RTX 5070 vs RX 9070 XT: Which Should You Buy?
Asus Prime NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
Best for: 1440p high-refresh gaming
ASUS Prime AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Best for: 1440p and entry-level 4K gaming
The short answer
The RX 9070 XT is the faster card in most games and has 16GB of memory to the RTX 5070's 12GB, so it's the better long-term buy if your budget stretches. The RTX 5070 costs less, uses less power and has NVIDIA's DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation, making it the better value pick for 1440p.
Choose the GeForce RTX 5070 if…
You want the best value for 1440p gaming, you play games that support DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation, or you want lower power draw and heat.
Choose the Radeon RX 9070 XT if…
You want more performance for 1440p and entry-level 4K, more VRAM for future games, and you're happy to pay a little more.
Specifications compared
| GeForce RTX 5070 | Radeon RX 9070 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Blackwell | RDNA 4 |
| VRAM | 12GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| Total board power | 250W | 304W |
| Outputs | HDMI 2.1b, DisplayPort 2.1b | HDMI 2.1b, DisplayPort 2.1a |
Strengths and weaknesses
GeForce RTX 5070
- Excellent 1440p performance for the money
- DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation support
- Efficient and quiet on most partner designs
- 12GB VRAM could become limiting in future
- Frame generation adds some latency
Radeon RX 9070 XT
- Generous 16GB of VRAM
- Big leap in ray-tracing performance
- FSR 4 upscaling looks excellent
- Higher power draw than the RTX 5070 Ti
- FSR 4 support still growing
Performance
In most games the RX 9070 XT is noticeably quicker than the RTX 5070, closer to the more expensive RTX 5070 Ti. NVIDIA closes the gap in heavily ray-traced games and pulls ahead when Multi Frame Generation is turned on.
Features
DLSS is supported in more games than FSR 4, but FSR 4 has closed the image-quality gap considerably. Both cards support modern display outputs and AV1 video encoding for streaming.
See all our picks in the graphics card buying guide.
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