Radeon RX 9070 vs GeForce RTX 5070
Compare the Radeon RX 9070 and GeForce RTX 5070 on real gaming benchmarks, full specifications, live retailer prices and performance-per-dollar, then jump straight to the cheapest in-stock version of either card.
The short answer
The Radeon RX 9070 is the better buy here: it's both faster at 1440p and gives more performance per dollar.
- Radeon RX 9070 is about 8% faster at 1440p (gaming index 61 vs 57).
- Radeon RX 9070 is the cheaper card right now, by roughly 19%.
- Radeon RX 9070 delivers about 28% more frames per dollar at 1440p.
- Radeon RX 9070 carries more VRAM (16GB vs 12GB), an edge at 4K and in memory-heavy games.
- Radeon RX 9070 draws less power (220W vs 250W), so it runs cooler and asks less of your PSU.
Gaming performance
Gaming score: geometric mean of in-game FPS, normalized so the RTX 5090 = 100. Switch resolution with the toggle above.
Radeon RX 9070 is about 8% faster at 1440p.
Performance per dollar
1440p gaming score for every $100 of the card’s current cheapest price. Higher is better value.
8.7
per $100 spent
Better value
6.8
per $100 spent
Specs head-to-head
Productivity & compute
Where to buy
Radeon RX 9070from $699.99
- $699.99
- ASUS PRIME RX 9070 OC$739.99OC2590 MHz · 312 mm
- XFX Swift RX 9070 OC Triple Fan Edition$759.98OC2700 MHz · 350 mm
- XFX Swift RX 9070 OC White Triple Fan Edition$834.44OC2700 MHz · 350 mm
- Sapphire PULSE RX 9070$899.00280 mm
- GIGABYTE RX 9070 GAMING OC$949.99OC2700 MHz · 288 mm
- Sapphire PURE RX 9070$1,148.32OC2700 MHz · 320 mm
- ASUS TUF Gaming RX 9070 OC$2,397.00OC2650 MHz · 330 mm
| Version | Boost Clock | Length | Color | From | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASRock RX 9070 Challenger | — | 290 mm | — | $699.99 | | |
| ASUS PRIME RX 9070 OCOC | 2590 MHz | 312 mm | — | $739.99 | | |
| XFX Swift RX 9070 OC Triple Fan EditionOC | 2700 MHz | 350 mm | — | $759.98 | | |
| XFX Swift RX 9070 OC White Triple Fan EditionOC | 2700 MHz | 350 mm | — | $834.44 | | |
| Sapphire PULSE RX 9070 | — | 280 mm | — | $899.00 | | |
| GIGABYTE RX 9070 GAMING OCOC | 2700 MHz | 288 mm | — | $949.99 | | |
| Sapphire PURE RX 9070OC | 2700 MHz | 320 mm | — | $1,148.32 | | |
| ASUS TUF Gaming RX 9070 OCOC | 2650 MHz | 330 mm | — | $2,397.00 | |
GeForce RTX 5070from $829.99
- ZOTAC RTX 5070 SOLID$829.99304 mm
- GIGABYTE RTX 5070 WINDFORCE OC SFF$839.99OC2542 MHz · 282 mm
- PNY RTX 5070 Triple Fan$849.00300 mm
- PNY RTX 5070 ARGB EPIC-X Overclocked Triple Fan$856.99OC2685 MHz · 300 mm
- ASUS PRIME RTX 5070 OC Edition$856.99OC2557 MHz · 306 mm
- MSI RTX 5070 GAMING TRIO$869.99338 mm
- ASUS PRIME RTX 5070$869.99306 mm
- $899.99
- GIGABYTE RTX 5070 AERO OC$899.99OC2625 MHz · 324 mm
- GIGABYTE RTX 5070 EAGLE OC ICE SFF$917.99OC2587 MHz · 290 mm
- ASUS PRIME RTX 5070 White OC Edition$919.99OC2557 MHz · 304 mm
- GIGABYTE RTX 5070 EAGLE OC SFF$929.99OC2587 MHz · 290 mm
- ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 5070 OC Edition$937.39OC2610 MHz · 329 mm
- GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 5070 INFINITY$959.99OC245 mm
- MSI RTX 5070 VENTUS 2X OC WHITE$990.00OC2542 MHz · 236 mm
- MSI RTX 5070 VENTUS 2X OC$999.00OC2542 MHz · 236 mm
- Palit RTX 5070 Infinity 3 OC$1,129.99OC2542 MHz · 292 mm
- $1,188.06
- GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 5070 MASTER$1,359.68OC2715 MHz · 317 mm
- Palit RTX 5070 GamingPro OC$1,432.00OC2572 MHz · 332 mm
- $1,481.00
- Palit RTX 5070 GamingPro$1,523.00332 mm
- Palit RTX 5070 Infinity 3$1,559.77OC2572 MHz · 292 mm
- Inno3D RTX 5070 TWIN X2 OC$1,943.00OC2542 MHz · 250 mm
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