1. Introduction
The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, the latest mid-range graphics card, has been anticipated for a long time and is now officially available. There have been numerous rumors about its performance, but now we can finally separate fact from fiction and put it to the test.
In terms of pricing, the Radeon RX 9070 XT’s most direct competitor should be the GeForce RTX 5070, which is priced at $549. It is $150 cheaper than the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, making it potentially not a match for the latter. But is that really the case? This article will reveal the answer.
2. Specification Comparison
The GeForce RTX 5070 Ti was released on January 6, 2025, featuring the GB203 GPU, manufactured using TSMC’s 5nm process. It has 8,960 CUDA cores, 280 texture units, 70 streaming multiprocessors, 280 tensor cores, and 70 ray tracing units.
It comes with 64MB of L2 cache, a standard clock speed of 2,300MHz, and a maximum clock speed of 2,452MHz. It is equipped with 16GB of GDDR7 memory, a 256-bit memory bus, a memory speed of 28Gbps, and a memory bandwidth of 896GB/s. The FP32 floating point performance is 43.94 TFLOPS, with a power consumption of 300W, and a reference price of $749.
The Radeon RX 9070 XT was released on March 6, 2025, using the Navi 48 GPU, manufactured on TSMC’s 4nm process. It features 4,096 shaders, 256 texture units, 128 raster units, 64 compute units, and 128 tensor cores. It has 8MB of L2 cache and 64MB of L3 cache.
Its standard clock speed is 1,660MHz, with a maximum clock speed of 2,970MHz. It has a 256-bit memory bus and comes with 16GB of GDDR6 memory, running at 20.1Gbps, with a bandwidth of 644.6GB/s. The power consumption is 304W, and it is priced at $599.
3. Test Platform Configuration
The main test setup is as follows:
- Processor: Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- Motherboard: MSI MPG X670E CARBON
- Memory: 32GB DDR5 6000MHz
- Graphics Cards: GeForce RTX 5080 and GeForce RTX 5090
- Storage: Two Samsung 970 EVO 1TB SSDs
- Operating System: Windows 11
4. Game Testing (RTX 5070 Ti vs RX 9070 XT)
Seven games were tested, all running in 4K resolution. In the images below, the left side represents the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti platform, while the right side represents the Radeon RX 9070 XT platform.
Game 1: Ghostwire: Tokyo
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
- Average FPS: 60
- Minimum FPS: 53
- Frame time: 16.6ms
- CPU usage: 11%
- Power consumption: 51W
- Temperature: 52°C
- RAM usage: 10.7GB
- GPU usage: 99%
- VRAM usage: 8.3GB
- GPU power: 274W
- GPU temperature: 52°C
Radeon RX 9070 XT
- Average FPS: 72
- Minimum FPS: 65
- Frame time: 13.8ms
- CPU usage: 12%
- Power consumption: 48W
- Temperature: 49°C
- RAM usage: 13.2GB
- GPU usage: 99%
- VRAM usage: 10.7GB
- GPU power: 344W
- GPU temperature: 56°C
Summary: The Radeon RX 9070 XT leads by 12 FPS in both average and minimum FPS, with a 3ms lower frame time, but consumes 70W more power and runs 4°C hotter.
Game 2: God of War
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
- Average FPS: 94
- Minimum FPS: 86
- Frame time: 10.6ms
- CPU usage: 15%
- GPU power: 276W
- GPU temperature: 53°C
Radeon RX 9070 XT
- Average FPS: 89
- Minimum FPS: 81
- Frame time: 11.4ms
- CPU usage: 12%
- GPU power: 336W
- GPU temperature: 58°C
Summary: The Radeon RX 9070 XT is 5 FPS behind, has a slightly higher frame time, and consumes 60W more power with a 5°C higher temperature.
Game 3: Forza Horizon 5
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
- Average FPS: 117
- Minimum FPS: 105
- Frame time: 7.9ms
- CPU usage: 26%
- GPU power: 224W
- GPU temperature: 50°C
Radeon RX 9070 XT
- Average FPS: 132
- Minimum FPS: 121
- Frame time: 7.2ms
- CPU usage: 26%
- GPU power: 333W
- GPU temperature: 51°C
Summary: The Radeon RX 9070 XT is 15 FPS ahead, with a 0.7ms lower frame time, but consumes 109W more power.
Game 4: Silent Hill 2
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
- Average FPS: 65
- Minimum FPS: 47
- Frame time: 15.9ms
- GPU power: 243W
- GPU temperature: 51°C
Radeon RX 9070 XT
- Average FPS: 60
- Minimum FPS: 53
- Frame time: 16.6ms
- GPU power: 339W
- GPU temperature: 55°C
Summary: The Radeon RX 9070 XT is 5 FPS behind on average, but 6 FPS ahead in minimum FPS. Power consumption is 96W higher.
Game 5: Microsoft Flight Simulator
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
- Average FPS: 48
- Minimum FPS: 43
- Frame time: 19.5ms
- GPU power: 262W
- GPU temperature: 54°C
Radeon RX 9070 XT
- Average FPS: 49
- Minimum FPS: 44
- Frame time: 21.0ms
- GPU power: 303W
- GPU temperature: 59°C
Summary: Performance is almost identical, but the Radeon RX 9070 XT consumes 41W more power.
Game 6: STALKER 2
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
- Average FPS: 48
- Minimum FPS: 40
- Frame time: 21.6ms
- GPU power: 263W
- GPU temperature: 53°C
Radeon RX 9070 XT
- Average FPS: 41
- Minimum FPS: 38
- Frame time: 23.3ms
- GPU power: 336W
- GPU temperature: 54°C
Summary: The Radeon RX 9070 XT is 7 FPS behind on average, with higher frame time, consuming 73W more power.
Game 7: Black Myth: Wukong
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
- Average FPS: 45
- Minimum FPS: 35
- Frame time: 22.6ms
- GPU power: 259W
- GPU temperature: 53°C
Radeon RX 9070 XT
- Average FPS: 24
- Minimum FPS: 21
- Frame time: 42.0ms
- GPU power: 308W
- GPU temperature: 57°C
Summary: The Radeon RX 9070 XT performs much worse, with 21 FPS lower average FPS and 14 FPS lower minimum FPS, consuming 49W more power. Optimization issues are likely the cause.
Overall Performance Summary
- Radeon RX 9070 XT wins in:
- Ghostwire: Tokyo (+12 FPS)
- Forza Horizon 5 (+15 FPS)
- GeForce RTX 5070 Ti wins in:
- God of War (+5 FPS)
- Silent Hill 2 (+5 FPS)
- STALKER 2 (+7 FPS)
- Black Myth: Wukong (+21 FPS, major loss for RX 9070 XT)
- Draw in Microsoft Flight Simulator
The Radeon RX 9070 XT shows strong performance in select games but consumes significantly more power across all titles. In poorly optimized games, it can suffer major performance drops, such as in Black Myth: Wukong. Meanwhile, the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti delivers more consistent performance and better efficiency, making it a more balanced choice in terms of power-to-performance ratio.
5. Comparison Conclusion
In terms of overall gaming performance, the Radeon RX 9070 XT is slightly behind but still has room for optimization in the future. At this stage, its performance can be considered roughly on par with the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti.
However, when analyzing hardware resource usage, the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti holds a clear advantage. It generally consumes less memory and VRAM, operates with lower power consumption, and offers better overall efficiency.
Despite some shortcomings, the Radeon RX 9070 XT is $150 cheaper, making it a more attractive choice for budget-conscious buyers.
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