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RX 9070 XT vs RTX 5070 Ti

RX 9070 XT and RTX 5070 Ti are level on what each maker publishes. The one that matters for you may be one the leader loses.

RX 9070 XT
RX 9070 XT
6.7
Fair
1 of 6 rounds
vs
RTX 5070 Ti
RTX 5070 Ti
6.7
Fair
1 of 6 rounds

The verdict

It's a dead heat.

Neither pulls ahead on the published figures, so the decision is in the details this comparison cannot see. Check the current figures on both pages.

Choose RX 9070 XT if…

  • • You want RX 9070 XT's edge on what it cost at launch

Choose RTX 5070 Ti if…

  • • You want RTX 5070 Ti's edge on which memory it uses

Round by round

  1. Round 1What it cost at launchRX 9070 XT wins
    RX 9070 XT8/10

    $599

    launch price announced by AMD

    Source: newsroom.amd.com ↗

    RTX 5070 Ti5/10

    $749

    launch price announced by NVIDIA

    • $749, against $599

    Source: nvidianews.nvidia.com ↗

    RX 9070 XT wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

  2. Round 2Which memory it usesRTX 5070 Ti wins
    RX 9070 XT5/10

    GDDR6

    AMD spec

    • GDDR6, against GDDR7

    Source: amd.com ↗

    RTX 5070 Ti8/10

    GDDR7

    Founders Edition spec

    Source: nvidia.com ↗

    RTX 5070 Ti wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

  3. Round 3How much video memory you getTie
    RX 9070 XT7/10

    16 GB GDDR6

    AMD spec

    Source: amd.com ↗

    RTX 5070 Ti7/10

    16 GB GDDR7

    Founders Edition spec

    Source: nvidia.com ↗

    Nothing to separate them here.

  4. Round 4How much power it drawsTie
    RX 9070 XT7/10

    304 W

    typical board power

    Source: amd.com ↗

    RTX 5070 Ti7/10

    300 W

    total graphics power

    Source: nvidia.com ↗

    Nothing to separate them here.

  5. Round 5How wide the memory bus isTie
    RX 9070 XT7/10

    256-bit

    AMD spec

    Source: amd.com ↗

    RTX 5070 Ti7/10

    256-bit

    Founders Edition spec

    Source: nvidia.com ↗

    Nothing to separate them here.

  6. Round 6What power supply it needsTie
    RX 9070 XT7/10

    750 W

    AMD recommended power supply

    Source: amd.com ↗

    RTX 5070 Ti7/10

    750 W

    NVIDIA recommended power supply

    Source: nvidia.com ↗

    Nothing to separate them here.

RX 9070 XTRX 9070 XT
RTX 5070 TiRTX 5070 Ti

Side by side

Overall score
6.7
6.7
Price
See price
See price
How much power it draws
7.0
6.6
What it cost at launch
7.1
6.8
How much video memory you get
6.5
6.7
What power supply it needs
6.3
6.3
Which memory it uses
5.0
8.0
Head-to-head findings
How much power it draws
304 W
300 W
What it cost at launch
$599
$749
How much video memory you get
16 GB GDDR6
16 GB GDDR7
What power supply it needs
750 W
750 W
Which memory it uses
GDDR6
GDDR7
How fast it boosts
Up to 2970 MHz
2.45 GHz
How many shader cores it has
4,096 Stream Processors
8,960 CUDA cores
How wide the memory bus is
256-bit
256-bit
Record
Head-to-head record
2–1–4
2–0–3
Head-to-heads won
67 %
100 %
Rounds won
46 %
50 %
Pros
      Cons
      • GDDR6, against GDDR6X
      • 16 GB GDDR6, against 20 GB GDDR6
      • 4,096 Stream Processors, against 5,376 Stream Processors
      • Up to 640 GB/s, against Up to 800 GB/s
      • 16 GB GDDR7, against 24 GB GDDR6X
      • 8,960 CUDA cores, against 10,496 CUDA cores
      • 256-bit, against 384-bit
      • 2.45 GHz, against 2.61 GHz
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