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Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti: Power, Clocks, Temps, and Noise
All our gaming tests are conducted using an Nvidia PCAT v2 device, which allows us to capture total graphics card power, GPU clocks, GPU temperatures, and some other data as we run each gaming benchmark. We have separate 1080p, 1440p, and 4K results for each area.
The Asus RTX 5070 Ti Prime comes in well below its 300W TGP rating (Total Graphics Power), though it's only 12W shy of that mark at 4K ultra. It uses about 15 to 30 watts more power than the prior generation 4070 Ti, and pretty much the same power use as the 4070 Ti Super. Notice also how much more power AMD's 7900 XTX uses, even at lower resolutions. It basically goes full tilt, even in situations where it should be CPU limited. Check the table at the bottom of this page for the individual game power results.
Clock speeds among the different GPUs and architectures aren't super important, but it's interesting to see where things land. The official boost clock on the RTX 5070 Ti is supposed to be 2452 MHz, but the Asus Prime often breaks 2.8 GHz during our tests. On average, it had the highest clocks of any of the tested GPUs at 1080p, and the second highest clocks at 1440p and 4K — with the Gigabyte 4070 Ti taking the top spot.
Like the clock speeds, comparing GPU temperatures without considering other aspects of the cards doesn't make much sense. One card might run its fans at higher RPMs, generating more noise while being "cooler." So these graphs should be used alongside the noise and performance results.
Typically, most recent graphics cards try to stay at or below about 70C. The Asus RTX 5070 Ti Prime averaged 66C at 4K, and that drops to 62C at 1080p medium. What's really going on is that the fans spin more slowly (or perhaps not at all in some cases) when the GPU isn't being taxed.
We check noise levels using an SPL (sound pressure level) meter placed 10cm from the card, with the mic aimed right at the center of one fan: the center fan if there are three fans, or the right fan for two fans. This helps minimize the impact of other noise sources, like the fans on the CPU cooler. The new noise floor of our test environment and equipment is around 34 dB(A), due to the noise from the CPU cooling pump.
The Asus 5070 Ti Prime ends up being reasonably quiet, compared to these other high-end cards, but it's not able to match the 4070 Ti Super — which is also an Asus card, but it's from the higher tier TUF Gaming line. The TUF Gaming has larger fans, which means it doesn't have to spin them as fast to move the same amount of air as the Prime card.
Here's the full table of testing results, with FPS/$ calculated using the various launch MSRPs for the cards. That's because street pricing can fluctuate, and the prior generation RTX 40-series and RX 7000-series are basically no longer readily available — just as the new 50-series GPUs are out of stock. Latency results are included for some of the games as well, and you can see the game-by-game power figures.
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