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Radeon RX 9070 XT against GeForce RTX 5070

Radeon RX 9070 XT leads on the overall index. 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

Radeon RX 9070 XTleft

69 vs 62 for snappy single-core speed, quiet running, and a card that drives two or three screens without fuss.

Coding & development

Radeon RX 9070 XTleft

60 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 9070 XTleft

77 vs 65 for 1080p frame rates per dollar.

Gaming

Radeon RX 9070 XTleft

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

Heavy gaming

Radeon RX 9070 XTleft

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

Content creation

Either

Within 1 points; buy on price.

3D & rendering

Either

Within 1 points; buy on price.

Gaming & streaming

Radeon RX 9070 XTleft

64 vs 57 for frame rates with headroom for the encoder and the chat.

AI & local models

Radeon RX 9070 XTleft

54 vs 51 for video memory first, then card speed, then system memory.

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 XT: 67

    GeForce RTX 5070: 58

    9 ptsto the left

  • Games at 1080p

    Radeon RX 9070 XT: 77

    GeForce RTX 5070: 65

    12 ptsto the left

  • Games at 1440p

    Radeon RX 9070 XT: 70

    GeForce RTX 5070: 58

    12 ptsto the left

  • Games at 4K

    Radeon RX 9070 XT: 59

    GeForce RTX 5070: 49

    10 ptsto the left

  • Rendering and video

    Radeon RX 9070 XT: 50

    GeForce RTX 5070: 56

    6 ptsto the right

Price and value

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

  • Value, points per $100

    Radeon RX 9070 XT: 8.9

    GeForce RTX 5070: 7

    27%to the left

  • Typical price

    Radeon RX 9070 XT: $750

    GeForce RTX 5070: $827

    $77to the left

From the spec sheets

  • Video memory

    Radeon RX 9070 XT: 16 GB

    GeForce RTX 5070: 12 GB

    33%to the left

  • Board power

    Radeon RX 9070 XT: 304 W

    GeForce RTX 5070: 250 W

    22%to the right

  • Length

    Radeon RX 9070 XT: 300 mm

    GeForce RTX 5070: 245 mm

    22%to the right

The verdict

  • The RX 9070 XT is 21% faster at 1440p.
  • At 4K the gap is 20% in the RX 9070 XT's favour.
  • RX 9070 XT carries 16 GB of video memory against 12 GB.
  • The RX 9070 XT typically costs $77 less.
  • Per dollar, the RX 9070 XT is the better buy: 8.9 points per $100 against 7.

Specifications

SpecRadeon RX 9070 XTGeForce RTX 5070
Video memory16 GB (better)12 GB
Board power304 W250 W (better)
Length300 mm245 mm (better)
Power connectorPCIe 8-pin12V-2x6 (16-pin)
BrandAMDNvidia
Released20252025
Typical price$750 (better)$827

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

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