which is better? RTX 5070 TI or the RX 9070-XT
Posted by Obscure786@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 42 comments
Im planing to upgrade my gpu into an rtx 5070 ti or rx 9070 xt , which is the best for gaming and Designing since i am an enthusiast gamer and professional Graphic Designer
my current specs. I am really confused between 9070xt and 5070 Ti. 9070x seems a lot cheaper than 5070 Ti which is expensive.
- CPU: Ryzen 7 5800X3D
- GPU: NVIDIA MSI RTX 4060 Ti Gaming X
- Motherboard: ASRock B760 Pro RS
- RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance 3600 MT/s (4×8GB)
- Storage: 1TB NVMe SSD + 4TB HDD + 4TB WD Red Plus
- PSU: XPG Core Reactor II 850W 80 Plus Gold Fully Modular
- Cooling: AIO Cube Gaming Blaze View 360mm + 4 casing fan
- Monitor: MSI G321Q 170hz 1440P
Large-Teach9165@reddit
Depends on your software.
AI and 3D uses are between 2-3 times better on the 5070 Ti than the 9070 XT. Even if the price gap is huge for you (which it is for a lot of countries like mine) you're still better off with a 5070 or a 40 series option than the 9070 XT for the same price.
Photo and video editing, streaming, and other workloads are just marginally better on the 5070 Ti. The 9070 XT is really good in relation to its price for these workloads. AMD has come a long way for streaming and the other tasks are way more CPU dependent.
As for gaming, both perform almost exactly the same, with performance swinging one way or another depending 100% on the game. Nvidia just has a slightly better upscaling technology. For enthusiasts the difference is huge, but as a casual gamer I can't tell when I'm looking at DLSS 4.5 and FSR 4.1.
DLSS still has more support on more games and its frame generation is WAY better than AMD's.
Obscure786@reddit (OP)
Make sense, even i rarely notice any improvement when it is slight, only major differences are noted or can be seen.
I am also looking for a future proof i am not someone who keeps on looking and changing, i am kind of a static guy and stick for long.
TokageLife@reddit
5070ti is the overall better package just down to price premium over the 9070xt and your use case. Most people here only game so they tunnel the 9070xt hard but in your case the 5070ti is probably worth the premium since it can directly improve your workflow on top of the better upscaler implementation in gaming.
Its_Pamela_Isley@reddit
Do you profit from cuda cores? If not get 9070 XT
Obscure786@reddit (OP)
I am a designer + creator, i think it matters ?
Its_Pamela_Isley@reddit
Do you use blender, autodesk, davinci? Video editin & encoding?
Obscure786@reddit (OP)
I do video editing on Aftereffect, premier but Filmora moslty. but no blender and autodesk or davinci yet.
SushiBump@reddit
Ae, Pr, and Filmora are far more CPU bound than GPU bound. You could get by with a 3060 12gb for any of those as long as you have a strong CPU and enough system ram. Conversely, if you have a weak CPU and lack enough ram, then your GPU won't matter.
For extreme hypothetical examples in Pr: you can have a 5800x+5090+16gb of ram and you'd get worked by a pc with a 9950x+1660Super+64gb of ram.
Even Photoshop, Illustrator, Autodesk, and Clip Studio Paint are FAR more CPU dependent than GPU. The freakin 3d modeler in CSP is all CPU too.
f1rstx@reddit
get 5070Ti
ninjabell@reddit
Graphic design is a CPU intensive task and hardly concerns the GPU
EdliA@reddit
It depends on the tools a graphic designer uses. It's not just photoshop and illustrator.
ninjabell@reddit
Do you have an example? Do you mean like taking a capture of a 3d model?
f1rstx@reddit
he mentioned other productivity activities aswell. 0 reason to even consider AMD anyways
ninjabell@reddit
I agree he should go with the Nvidia. I was responding to your quote.
Big-Salamander-2158@reddit
What kind of software do you use? Because photoshop is still mainly cpu dependent, and the gpu won’t add a whole lot.
But if you use other software, nvidia is usually both faster and more stable.
Obscure786@reddit (OP)
Majorly Photoshop, Illustraot and figma.
Big-Salamander-2158@reddit
It doesn’t really matter which gpu you use then, all of those mostly rely on the cpu.
Last_Regret3349@reddit
I swear to God if I see ONE more person comparing the 9070XT to the 5070 Ti like they’re even in the same universe I’m gonna lose it!!!
The 5070 Ti doesn’t just run games. it violates them. I installed it and my PC started acting like it gained sentience. I launched Cyberpunk and my FPS counter just said “yes.” Meanwhile 9070XT users are over there celebrating 90 FPS like they just discovered fire.
And don’t hit me with that “muh raster performance” bullshit 🤓 nobody cares. It’s 2026. We have DLSS, frame gen, AI interpolation, whatever black magic NVIDIA cooked up while AMD was busy figuring out how to not brick drivers every other update.
Also the noise…holy shit. Every time someone boots up a 9070XT it sounds like a fucking F-16 is taking off in their bedroom. My 5070 Ti is so quiet I forget it’s even on. Even under heavy load im staying at 60°c.
“bRo It’S bEtTeR vAlUe”—yeah and so is a 2003 Honda Civic with no AC, doesn’t mean I’m picking it over a modern car that actually does shit. Congrats on saving $100 just to cope for the next 3 years.
And drivers??? NVIDIA drops a driver and everything gets smoother. AMD drops a driver and suddenly half their subreddit is “uhhh is anyone else getting black screens???” like yeah bro, that’s called buying AMD.
At this point if you’re choosing a 9070XT over a 5070 Ti you’re not making a “smart financial decision,” you’re just allergic to performance and addicted to coping.
moragdong@reddit
Im gonna post this on copypasta
Last_Regret3349@reddit
Ok?
dackling@reddit
This has to be a copy pasta right lmao
Regular_Olive_2103@reddit
Bro stop fanboying, especially not after DLSS 5’s “AI art” now albeit I run Nvidia after using 7000’s amd and honestly besides gigabytes software I never had any driver issues with Amd and I ran it for 2 years, now I’ve had problems with Nvidia drivers to the point of changing Nvidia Profile Inspector settings to get games to work, now if this is sarcasm then sorry for responding but if you think it’s Nvidia all the way all the time your wrong, Nvidia’s for professional “editing” or if your looking for DLSS and raytracing but if your just looking for gaming AMD is better, the only thing keeping me on Nvidia is raytracing (on the rare time is use it)
Last_Regret3349@reddit
Okay look ur not wrong, but you’re glossing over the tradeoffs. DLSS isn’t just “AI art”. it’s a different rendering approach that trades some image purity for big FPS gains, which matters in modern games. Driver issues go both ways; AMD has improved a lot, and NVIDIA still has its own quirks. The only area your point holds is raw value; AMD usually wins in raster performance per dollar. However NVIDIA still leads in ray tracing and features like DLSS/frame generation. So it really comes down to priorities: if you just want straight FPS, AMD makes more sense for the price if you can deal with the shitty drivers and lack of support and features. If you care about cutting-edge visuals and features, NVIDIA still has the edge.
Regular_Olive_2103@reddit
Lack of support?, and DLSS is something people love to throw around rather than Nvidia just doing better to upscale there game, I seen many examples where the ai tried to render scenes an it took a lot away from what the visual directors were implying, I play competitive games so DLSS is not an option for me for the most part but Nvidia would rather use software to make up for what it’s lacking in hardware which for more money it should be head to head or even better against AMD because your paying more money but you get less performance and fake frames or fake art which doesn’t make any sense
KFC_Junior@reddit
dlss is literally fine for competitive games, frame gen theres some amount of argument for there not to be but upscaling is completely fine
"Lack of support?" yes bro amd fucking refused to give rdna3 fsr4 despite the fact that its proven to run perfectly fine, they also cut day 1 drivers for 2 perfectly usable generations of graphics cards
Regular_Olive_2103@reddit
Are you talking about the leaked code that was not finished, it was leaked and not ready and the code gave no performance enhancement to rdna3, and it was put on the backburner for now till they get some kind of improvement out of it, and it causes blur at distance which makes far shots harder since its making guesses at what a pixel should be
Obscure786@reddit (OP)
I have this option a bit cheaper and best to me.
What say about it? does it have to be MSI or Asus?
PNY GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Triple Fan OC 16GB is best as well?
Last_Regret3349@reddit
Thats what I had before getting a 5090. PnY is a great brand and the infinity loop rgb is so sick in your build especially if you have a vertically mounted gpu dock.
f1rstx@reddit
in which 5070Ti is also faster
midnightbandit-@reddit
DLSS4.5 is actually a game changer and shouldn't be overlooked
Own-Indication5620@reddit
5070 TI is best if u plan to do more than just gaming.
Phantom_Commander_@reddit
At equal prices I'd take the 5060 TI but at current prices I'd take a 9070 xt
ZehAngrySwede@reddit
If the TI is more than $200 over the cost of the XT, you'll get more performance per dollar out of the 9070. You won regret the 5070ti though, love mine.
No-Dimension1159@reddit
As always for professional software nvidia will perform better because of proprietary features, not necessarily because of better raw performance.
If you will likely use software that profits a lot by nvidia (puget systems benchmarks are good for this) i would go nvidia
Otherwise for gaming the amd card is likely better price/performance ratio
Perplexe974@reddit
Price aside and for your designer needs the 5070TI is better. If you factor in the price I'd argue the 9070XT is still better.
animeman59@reddit
Whichever one you can afford
Obscure786@reddit (OP)
Haha alright!
alecpu@reddit
For any productivity, like 3d modelling and so on Nvidia has a very big advantage, even for cards that are lower class
SaitamaCrb@reddit
For professional workloads, nvidia is always better because of its cuds cores. If your application requires it then it is a no brainer to get the 5070 ti. Everything is better on the 5070 ti except for the price tag so if you can afford it then get it.
Obscure786@reddit (OP)
That's right, It's just the budget but 5070 Ti seems the best option with future proofing
lagrebson@reddit
5070 Ti is better.
TopExplanation138@reddit
5070 ti is a tiny bit faster, but only by like 3-5% in most titles, in fact in some titles 9070 xt is better.