Early in cycle — strong buy, no urgency to wait
Best for: 1440p gamers who want near-flagship performance at a fraction of the flagship price, and entry-level 4K gamers.
Full details →Overdue for a refresh — no successor announced yet. Prices should be at their lowest
Superseded by RX 9070 XT
Best for: Gamers and creators who want 20GB VRAM at a clearance price — a middle ground between the 16GB mainstream and 24GB XTX.
Full details →| NVIDIA RTX 5070 | AMD RX 7900 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| Tier | High-end | Enthusiast |
| Generation | RTX 5000 | RX 7000 |
| VRAM | 12 GB | 20 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 250W | 315W |
| Upscaling | DLSS4 | FSR3 |
| Ray Tracing | ✅ | ✅ |
| Launch MSRP | $549 | $899 |
| Released | Mar 6, 2025 | Dec 13, 2022 |
| Cycle length | ~850 days | ~820 days |
| Cycle advice | Buy | Wait |
| Deals advice | Caution | Buy |
| Successor | — | RX 9070 XT |
NVIDIA's most disruptive price-to-performance ratio this generation — a generational leap accessible to mainstream budgets.
Lower power draw than the RTX 4070 Super it replaces, while delivering dramatically more performance.
Full Blackwell AI features including multi-frame generation — exclusive to RTX 5000 series.
More VRAM than any RTX 5000 card except the 5090 (32GB), and 4GB more than the 7800 XT. A rare middle ground.
Superseded but strong value — clearance pricing makes this competitive with the RX 9070 XT at launch MSRP.
Over 2 years of driver optimization for rock-solid stability.