3DMark benchmarks:
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).
