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Radeon RX 9070 against GeForce RTX 5070

Level on the overall index; the details below decide it. The price beside each button is the Amazon US reading where ScoutPrices has one; the comparison below is worked on typical prices.

Which one for what

Office & everyday

Either

Within 0 points; buy on price.

Coding & development

GeForce RTX 5070right

54 vs 57 for cores for builds and containers, plenty of memory, fast storage, and a card for several screens or a local model.

Light gaming

Radeon RX 9070left

69 vs 65 for 1080p frame rates per dollar.

Gaming

Radeon RX 9070left

62 vs 58 for 1440p frame rates, with a CPU that will not hold the card back.

Heavy gaming

Radeon RX 9070left

52 vs 49 for the strongest graphics card the budget allows.

Content creation

GeForce RTX 5070right

52 vs 57 for export times: many cores, a card with good encoders, lots of memory.

3D & rendering

GeForce RTX 5070right

51 vs 57 for all-core throughput and render speed.

Gaming & streaming

Either

Within 0 points; buy on price.

AI & local models

Either

Within 0 points; buy on price.

Head to head

Scores

Indices out of 100 on ScoutSpecs' own scale, one per kind of work. They are not frames per second and not a measurement of any one sample.

  • Spec score

    Radeon RX 9070: 59

    GeForce RTX 5070: 58

    1 ptsto the left

  • Games at 1080p

    Radeon RX 9070: 69

    GeForce RTX 5070: 65

    4 ptsto the left

  • Games at 1440p

    Radeon RX 9070: 62

    GeForce RTX 5070: 58

    4 ptsto the left

  • Games at 4K

    Radeon RX 9070: 52

    GeForce RTX 5070: 49

    3 ptsto the left

  • Rendering and video

    Radeon RX 9070: 46

    GeForce RTX 5070: 56

    10 ptsto the right

Price and value

Worked on typical prices, the figures the comparison is built on.

  • Value, points per $100

    Radeon RX 9070: 8.4

    GeForce RTX 5070: 7

    20%to the left

  • Typical price

    Radeon RX 9070: $700

    GeForce RTX 5070: $827

    $127to the left

From the spec sheets

  • Video memory

    Radeon RX 9070: 16 GB

    GeForce RTX 5070: 12 GB

    33%to the left

  • Board power

    Radeon RX 9070: 220 W

    GeForce RTX 5070: 250 W

    14%to the left

  • Length

    Radeon RX 9070: 290 mm

    GeForce RTX 5070: 245 mm

    18%to the right

The verdict

  • The RX 9070 is 7% faster at 1440p.
  • At 4K the gap is 6% in the RX 9070's favour.
  • RX 9070 carries 16 GB of video memory against 12 GB.
  • The RX 9070 typically costs $127 less.
  • Per dollar, the RX 9070 is the better buy: 8.4 points per $100 against 7.

Specifications

SpecRadeon RX 9070GeForce RTX 5070
Video memory16 GB (better)12 GB
Board power220 W (better)250 W
Length290 mm245 mm (better)
Power connectorPCIe 8-pin12V-2x6 (16-pin)
BrandAMDNvidia
Released20252025
Typical price$700 (better)$827

The better figure of each pair is in green, with a tick.

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