Why Compare the RTX 5070 Ti to the RX 9070 XT?
For this comparison, we’re taking a closer look at theRX 9070 XTand theRTX 5070 Ti.
Let’s dive in.
Benchmarks
We’re starting with a rough spot for the Radeon GPU.
As a result, it’s 29% slower at 1440p and 24% slower at 4K.
Not ideal, but hopefully AMD can improve performance with a future driver update.
Performance in ACC was also underwhelming.
Again, we’re hoping for improvement via drivers.
The Rocket League results were unexpected.
This likely points to a GeForce driver issue, which is surprising given Rocket League’s popularity and maturity.
You’d expect Nvidia to have this one dialed in.
This could be yet another case of driver optimization lagging behind.
Marvel Rivals was far more competitive.
With very high ray tracing disabled, the RX 9070 XT performs well inBlack Myth Wukong.
The Riftbreaker has never been a strong title for AMD, and that trend continues here.
The 9070 XT was 20% slower than the 5070 Ti at 1440p and 24% slower at 4K.
However, with RDNA 4, that’s no longer the case.
The 9070 XT matched the 5070 Ti exactly at both tested resolutions.
We tested War Thunder using the DX12 mode, which tends to benefit Radeon GPUs.
At 4K, performance between the two was nearly identical.
The 9070 XT delivered excellent performance in Horizon Forbidden West, outperforming the 5070 Ti at both resolutions.
At 1440p, we saw a 10% uplift, and at 4K, an 11% improvement.
Warhammer III is a strong title for AMD.
Disabling path tracing in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle significantly improves performance.
At 4K, it was 21% slower, delivering 67 fps on average.
Not great, but still very playable.
We spent considerable time investigating Radeon’s performance issues in Gears 5.
We’re unsure why, but this was a clear loss for AMD.
Thankfully, performance in the popular Rainbow Six Siege was very good.
As usual,Call of Dutyremains a strong title for Radeon, and Black Ops 6 is no exception.
Let’s see how these GPUs stack up across all 55 games tested.
Let’s now take a look at the 4K data.
So, generally speaking, performance is quite close.
At a 10% difference, the choice could go either way.
However, after extensive testing, we found AMD’s newFSR 4 technologyto be a major leap forward.
It’s significantly better than FSR 3 and, in most cases, outperforms DLSS 3.
In those games, the 9070 XT was highly competitive with the 5070 Ti.
That’s why we recommend a 15% discount as the tipping point for choosing Radeon.
