RX 9070 or RTX 5070: which should you buy at today's prices?

RX 9070 or RTX 5070? Buy the RX 9070 at today's prices. On November 3, 2026 the cheapest new RX 9070 on Newegg was $749.99 and the cheapest new RTX 5070 was $869.99, a $120 gap. Both cards launched at $549. TechSpot measured the RX 9070 13% faster at 1440p across 23 games, and it has 16GB of VRAM to the RTX 5070's 12GB. The RTX 5070 is the pick only if you play heavy ray-traced games, want DLSS in older games that will never get FSR 4, or run AI tools that expect CUDA.

What do the RX 9070 and RTX 5070 cost today?

$749.99 for the RX 9070 and $869.99 for the RTX 5070, on Newegg on November 3, 2026, sorted by lowest price and counting only new cards. Both are about $200 to $320 over the $549 both launched at. Here's what we found at two big US stores that day.

Amazon figures are the cheapest new cards in our Amazon search that day, not a full price scan; the ZOTAC listing said "Only 1 left in stock". Newegg also listed refurbished RTX 5070s (an ASUS Prime at $809.99 in the screenshot below), which still cost more than a new RX 9070.

TechSpot's monthly tracker agrees on the direction. Its Q4 update, published November 2, 2026, lists the lowest in-stock US price in October at $700 for the RX 9070 and $900 for the RTX 5070. It found the RX 9070 "priced 27% above MSRP in the US" against 64% for the RTX 5070.

Is the RX 9070 faster than the RTX 5070?

Yes, by 13% on average at 1440p in TechSpot's largest head-to-head. TechSpot's October 2025 retest wrote: "Across the games tested, the Radeon RX 9070 was 13% faster than the RTX 5070 using native rendering at 1440p." The margin held with upscaling on: 13% faster at Quality, Balanced and Performance. In its day-one review the gap was only 4% across a different 18-game set, and TechSpot credits driver updates for the change.

It isn't a clean sweep. In the same test the RTX 5070 was faster in Stellar Blade and gave the better experience in Cyberpunk 2077 with Ultra ray tracing, thanks to better 1% lows. TechSpot also notes the RTX 5070 is faster in heavy ray-tracing and path-tracing games, and that "in general, DLSS 4 offers somewhat better image quality than FSR 4."

Which costs less per frame at today's prices?

The RX 9070, by about 24%. Take TechSpot's 23-game average (RTX 5070 = 100, RX 9070 = 113) and divide today's cheapest Newegg price by it:

The RX 9070 XT bar uses TechSpot's separate 52-game result, in which it says the XT "was 25% faster on average" than the RTX 5070, and the cheapest new XT we saw on Newegg that day ($919.99, PowerColor Reaper). It's a rough comparison across two test suites, but the order is clear.

For context: when both cards sold for $550, TechSpot calculated the Radeon's cost-per-frame lead at 11% and said that "still falls just short of the 15% threshold we typically look for when recommending Radeon over GeForce." At today's prices the lead is well past that line.

Should you buy the RX 9070 XT instead?

Only if it's close in price. TechSpot's November 2 update says that "the XT model is 17% more expensive than the non-XT for about 12% more performance, keeping the RX 9070 in its "better bang for buck" position." On Newegg on November 3 the gap was bigger than that: $919.99 for the cheapest new XT against $749.99 for the RX 9070, about 23% more. If you can't stretch, the plain RX 9070 is the value pick. If an XT drops to within about 10% of an RX 9070, the XT is the better card. We covered an earlier XT deal in the RX 9070 XT at $695 on Amazon; that price is long gone.

One thing that matters to RTX 5070 shoppers: TechSpot found that in October "the RX 9070 XT is on average the same price as the RTX 5070 across the 10 regions we examined." In the US it listed the XT at $870 and the RTX 5070 at $900. If an RX 9070 XT costs the same as an RTX 5070 where you shop, the XT is the faster card with more memory.

When should you still buy the RTX 5070?

When a feature matters more to you than speed per dollar. TechSpot's testing points to three cases:

• Heavy ray tracing and path tracing. The RTX 5070 is faster there, though TechSpot adds that it "often" falls "well short of 60 FPS at 1440p with upscaling enabled" in those games anyway.
• Older games with DLSS but no FSR 4. TechSpot writes that "if you enjoy dipping into older titles that may never get FSR 4, the RTX 5070 has the advantage there."
• AI tools that expect CUDA. Most local-AI tools run on both brands now, but CUDA is still the path with the least setup. The 12GB limit cuts the other way, though: models that need more than 12GB fit only on the 16GB card. Our full RTX 5070 vs RX 9070 comparison covers gaming and local AI in depth, and how to run local AI on an AMD Radeon covers the setup.

The VRAM gap also matters for games. TechSpot wrote that "a lot of modern titles already sit in the 10 to 11GB range at 1440p with upscaling, which is right up against the 5070's limit," and that "once games regularly exceed 12GB, the RX 9070 will age much better."

Where to check prices

These are the two cards behind the prices above. Prices move daily, so check before you buy, and make sure the listing is the card you want.

Should you wait for Black Friday?

We wouldn't count on it. TechSpot's November 2 update says graphics card prices rose 11% month over month on average across the 10 countries it tracks, and that "various rumors and reports from retailers suggest the opposite: we haven't yet seen peak graphics card pricing." It also found the RX 9070 and 9070 XT up 12% month over month. A short sale is possible, but the trend is up. If the RX 9070 is in your budget now, waiting is a bet against that trend.

In August 2026 this exact matchup looked different: an ASUS Prime RX 9070 briefly dropped to $629.99 on Amazon, as reported by Club386 and Wccftech at the time. That deal is over; today's cheapest 16GB RX 9070 is $120 more.

Want to test 16GB before you buy?

If you're buying for local AI rather than games, you can rent a 16GB card by the hour, run the model you have in mind, and see whether it fits before spending $750. Our VRAM calculator shows which models fit in 12GB and 16GB, and cloud GPU prices lists today's hourly rates.

Prices on this page are dated readings and will change. For the deeper version of this matchup, including local-AI model fits, see RTX 5070 vs RX 9070 for gaming and local AI.