Rx9070(non xt) or rtx5070

Posted by Much-Traffic-3607@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 8 comments

Which one should I buy? I'm torn between the RX 9070 and the RTX 5070. The RX 9070 is roughly $30–50 more expensive than the RTX 5070 from where I’m from. I'm mainly using it for gaming and prefer quiet fans, reasonable temperatures, and strong overall performance.

Only downside for the rtx5070 is the 12gb of ram, but is it really that big of a problem?

Any help/advice is welcome

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Intranetusa@reddit

9070 Pros:

16GB (+4GB VRAM)
10-15% more raw power with updated drivers
better software drivers (RTX5000 drivers have been buggy, had multiple recalls, and maybe even intentionally nerfed performance to lower voltages while AMD drivers have actually improved performance)
No overheating VRMs that affect the 5070 (it is recommended you find a 5070 that has thermalpads on the backplate too)
Regular 8 pin adapters (you don't have to deal with potentially melting 12vhpwr adapters)

5070 pros:

DLSS 4.5 is a better upscaler than FSR 4.1
Better path tracing
CUDA for work
more probability of continued upscaling support (AMD is criticized for not bringing FSR 4 to older GPUs)

Tie:

similar power/electrical consumption,
similar ray tracing performance (9070 wins in some and 5070 wins in others)

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asrock-radeon-rx-9070-steel-legend-oc/33.html

https://www.techspot.com/review/3008-radeon-9070-xt-amd-finewine/

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SirFrank12@reddit

I purchased 9070 two months ago and I am very happy with it

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MrGravityMan@reddit

Don’t forget the 5070 has that awful power connector.

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GiveHerTheThick_@reddit

On the plus side though its not pounding 650+watts through it so you "could" feel a little safer about it.

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AdstaOCE@reddit

9070, faster in raster, faster in rt, more vram, more stable drivers, and a slight energy efficiency advantage. And if it matters in your configuration, Radeon has much lower CPU overhead.

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VoltageinTheory@reddit

9070, because it has more VRAM and to avoid Nvidia, DLSS 5 and Jensen Huang.

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Ok_Sound_5343@reddit

it's a really difficult one to answer really, since both give roughly the same FPS, but the better option from those two is definitely RTX 9070, and this is coming from someone who's not a fanboy of either companies.

slightly better performance at a lower power consumption.
if you care about gaming on Linux, then that's also a huge bonus for AMD due to better compatibility.
more VRAM, so noticeably better future proofing, though I really hate the term "future proof" with computers, since it's fairly standard to upgrade the whole system every 5-10 years anyways.
not sure on this one, but I read on techpowerup that it's also a very quiet GPU, but do your own research.

reason for NVIDIA would be the better compatibility with productivity apps & AI, and NVIDIA DLSS is also better for gaming than AMDs FSR... but I'm just gonna be real with you: 5070 12GB is such an ass purchase, because it's in a really weird spot due to having 12GB of VRAM, which is just not a good deal in 2026.

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CaptainMGN@reddit

What games do you usually play and at what resolution?