First-generation product — recently released, still early days
Best for: Gamers interested in Intel's ecosystem who want a 1440p high-end card with 16GB VRAM at a competitive price.
Full details →Early in cycle — strong buy, no urgency to wait
Best for: 1440p and 4K gamers who want 16GB VRAM, competitive rasterization, and don't need NVIDIA-specific features like DLSS or CUDA.
Full details →| Intel Arc B770 | AMD RX 9070 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| Tier | High-end | High-end |
| Generation | Arc Battlemage | RX 9000 |
| VRAM | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 250W | 304W |
| Upscaling | XeSS | FSR4 |
| Ray Tracing | ✅ | ✅ |
| Launch MSRP | $449 | $599 |
| Released | Mar 15, 2026 | Mar 12, 2025 |
| Cycle length | — | ~820 days |
| Cycle advice | Buy | Buy |
| Deals advice | Caution | Caution |
| Successor | — | — |
Intel continues to offer more VRAM per dollar than NVIDIA.
Expected improvements to Intel's AI upscaler.
Higher-tier Battlemage silicon with more cores.
4GB more than the RTX 5070 at the same price. Future-proofs for 1440p ultra and 4K textures.
AMD's first machine-learning upscaler, narrowing the gap with DLSS 4.
AMD's open-source driver stack and FSR's open standard avoid proprietary ecosystem dependencies.