Review: NVIDIA RTX 5070 (SUPER) Founders Edition

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Damn, NVIDIA must have made a mistake because they sent us a copy of the upcoming NVIDIA RTX 5070 SUPER Founders Edition instead of the RTX 5070 Founders Edition. Well, behind this rather racy title, we’re going to explain why we had this feeling, and above all, why our article is going to follow a different chronology to what we’re used to offering you!

So, why are we talking about an NVIDIA RTX 5070 SUPER Founders Edition? In our test protocol, we start with the synthetic tests, then the gaming part , the evaluation of power consumption and finally, we finish with the overclocking potential. While the overclocking potential of the RTX 5070 Ti was already interesting, we found that of our Founders Edition model even more intriguing. The power limit, which remains the key to overclocking on this generation of RTX 5000s, allows us to go up to 110%, i.e. 10% more than the power consumption announced by NVIDIA, i.e. 250 watts +10% = 275 watts. And we’re going to see that our very stable overclocking has enabled us to achieve a gain of almost 14% in gaming performance.

Thanks to NVIDIA France for making this copy of the RTX 5070 Founders Edition available.

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Architecture :

As a reminder, the cards in the “Founders Edition” series are unique models offered by NVIDIA. The main advantage of these cards is that they are offered at a “locked-in” price, which will not change in the coming weeks or months, unless the price goes down. NVIDIA ‘s partners will also be offering their own models. Visually, NVIDIA has radically changed its design, moving to a 2-slot wide card that will be SFF-Ready. We’ll be coming back to this new design in more detail later in this article.

This NVIDIA RTX 5080 benefits from the Blackwell architecture and retains a 4 nanometre engraving finesse, but switches to the TSMC N4P process, enabling greater transistor density and improved energy efficiency. This architecture features new 5th generation Tensor Cores and 4th generation Ray Tracing Cores. The 5th generation Tensor Cores will provide support for the FP4 (Floating Point 4 bits) format, which will double the computational performance of neural models while halving the memory footprint. We’ll be coming back to this development during our tests, in particular with the UL Procyon software that we’ve been using for several weeks now.

Of course, DLSS 4 support cannot be overlooked, and this new RTX 5070 is equipped with 6,144 CUDA Cores, compared with 8,960 for the RTX 5070 Ti version. While the RTX 5070 Ti model did not have a Founders Edition version, this is the case here with the RTX 5070, as was the case with the RTX 5080 FE and RTX 5090 FE.

There’s also something new on the memory front, with 12GB of GDDR7 memory (672 GB/s). As for the TDP, it’s announced at 250 watts, and NVIDIA recommends a 650 watt power supply. But let’s move on to discovering the new packaging for this Founders Edition series.

The Founders Edition bundle :

The first thing that strikes you is the size of the box, which is more imposing in terms of dimensions when compared to previous generation cards. Despite this, NVIDIA says it has halved the packaging of this NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition compared to the ADA Lovelace cards, because there’s a little surprise. As with the previous generation, the card arrives in a cardboard box, but here, this cardboard box is actually the packaging for our RTX 5070 FE, whereas with the RTX 4000s, the cardboard box was merely a protective layer before we discovered the graphics card’s ‘real box’ (click here to remember).

Ecologically, the first good point for the Greens, and you’ll see that this isn’t the only effort made, since there’s no plastic and the whole thing is made from paper fibres. The cardboard tab that seals the box reveals the following annotation: ” Inspired by Gamers. Enhanced by AI. Built by NVIDIA “. It says it all: gamers, artificial intelligence and NVIDIA.

So what does this new box have in store for us? As usual, NVIDIA has taken great care with the packaging, offering a cardboard box in which to hide our copy of the NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition. It’s always very exciting to discover the new packaging offered by NVIDIA for the arrival of a new generation. The box opens at the front and conceals a second cardboard box in the centre, with the words “GeForce RTX 5070” engraved on the top.

When this is removed, a small box is revealed, containing the adapter for the card’s power supply and a quick start guide. Note that the adapter is a 2 x PCIe 8-pin model to be compatible with your power supply, if you don’t have the 12V-2×6 connector. NVIDIA recommends a minimum power supply of 650 watts.

To access and discover our NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition, all you have to do is slide out the top and bottom cardboard boxes, which hold the two sides of the box together. NVIDIA is therefore playing the eco-responsible card with the packaging for this Founders Edition, and we can’t help but agree!

The NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition:

The card is 242 mm long, 112 mm high and 2 slots (40 mm) thick, which means it can be labelled SFF-Ready. This means it can be inserted into a case compatible with the Small Form Factor for anyone who decides to design a compact configuration.

There are two 115mm fans that draw in cool air from the bottom of your case, which is then evacuated by the fans at the top. As we already hinted at in this brief, the internal design is made up of three elements: the PCB with the graphics chip, memory chips and power supply stages, a PCB with the PCIe Gen5 connector and finally a PCB in charge of the video ports linked by a flexible cable to the central PCB.

Finally, to power the card, there is a single 12V-2×6 connector, but you can use the 2 x PCIe 8-pin adapter supplied in the bundle by NVIDIA. Note that its position has changed compared to the previous generation. Aesthetically, it will be more difficult to hide the power cable. As for video, you’ll get three DisplayPort 2.1b with UHBR20 and one HDMI 2.1b. NVIDIA has even gone so far as to offer a bracket in matt grey, rather than metallic.

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DLSS4: what’s new?

Deep Learning Super Sampling combined with Multi Frame Generation (MFG). As a reminder, the Blackwell architecture features new 5th generation Tensor Cores and 4th generation Ray Tracing Cores. It is these hardware innovations from Blackwell and DLSS that will enable MFG, which would have been technically impossible on the previous generation ADA Lovelace.

According to NVIDIA, Multi Frame Generation will deliver up to 8 times better performance in games such as Cyberpunk 2077 compared with raw image rendering. Up to 15 of the 16 pixels per frame are generated by the AI. It will also be possible to reach 240 FPS in 4K ray tracing, and to use path tracing in compatible games.

So what will this new generation bring compared with the previous one? The main difference lies in Frame Generation. Whereas with the RTX 4000, DLSS 3 was able to insert an additional frame between two native frames, DLSS 4 will be able to insert up to three, hence the addition of the term Multi FG. This means you can choose to generate a single image (x2) for the RTX 40 and RTX 50 series, two images (x3) for the RTX 50 series or three images (x4) for the RTX 50 series.

NVIDIA introduit le DLSS 4 avec les RTX 5000

The AI will generate up to three images, which will increase the number of FPS, resulting in smoother gameplay and lower memory consumption thanks to the RTX Neural Shaders , which can be used to compress textures. This new AI model is 40% faster, uses 30% less VRAM and only needs to run once per rendered image to generate multiple images. The only downside is that these AI-created images will add latency due to the creation process, but NVIDIA will be introducing Reflex 2, which we’ll come back to later in this article.

One thing is certain, NVIDIA is reaping the benefits of having jumped on the AI bandwagon very quickly and is now benefiting from its many years of research in the face of the competition. It’s important to realise that it’s no longer possible to increase raw performance by 25-30% with each generation of graphics cards – it’s the same problem faced by processors, for example. So it was NVIDIA ‘s choice to integrate AI into its cards in order to offer upscaling.

DLSS 4 is only compatible with this new generation of RTX 5000, but the other accompanying technologies will have a positive impact on previous generations. The RTX 5000 and 4000 will also benefit from the improved Frame Generation, with a gain of between 5 and 10% according to NVIDIA, and with lower memory consumption.

As soon as the RTX 5000s arrived, i.e. at the end of January, on the 30th to be precise, 75 games and applications were compatible with DLSS 4 at launch, including Alan Wake 2, Cyberpunk 2077, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and Star Wars Outlaws.

The new ‘Transformer’:

DLSS 4 features an updated architecture for DLSS Ray Reconstruction, DLSS Super Resolution and DLAA. Previously, DLSS used convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to generate new pixels, and this has now been replaced by the new Transformer. This should offer greater stability, fewer ghost images, more detail on moving objects and smoother edges.

This could translate into the possibility of using a Performance mode for the DLSS, which would no longer be visually average, but could approach the Balanced/Quality mode on the previous-generation CNN model. Of course, this will have to be tested and compared in terms of image quality between the RTX 4000 and RTX 5000. It will also be relevant to compare the different DLSS modes in terms of image quality.

The new Transformer will offer improved image quality in Ray Reconstruction, such as the image on the left in Alan Wake 2 with the chain-link fence. The image on the right shows the improvement in detail between the CNN model and this new generation model.

Reflex 2 technology:

As we said earlier, Multi Frame Generation will allow you to increase the number of FPS, but will add latency because of the creation process. NVIDIA will therefore be offering its version 2 for Reflex. It’s especially in competitive games that these few milliseconds will really make a difference.

NVIDIA Reflex 2 will combine Reflex Low Latency mode with Frame Warp technology and will be compatible with all RTXs. The idea, of course, is to reduce latency, i.e. the time that elapses between the moment you click your mouse button and its appearance on the screen, by displaying a predictive image that is as close as possible to reality. Reflex 2 will be available in the coming weeks.

Override DLSS or the replacement for DLSS :

NVIDIA’s latest application, NVIDIA App, will allow games that have not yet been updated to the latest DLSS models and features to enable support via a DLSS override. The version of the app we will be testing is a press version, and the DLSS replacement options are available in the Graphics > Program Settings screen under Driver Settings.

We will of course be testing Override DLSS during this test to see how easy it is to use. We’ve made an initial assessment of these new technologies, even if we haven’t gone into detail about everything the new NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition has to offer. It has a 9th generation encoder and a new 6th generation decoder.

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A quick trip to GPU-Z to check that the information read is correct. As you can see, this is not yet entirely the case. A new version of GPU-Z will certainly be posted after the launch of the RTX 5070s, but in the meantime we can learn a few things from our copy of the NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition.

In terms of frequency, GPU-Z has announced a base frequency of 2325 MHz and a boost frequency of 2512 MHz for this NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition. The card has 12 GB of GDDR7 memory (672 GB/s) on a 192-bit bus. This model has the frequencies imposed by NVIDIA, but custom boards can offer factory overclocking depending on their cooling system.

Don’t forget that the GPU frequency may be higher in benchmarks, depending on the quality of your chip and the cooling system used.

In fact, we carried out a test using 3DMark Time Spy to observe the GPU boost frequency. We can see that it reaches the maximum frequency of 2872 MHz at certain times. The memory frequency remains unchanged, which is perfectly normal. GPU-Z reports a maximum TDP of 97.8%, which means that we still have a margin to reach 100% and 110% thanks to the adjustable power limit.

In terms of temperature, it climbs to 70.6°C and the memory to 68°C. At the time of this first test, it was 19°C in the lab. We’ll have to check the temperatures during our more in-depth tests. The fans are far from running at maximum speed and the card is fairly silent. As a reminder, we’re on a bench and not inside a case. Let’s get on with the first tests!

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As we said in the introduction, we’ve updated all our graphics using the latest drivers from NVIDIA, AMD and, of course, INTEL. We also took the opportunity to slightly modify our test configuration and add some new games to our protocol. So here we go again, with a new series of tests and graphics on this slightly modified configuration:

Motherboard: ROG Maximus Z790 APEX Encore
Processor : Intel Raptor Lake i9-14900K delid
Cooling system: EK-Nucleus AIO CR360 Direct Die D-RGB – 1700
Memory: 48 GB Corsair Dominator Titanium 8000 MT/s CL38
Graphics card: NVIDIA RTX 5070 FE, MSI RTX 5070 Ti Ventus 3X OC, NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti Super FE, NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti FE, NVIDIA RTX 4070 Super FE, NVIDIA RTX 4070 FE, AMD RX 7900 GRE and AMD RX 7800 XT
SSD: Western Digital Black SN750 2 TB radiator EKWB
Power supply: Corsair AX1600i
Operating system: Windows 11 64-bit 24H2 (26100.2894)

For this test, we used a fairly high-end configuration based on a delided i9-14900K processor and DDR5 memory. Depending on the definition tested, we’re using either an MSI Oculux NXG253R or a ROG Strix XG27UCS on loan from ASUS France.

Our test protocol:

All the cards are tested at stock frequencies and without any optimisation. For the various benchmarks, whether for synthetics or games, we will opt for 1080p, 1440p and 2160p resolutions depending on the card’s performance.

Here, with this NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition model, there’s no doubt about the definition: it’ll be 1440p! Of course, in some older, less heavy games, it’s quite possible to envisage 2160p definition, but we’re convinced, especially with ray tracing, that this model is more suited to 1440p. We’ll be using the DLSS Super Resolution in Performance mode, with image generation and ray tracing where available.

As you can see, we’re now running Windows 11 and we’ve activated the ‘ ReSize BAR ‘ in the BIOS, which can be seen in GPU-Z. Now that you know everything about our test configuration, it’s time to get started!

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Our first series of tests will be dedicated to synthetic benchmarks. These are very often used for overclocking competitions , but are also very interesting for comparing different GPUs. So we’ll be focusing on benchmarks from the 3DMark series. For this new version of our graphics, and for the 3DMark tests, we have also isolated the GPU score. So you’ll find, where stipulated in the benchmark, the overall score and the GPU score.

3DMark Fire Strike and Fire Strike Ultra :

Let’s start with 3DMark Fire Strike, which is one of the most widely used benchmarks today. It consists of two graphics tests, a CPU test and a fourth test that combines GPU and CPU. Don’t forget to disable the demo, which makes no difference to the final score and (unnecessarily) prolongs the benchmark. The version used for these tests is, of course, the latest.

We start our tests with the two Fire Strike and Fire Strike Ultra benchmarks, and the least we can say is that things are off to a pretty good start! The RTX 5070 Founders Edition is just behind the RTX 4070 Ti in Fire Strike and ahead of it in Fire Strike Ultra.

3DMark Time Spy and Time Spy Extreme:

The second test is 3DMark Time Spy. Although this one is run in 1440p, its main feature is that it uses DirectX 12. It consists of two graphics tests and a CPU test. As with Fire Strike, don’t forget to disable the demo. These first two benchmarks are provided by UL Benchmark.

We continue with Time Spy, where the results are fairly similar, with our NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition nipping at the heels of the RTX 4070 Ti. Time Spy often gives you an initial idea of performance in game, so we should have our RTX 5070 offering performance close to that of the RTX 4070 Ti.

3DMark Speed Way :

This is the latest benchmark from Ulbenchmark, and it’s great to be able to say that we’re going to have a good go at this Speed Way. It uses DirectX 12 and is set to 1440p by default. We haven’t changed anything, so we’re using the original benchmark.

In Speed Way, our sample of the day comes in ahead of the RTX 4070 Ti with a score of 5,920 points.

3DMark Port Royal :

This is a benchmark that we left out last year, but which you were keen to see again in our tests. It’s still widely used, particularly in the overclocking community . So we’ve decided to add it to our tests.

The findings remain the same, with our NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition still neck and neck with the RTX 4070 Ti. Compared with the RTX 4070, the gain is 26.4%.

3DMark Steel Nomad :

The latest benchmark in the 3DMark suite, Steel Nomad will replace Time Spy as the most recent benchmark in the 3DMark suite. However, the good news is that it will be free for users who already have a key. The programme includes a test bench based on Microsoft’s DirectX12 API. However, there will be no ray tracing, but the scene will use an ‘extreme’ level of geometry and rasterised light.

Finally, the penultimate benchmark in the 3DMark series, Steel Nomad, which has just arrived, puts our NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition a few hundred points behind its direct competitor.

3DMark NVIDIA DLSS :

We’ve added this benchmark here, which highlights the potential of DLSS, as it will now be compatible with DLSS 4, giving us the opportunity to test it with this RTX 5070 FE

Finally, the last benchmark in the 3DMark series, the NVIDIA DLSS feature test will allow us to highlight, for the first time, the contribution of DLSS 4 technology. As a reminder, Multi Frame Generation, on the RTX 5000, can be selected in x2 (one frame), x3 (two frames) or x4 (three frames). We’re talking here about the number of extra frames that can be added between two native frames. Our NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition is just behind the RTX 4070 Ti, but which does not have Multi Frame Generation and makes do with Frame Generation (x2).

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After the 3DMark series of benchmarks, let’s get down to a series of tests involving productive tasks. Even if this isn’t the primary function we’ll be attributing to the graphics card, we couldn’t do without offering you a small panel of tests, especially concerning AI, which is becoming more and more present.

Cinebench 2024 GPU :

This is a benchmark that we won’t be presenting again, as it’s used for our CPU tests, but here, with the 2024 version, it’s our graphics card that we’re going to put to the test. Please note that the version included in BenchMate will not work for this GPU test, so you’ll need to download the full version from the Maxon website.

No results in Cinebench 2024, which will no doubt need updating, as our NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition is not recognised.

V-Ray 6:

A new benchmark to add to those we use to test our graphics cards. The V-Ray 6 benchmark is produced by the Chaos company to enable users to quickly assess the rendering speeds of both your processor and your graphics card, which is why we’re adding it today. The great thing is that it’s free and can be downloaded directly by following this link. You can then compare your score directly with those below, or directly online on the Chaos page.

Here, for our tests, we’re going to opt for ‘RTX’ rendering rather than ‘CUDA’ rendering for NVIDIA’s RTX graphics cards. As with the 3DMark benchmarks, the results remain the same: we’re in a much higher position, as we’re approaching the performance of the RTX 4070 Ti Super!

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UL Procyon AI Image Generation:

UL Benchmark not only offers its 3DMark benchmark suite but also, UL Procyon, to meet the demand for Artificial Intelligence evaluation. This benchmark was chosen for its ease of implementation. The benchmark will generate 4 x 4 images and provide us with a score as well as a result in the form of the time, in seconds, required to generate an image. The software supports several AI inference engines depending on the GPU used.

We will therefore use the benchmark in Stable Diffusion 1.5 (FP16) mode. It is intended for mid-range GPUs. The test will create 16 images at a resolution of 512 x 512 in batches of 4. There is a test called Stable Diffusion XL (FP16), where 16 images will be created, at 1024 x 1024, in batches of 1.

Unfortunately, our NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition is not recognised by the software and should be updated shortly. The software crashes systematically. On the other hand, the 5th generation Tensor Cores provide support for the FP4 (Floating Point 4 bits) format, which will double the calculation performance of neural models while halving the memory footprint. This improvement is based on an essential compromise: FP4 uses less precision than traditional formats such as FP16 or FP32. However, for many deep learning models, this precision is sufficient to maintain reliable results while considerably lightening the load on memory and computing units. We will shortly be testing the cards with this press version.

UL Procyon AI Text Generation :

The latest benchmark added to this test suite, AI Text Generation. The Procyon AI Text Generation Benchmark provides a more compact and easier way to repeatedly and consistently test AI performance with multiple LLM AI models. UL says it has worked closely with many AI software and hardware leaders to ensure that the benchmark tests take full advantage of the local AI accelerator of the systems used.

We can see that the differences are greater, proof of the improvement in AI performance with this new generation of graphics cards.

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This is where things are going to be a little different, as we’re already going to be talking about overclocking before we get to the gaming part! The potential is really very good and above all very stable, which is why we wanted to do the gaming part in 1440p with our overclocking profile.

As usual, we started by testing the card at its original frequencies under 3DMark Time Spy, to see what gains we could make. Please note that both fans are in AUTO mode and we haven’t touched the fan curve. So it’s time to analyse the results of this first test. We obtained an overall score of 22,958 points and 22,752 points for the graphics section, with a maximum boost frequency of 2872 MHz. If we look at the TDP, it’s 97.8% and the power consumption is 244 watts, which gives us an initial margin before we change the power limit value. As far as temperatures are concerned, we’re on a benchmark table, with 70.6°C for the GPU and 68°C for the memory.

We’re not going to list all the stages we went through, but the idea is to look for the maximum frequency of the GPU first and then that of the memory. We kept the fans in AUTO mode. This enabled us to reach a boost frequency of 3310 MHz and memory at 2150 MHz. If we continue to increase the memory frequency, it no longer seems to be taken into account and performance remains unchanged.

Our total score climbs to 25,159 points (9.6%) and that of the GPU to 25,432 points (11.8%). With the fans in AUTO mode, the temperature remained at 75.1°C for the GPU and 72°C for the memory. We then tested Speed Way, where the gain reached 13.8%, and Port Royal, with a performance increase of 12.5%.

Overclocking NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition

In gaming, we get a gain of 13.6% in rasterisation and 13.1% in ray tracing. That’s a very high gain, which is why we took it into account during our tests. We’re well aware that our gaming tests are carried out over fairly short periods, but the frequency of 2900 MHz for the GPU and 2125 MHz for the memory seemed perfectly stable to us. As far as the partner cards are concerned, they will undoubtedly benefit from factory overclocking, which will reduce the additional potential for overclocking, but let’s hope that some models will have a power limit greater than 10%. So, in addition to the stock tests, we’ve added the performance of our overclocked RTX 5070 Founders Edition to our 1440p graphics.

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Let’s get on with the gaming tests. We’ve used all the graphics cards we thought would be interesting to compare with this NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition in 1440p definition. In the coming weeks, we’ll be bringing you a new type of article, retesting graphics cards from previous generations to find out what they’re still worth in 2025. Our games panel currently consists of 13 titles, and will be growing over the coming weeks.

We have chosen to use the benchmarks built into these games.
Why have we done this? Quite simply to allow you to do the same if you also have a copy of one of these games. It’s a thought-provoking idea that will allow you to compare your results with ours. The number and titles selected have changed slightly, and will increase again over the coming weeks as we get our hands on new games.

What is rasterisation?

Before we start, a quick word about ‘rasterisation’, which is currently the subject of much discussion. Rasterisation is the evaluation of the performance of our graphics cards without using upscaling technologies . We choose a graphics quality, often the highest, and test it. The advantage of these tests is that we can quantify the gains made by the architecture between different generations. In our case, to be able to judge the gains obtained between the architecture of the RTX 4070 (ADA Lovelace) and that of the new RTX 5070 (Blackwell).

Borderlands 3 :

It’s off to the gaming part with Borderlands 3 to kick things off. This first game seems to confirm our feelings about this NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition, whose performance is equivalent to that of the RTX 4070 Ti. We told you about the potential for overclocking, so take a look at our overclocked NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition. That’s a gain of 17 FPS and a second place finish!

Cyberpunk 2077:

The same applies to Cyberpunk 2077, but with bigger differences. The RTX 5000s do really well with this game. Once again, note the gains made by overclocking.

COD Modern Warfare III:

We’re not really changing the shape of our graphics, but for the first time, our NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition lags a little behind the RTX 4070 Ti.

Forspoken:

Forspoken is a fairly demanding game and our NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition achieves an average of 74 FPS compared with 85 FPS when we overclock our sample.

Horizon Zeron Dawn Remastered:

One of the new games we’ve added to our comparison and where the differences are still contained between the RTX 4070 Ti and our NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition. Compared with the RTX 4070, we’re looking at a gain of 13.8%.

Shadow Of The Tomb Raider:

Shadow Of The Tomb Raider easily passes the 200 FPS mark with our NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition. If we clock our sample, second place is assured once again!

Black Myth: Wukong Benchmark Tool :

This new game seems to be very greedy, and doesn’t do NVIDIA graphics cards any favours.

Far Cry 6:

Performance is different in Far Cry 6, where our NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition takes the lead over the RTX 4070 Ti.

Assassin’s Creed Mirage :

Here, it’s an average of 130 FPS for the RTX 5070 FE and RTX 4070 Ti.

Red Dead Redemption II:

Under Red Dead Redemption II, the NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition lags a little further behind. For the first time, our overclocked sample has slipped to third place.

F1 2024 :

Our sample of the day struggles in F1 2024 against the RTX 4070 Ti, even though the performance gain over the previous generation is 16%.

Monster Hunter Wilds:

We’ve added a new benchmark for testing this NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition. This one is available free of charge on Steam. Here, our RTX 5070 FE is ahead of the RTX 4070 Ti

Alan Wake 2:

The final game, Alan Wake 2 won’t disrupt the order of our chart and represents the performance we should be getting in the average of our 13 games.

Average of the 13 games in 1440p rasterisation :

In the end, there weren’t too many surprises when it came to averaging the performance of this NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition. Compared with the previous generation, the RTX 4070, there’s a gain of 20.5%, which is still not negligible. This is more or less what we had between the RTX 5070 Ti and the RTX 4070 Ti.

But what’s important to note is the gain brought about by overclocking! That’s a 34.6% difference compared with the RTX 4070! Remember that our various tests show that overclocking is relatively stable, and we didn’t encounter any crashes during our tests. The difference in performance between the RTX 4070 and the RTX 4070 Super was 15%, which corresponds to the gain we obtained between the RTX 5070 and the overclocked RTX 5070, hence our interpretation that we were holding an RTX 5070 Super!

It’s also worth noting that, in certain games, given the number of FPS, the choice of 2160p definition would be entirely feasible. Let’s move on to the tests by activating upscaling and see how this NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition will benefit from DLSS 4 and Multi Frame Generation.

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In this section, we’re going to test our graphics cards by activating ray tracing, if available, and upscaling depending on the graphics card used. As a reminder, there are currently three upscaling technologies . NVIDIA has DLSS, which can only be activated with NVIDIA cards. Depending on the generation of your GPU, you may or may not be able to take advantage of all the technologies offered by the Greens. At AMD, it’s FSR, which is also evolving and also benefits from Frame Generation for certain games.

Finally, Intel’s in-house upscaling is called XeSS, and with the arrival of this new generation of graphics cards, Intel has taken the opportunity to announce the arrival of XeSS 2, which will introduce two new functions to compete with NVIDIA and AMD, who are already ahead of the game in this area. Intel will be offering Xe Frame Generation (XeSS-FG) and XeSS Low Latency (XeLL).

Today sees the arrival of DLSS 4, and in our comparative tests, only Cyberpunk 2077 is already compatible. On the next page, we’ll be showing you a selection of other games compatible with DLSS 4. Finally, it’s important to point out that some games don’t have ray tracing, but only an upscaling solution. We’ll make this clear in the games below. For 1440p definition, upscaling in either DLSS or FSR will always be in Performance mode.