ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 PRIME 12GB GDDR7 Black
Sapphire Radeon RX 580 Nitro+ 8GB GDDR5
What Buyers Say
ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 PRIME 12GB GDDR7 Black
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
Sapphire Radeon RX 580 Nitro+ 8GB GDDR5
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Scores
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 | 185★ |
| 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 | 260★ |
| Slot Width | 2.5 | 2★ |
| Form Factor | Full Height | Full Height |
| Weight | 1.02 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 Black
- 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 affordability (91st percentile)91st %ile
- Strong social proof (75th percentile)
- Below average efficiency (19th percentile)19th %ile
- Below average vram (22nd percentile)
- Below average raster (23rd percentile)
- Below average rt (24th percentile)
Pricing
ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 PRIME 12GB GDDR7 Black offers 1.6x better value for money
Verdict
Scores 90 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 20 of 38 specs.