MSI Geforce RTX 4070 Ventus 2X E 12G Oc Nvidia 12 Gb Gddr6X, W128564929 (12G Oc Nvidia 12 Gb Gddr6X)
Status: MSI Geforce RTX 4070 Ventus 2X E 12G Oc Nvidia… (RTX 4070 12GB graphics card): Unavailable on Amazon as of . Closest in-stock match (same RTX 4070 12GB graphics card): GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 WINDFORCE OC 12G…, $849.00 on Amazon as of 2026-10-21 16:18 UTC (price may vary). eBay sellers may still list this model new or used.
Bottom line: The MSI Geforce RTX 4070 Ventus 2X E 12G Oc Nvidia 12 Gb Gddr6X: Compact 242 x 125 x 43 mm footprint suits small form factor PC builds; main trade-off: two-fan cooler has less heatsink area than triple-fan RTX 4070 models.
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Currently unavailable on Amazon. Not the same product — 3 in-stock alternatives:
Same RTX 4070 12GB graphics card: GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 WINDFORCE OC 12G… — $849.00 on Amazon as of 2026-10-21 16:18 UTC (price may vary).
Same RTX 4070 12GB graphics card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 Eagle OC 12G Graphics… — $1,150.00 on Amazon as of 2026-10-20 22:14 UTC (price may vary).
Similar: GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G — $478.00 on Amazon as of 2026-10-21 12:20 UTC (price may vary).
Pros & Cons
Pros
- ✓ Compact 242 x 125 x 43 mm footprint suits small form factor PC builds
- ✓ 12GB GDDR6X on a 192-bit bus with 21Gbps memory clock
- ✓ 5888 CUDA cores with a 2505 MHz boost clock out of the box
- ✓ Dual TORX FAN 4.0 cooler keeps the card 43 mm thick and 663 g
- ✓ Drives up to 4 displays, with 7680 x 4320 max resolution
Cons
- ✗ Two-fan cooler has less heatsink area than triple-fan RTX 4070 models
- ✗ 12GB VRAM can limit larger local LLMs and heavy 4K texture packs
- ✗ 192-bit memory bus is narrower than higher-tier RTX 40-series cards
- ✗ 2520 MHz max clock requires MSI Center software, not the default boost
Manufacturer description
High performance graphics card featuring two cooling TORX FAN4.0 on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX4070 The size can be installed on small PCs and it achieves high graphics performance even in small PC configurations. Product size and weight: 9.5 x 4.9 x 1.7 inches (242 x 125 x 43 mm); 25.8 oz (663 g). GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Interface: PCI Express Gen4 Number of CUDA cores: 5888 Boost Clock: 2505 MHz Maximum Clock: 2520 MHz (MSI Center) Memory: 12GB GDDR6x Memory Bus Width: 192 bit Memory clock: 21Gbps Maximum Resolution / Simultaneous Output Number: 7680 x 4320, Max 4 Screens Video output: 3x…
SpecPicks Verdict
SpecPicks scored MSI Geforce RTX 4070 Ventus 2X E 12G Oc Nvidia 12 Gb Gddr6X using a rating × review-volume × price-fit model applied to our editorial and benchmark analysis across the graphics cards category. MSI's graphics cards lineup sits within the broader category mid-tier; price and specs are the deciding factors over brand loyalty here. Judge it on the specification table and the price rather than on sentiment: check the figures that decide your use case, then put it side-by-side with two or three close alternatives in the Compare tool before clicking through.
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Full Specifications
| Brand | msi |
|---|---|
| Model | GeForce RTX 4070 VENTUS 2X E 12G OC |
| UnitCount | 1 |
| ReleaseDate | 2023-09-21T00:00:01Z |
| Manufacturer | MSI |
| ItemPartNumber | GeForce RTX 4070 VENTUS 2X E 12G OC |
Performance Data
View gaming FPS, AI inference throughput, and synthetic scores for the GeForce RTX 4070 — the core hardware component in this product. Benchmarks sourced from TechPowerUp, PassMark, and the r/LocalLLaMA community.
Which local LLMs fit in 12 GB?
12 GB holds models up to about 14B at Q4 with a usable context window; above that band the weights spill to system RAM and system-RAM bandwidth sets the speed, not the GPU.
- ✅ 7–9B models (Llama 3.1 8B, Qwen 3 8B) — fits at Q4
- ✅ 12–14B models (Qwen 3 14B, Phi-4) — fits at Q4
- ❌ 20–27B models (Gemma 3 27B, Mistral Small) — needs 20 GB+
- ❌ 30–35B models (Qwen 3 32B, QwQ 32B) — needs 24 GB+
- ❌ 70B models (Llama 3.3 70B, Qwen 2.5 72B) — needs 48 GB+
Across 12 community runs from 10 sources, the GeForce RTX 4070 generates a median 77.2 tok/s on 7–9B models at Q4 (per llama.cpp GitHub (Vulkan scoreboard)).
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