NVIDIA RTX A400 vs ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 PRIME
NVIDIA RTX A400 4GB GDDR6 workstation Black
NVIDIA
27 Overall Score
vs
ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 PRIME 12GB GDDR7 Black
ASUS
91 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
NVIDIA RTX A400 4GB GDDR6 workstation Black
No customer feedback yet
ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 PRIME 12GB GDDR7 Black
85 out of 100 high confidence 58 reviews
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
Cooling performance 15
Noise level 12
1440p gaming performance 10
Value for money 8
Vram capacity 5
Driver stability 3
Scores
Budget
Gaming 1080p
Gaming 1440p
Ray Tracing
Content Creation
Gaming 4k
Workstation
Ai Llm
Specifications
| NVIDIA RTX A400 | ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 PRIME | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | RTX A400 | GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Brand | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Ampere | Blackwell |
| Class | workstation | consumer |
| Process | — | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 4 GB | 12 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR7★ |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | ||
| Tensor Cores | ||
| RT Cores | — | 48★ |
| Base Clock | No data | |
| Boost Clock | No data | |
| FP16 TFLOPS | — | 30.8700008392334★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | — | 30.8700008392334★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 50★ | 250 |
| Recommended PSU | — | 750★ |
| Power Connectors | No | 1 x 16-Pin |
| Cooler | Blower | Triple Fan★ |
| Fans | 1 | 3★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 x8 | PCI Express 5.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 4★ | 3 |
| HDMI | 0 | 1★ |
| USB-C | 0★ | — |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 4096 x 2160 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 163★ | 304 |
| Slot Width | 1★ | 2.5 |
| Form Factor | Low Profile | Full Height |
| Weight | 0.47 kg★ | 1.02 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | — | DLSS 4 |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✓★ |
| VR Ready | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | — | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | — | ✓★ |
Pros & Cons
NVIDIA RTX A400 4GB GDDR6 workstation Black
- Strong affordability (85th percentile)85th %ile
- Strong efficiency (83rd percentile)83rd %ile
- Below average compute (4th percentile)4th %ile
- Below average ai (11th percentile)11th %ile
- Below average rt (15th percentile)15th %ile
- Below average vram (16th percentile)16th %ile
ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 PRIME 12GB GDDR7 Black
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong social proof (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong connectivity (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong thermal (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
Pricing
NVIDIA RTX A400 4GB GDDR6 workstation Black
No current pricing available
ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 PRIME 12GB GDDR7 Black
Verdict
Winner: ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 PRIME
Scores 91 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 21 of 39 specs.
