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Pick two to four cards and see them side by side across price, performance, memory, power, technologies and physical size. Every comparable row marks a winner; rows where the cards tie, or where CompareYourGPU has no data, say so instead of guessing.

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RTX 5070 vs RX 9070

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Price and value3 rows
Price and value: RTX 5070, RX 9070
SpecificationRTX 5070NVIDIARX 9070AMD
Launch MSRPEssentially tied$549$549
Current priceCompareYourGPU does not publish a price it has not verified.$986Best in this row: $814
Performance per $100Performance index at 1440p per $100 of verified current price.5.2Best in this row: 6.8
Performance6 rows
Performance: RTX 5070, RX 9070
SpecificationRTX 5070NVIDIARX 9070AMD
CompareYourGPU estimate, 100 = fastest card here.58Best in this row: 63
CompareYourGPU estimate, 100 = fastest card here.51Best in this row: 55
CompareYourGPU estimate, 100 = fastest card here.44Best in this row: 49
CompareYourGPU estimate, 100 = fastest card here.Best in this row: 4845
Measured suite average at 1440pThird-party geometric mean across their game suite, run with vendor upscaling at Quality. A different test from the estimated row below, not a check on it.74.8 FPS (ComputerBase)Best in this row: 78.7 FPS (ComputerBase)
Estimated FPS at 1440pModelled estimate for a typical modern AAA game at High settings with no upscaling. Not a measurement.90-130 FPSBest in this row: 100-145 FPS
Memory5 rows
Memory: RTX 5070, RX 9070
SpecificationRTX 5070NVIDIARX 9070AMD
12 GBBest in this row: 16 GB
GDDR7GDDR6
192-bitBest in this row: 256-bit
Best in this row: 672 GB/s640 GB/s
Memory speedBest in this row: 28 Gbps20 Gbps
Graphics processor9 rows
Graphics processor: RTX 5070, RX 9070
SpecificationRTX 5070NVIDIARX 9070AMD
ArchitectureBlackwellRDNA 4
GPU dieGB205Navi 48
Only comparable within one manufacturer.Best in this row: 6,1443,584
Not compared: data missing for at least one cardData unavailable56
48Best in this row: 56
Best in this row: 192112
Not compared: data missing for at least one card2,330 MHzData unavailable
2,512 MHz2,520 MHz
Game clockNot compared: data missing for at least one cardAMD only.Data unavailable2,070 MHz
Power4 rows
Power: RTX 5070, RX 9070
SpecificationRTX 5070NVIDIARX 9070AMD
250 WBest in this row: 220 W
Essentially tiedVendor figure where published, otherwise board power plus 300 W of headroom.650 W650 W
Performance per 100 W20.4Best in this row: 25.0
Power connectors1x 16-pin (12V-2x6)2x 8-pin
Technologies6 rows
Technologies: RTX 5070, RX 9070
SpecificationRTX 5070NVIDIARX 9070AMD
4th-generation RT cores3rd-generation ray accelerators
DLSS 4 Super Resolution, DLSS Ray Reconstruction, FSR 3.1, XeSSFSR 4, FSR 3.1, XeSS
DLSS 4 Multi Frame GenerationFSR 3.1 Frame Generation, AMD Fluid Motion Frames 2 (driver-level)
YesYes
Video encoder9th-generation NVENC with AV1 and HEVC encodeAMD Radeon media engine with AV1, HEVC and H.264 encode
Video decoder6th-generation NVDEC with AV1, HEVC and H.264 decodeAV1, HEVC and H.264 decode
Display outputs3 rows
Display outputs: RTX 5070, RX 9070
SpecificationRTX 5070NVIDIARX 9070AMD
DisplayPort3x 2.1b3x 2.1a
HDMI1x 2.1b1x 2.1b
USB-CNoneNone
Physical3 rows
Physical: RTX 5070, RX 9070
SpecificationRTX 5070NVIDIARX 9070AMD
LengthData unavailableData unavailable
Height from bracketData unavailableData unavailable
Data unavailableData unavailable
Release3 rows
Release: RTX 5070, RX 9070
SpecificationRTX 5070NVIDIARX 9070AMD
Launch dateMarch 5, 2025March 6, 2025
GenerationRTX 50RX 9000
AvailabilityIn productionIn production

Winner by category

Each category is decided by the same numbers used everywhere else on the site. A category with no clear leader says so rather than picking one.

The shape of the trade-off

All six axes are normalised to a 0-100 scale so they can share one chart. Performance and ray tracing are CompareYourGPU’s estimated indices; value, VRAM, efficiency and features are each card’s standing relative to every other card tracked here.

Normalised comparison of RTX 5070, RX 9070 across six criteria, judged at 1440p.
PerformanceRay tracingValueVRAMEfficiencyFeatures
  • RTX 5070
  • RX 9070
Normalised comparison of RTX 5070, RX 9070 across six criteria, judged at 1440p.
CriterionRTX 5070RX 9070
Performance5155
Ray tracing4845
Value4970
VRAM5780
Efficiency64100
Features85100

Performance, memory and value

Estimated performance index at 1440p. 100 is the fastest card CompareYourGPU tracks.

CompareYourGPU estimate aggregated from public review coverage, not a measurement.

Estimated frame rate at 1440p in a typical modern AAA game at High settings, no upscaling.

Modelled from the performance index. Not a measured benchmark. Real results vary widely by title.

VRAM capacity.

Capacity alone is not the whole story: memory bus width and bandwidth decide how much of it the GPU can actually use.

Price, verified where available.

A card with a verified current price is shown at that price, a dated snapshot; a card without one is shown at launch MSRP. Street prices move, so check the retailer.

Which one should you buy?

Based on the specifications, estimated performance indices and prices on record for these cards. How verdicts are calculated.

Maximum performance

RX 9070

Highest estimated performance index at 1440p of the cards compared here, at 55. It is the right answer if frame rate is the only thing you are optimising for.

Best value

RX 9070

Delivers the most performance per dollar of the cards compared, at $814. Choose this if the difference in price matters more to you than the difference in frame rate.

Ray tracing

RTX 5070

Strongest ray-traced performance here, with an estimated ray tracing index of 48 at 1440p. It also carries DLSS 4 Super Resolution, which is how ray tracing becomes practical.

Memory headroom

RX 9070

Carries 16 GB, the most headroom of the cards compared at 1440p. Memory is usually what dates a card before raw speed does.

Small or quiet builds

RX 9070

Best performance per watt of the cards compared, drawing 220 W. That means less heat, quieter fans and less pressure on your power supply.

Best overall

RX 9070

Best balance of speed, price and memory of the cards compared: 50% performance at 1440p, 30% performance per dollar, 20% memory headroom. Not necessarily the fastest.

Popular head-to-head comparisons

These matchups have their own pages with additional editorial context and a comparison-specific FAQ.

  • RTX 5070 vs RX 9070

    $986 vs $814

    The closest thing to a straight fight in the mid-range: two cards launched days apart at almost the same price, with opposite strengths. AMD brings 16 GB of memory, NVIDIA brings stronger ray tracing and the wider upscaling catalogue.

  • RTX 5070 Ti vs RX 9070 XT

    $1,510 vs $988

    Both manufacturers' strongest mid-to-high offering, separated by $150 of launch MSRP. Both carry 16 GB. The question is whether NVIDIA's ray tracing and DLSS advantage is worth the premium over AMD's rasterisation-per-dollar.

  • RTX 5060 Ti 16GB vs RX 9060 XT 16GB

    $906 vs $646

    The two 16 GB cards under $450. Both pair a modest graphics processor with a generous memory pool on a narrow 128-bit bus, and both are aimed squarely at 1080p and entry-level 1440p.

  • RTX 5060 Ti 16GB vs RTX 5060 Ti 8GB

    $906 vs $634

    Same graphics processor, same clocks, same bandwidth, half the memory, $50 apart. This is the clearest example of a decision that specification sheets make look trivial and real-world use does not.

  • RTX 5090 vs RTX 5080

    $6,592 vs $1,973

    Twice the price for a large but not proportional performance gain, plus double the memory and a 215 W increase in board power. The question is whether the top of the range is a product or a statement.

  • Arc B580 vs RTX 5050

    $435 vs $383

    The two cheapest current-generation cards, taking opposite approaches. Intel offers 12 GB and a wider memory bus; NVIDIA offers the DLSS ecosystem and lower power draw at the same price.

  • RTX 5060 vs Arc B580

    $502 vs $435

    A $50 price gap between NVIDIA's entry 1080p card and Intel's memory-heavy alternative. One has the stronger software ecosystem, the other has 50 percent more VRAM.

  • RX 9070 XT vs RTX 5080

    $988 vs $1,973

    A $400 gap between AMD's fastest RDNA 4 card and NVIDIA's second-tier Blackwell. Worth examining because the rasterisation gap is much smaller than the price gap, and the ray tracing gap is much larger.