Radeon RX 9070 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti leads on 5 of 8 shared benchmarks (22% in 3DMark Speed Way); the Radeon RX 9070 XT takes 3 (7% in 3DMark Time Spy). On qwen3:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti generates 74.3 tokens/s (per Hardware Corner) against 52.2 for the Radeon RX 9070 XT (per GitHub (hirokuze/local-llm-benchmark-rx9070xt)), best community run on file for each.
Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 9070 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti. Both released in 2025. MSRP range: $599 · $749. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
*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
| Spec | Radeon RX 9070 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 16 | 16 |
| vram type | GDDR6 | GDDR7 |
| tdp w | 304 | 300 |
| cuda cores | — | 8960 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from LANOC, Club386, Digital Trends, HWBOT, Overclocking.com, UL Benchmarks, PassMark and Tom's Hardware; 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.
| Benchmark | Radeon RX 9070 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: LANOC, Club386 |
66,762 pts | 68,741 points |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better) Source: LANOC |
33,887 pts | — |
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: LANOC, Digital Trends, HWBOT, Club386 |
18,240 points | 18,851 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com, LANOC, Club386 |
6,267 pts | 7,677 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: LANOC, Overclocking.com, UL Benchmarks, Club386 |
7,025 points | 6,905 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: LANOC, Digital Trends, Club386 |
29,467 pts | 27,667 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) Source: LANOC, Club386 |
14,367 pts | 13,485 points |
| PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
1,318 pts | 1,329 pts |
| PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
26,908 pts | 32,422 pts |
| Tom's Hardware GPU Hierarchy (lower is better) Source: Tom's Hardware |
719 rank | 812 rank |
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 XT
- qwen3:8b: 711.0 tok/s (LocalLLaMA)
- Llama 3.2 1.5B: 163.0 tok/s (CraftRigs)
- llama2:7b: 142.9 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
- llama3.2:1b-instruct: 198.0 tok/s (LocalScore)
- meta-llama/gpt-oss-20b-MoE: 189.4 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub Discussions)
- meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct: 185.0 tok/s (LocalScore.ai)
Quick answers
Which is faster, the Radeon RX 9070 XT or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti leads on 5 of 8 shared benchmarks (22% in 3DMark Speed Way); the Radeon RX 9070 XT takes 3 (7% in 3DMark Time Spy).
Which is better for running local LLMs?
On qwen3:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti generates 74.3 tokens/s (per Hardware Corner) against 52.2 for the Radeon RX 9070 XT (per GitHub (hirokuze/local-llm-benchmark-rx9070xt)), best community run on file for each.
What did the Radeon RX 9070 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti cost at launch?
The Radeon RX 9070 XT launched at a $599 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti at $749. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.
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