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Radeon RX 9070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Radeon RX 9070 leads on 6 of 8 shared benchmarks (23% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme); the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 takes 2 (13% in PassMark G3D Mark). On qwen3:8b, the Radeon RX 9070 generates 711.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA) against 59.1 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (per hardware-corner.net), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 9070 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070. Both released in 2025. MSRP range: $549 · $549. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecRadeon RX 9070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
vram gb 1612
vram type GDDR6GDDR7
tdp w 220250
cuda cores 35846144
rt cores 56—
process nm 4—

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from WorthPlaying, Notebookcheck, StorageReview, Guru3D, LANOC, TechPowerUp, UL Benchmarks, Overclocking.com, 3DMark and PassMark; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkRadeon RX 9070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: WorthPlaying, Notebookcheck		 46,934 points41,611 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: StorageReview, WorthPlaying		 15,760 points13,939 points
3DMark Port Royal (RX 9070 XT reference) (higher is better)
Source: Guru3D		 14,723 points—
3DMark Solar Bay (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 106,882 points—
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: StorageReview, LANOC, WorthPlaying, Notebookcheck		 5,826 points5,787 points
3DMark Speed Way (RX 9070 XT reference) (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp		 6,345 points—
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: StorageReview, UL Benchmarks, WorthPlaying, Notebookcheck, Overclocking.com, 3DMark		 6,150 points5,154 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: LANOC, 3DMark		 24,306 points22,221 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, WorthPlaying		 11,702 points9,535 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (RX 9070 XT reference) (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp		 14,591 points—
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 1,266 pts1,299 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 25,397 pts28,758 pts

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

Radeon RX 9070

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 9070 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070?

The Radeon RX 9070 leads on 6 of 8 shared benchmarks (23% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme); the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 takes 2 (13% in PassMark G3D Mark).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen3:8b, the Radeon RX 9070 generates 711.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA) against 59.1 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (per hardware-corner.net), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 9070 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 9070 launched at a $549 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 at $549. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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