and it's one of the best-equipped cards we've seen for multi-monitor setups.

But it's not all sunshine. The AI and LLM performance is the weakest area at 59.3 out of 100, which is a letdown for a Blackwell card that should theoretically lean into that stuff. VRAM capacity also sits at the 65th percentile, so 12GB is fine for today's games but won't age as gracefully as the 16GB cards creeping into this price bracket. The dual-fan design keeps things compact at 329mm, but thermals only land at the 57th percentile, so the cooling solution is adequate rather than exceptional.

If you're planning to run local AI models or do any serious machine learning work, look elsewhere. The 59.3 out of 100 AI score is the weakest area of this card by a wide margin, and the 12GB VRAM at the 65th percentile will bottleneck larger models. 4K gamers should also think twice, the raster performance is strong but the VRAM ceiling will start to bite in texture-heavy 4K titles within a couple of years. And if you're sensitive to thermals, the 57th percentile cooling performance means this dual-fan design runs warmer than the triple-fan competitors, especially under sustained load.

The ASUS Dual RTX 5070 OC is a strong 1440p gaming card with best-in-class connectivity and solid ray tracing chops. The 28,796 PassMark score and top-fifth raster performance mean it'll handle anything you throw at it at 1440p, and DLSS 4.0 extends its lifespan meaningfully. The 12GB VRAM is the main long-term concern, and the weak AI performance is a strange miss for a Blackwell card. But if you can find it at a sane price, especially that CAD 920 Canadian listing, it's a genuinely good buy for gamers who don't need to future-proof for 4K or local AI workloads.