A gaming GPU comparison infographic contrasts rasterized performance with ray tracing, creative workloads, benchmarks, and trade-offs.
The closest AMD match for the Nvidia RTX 5070 is the Radeon RX 9070. That is also the answer BGR's piece reaches. The two cards launched at the same price, and independent testing puts them in the same performance tier. The RX 9070 usually leads in conventional rasterized games, while the RTX 5070 keeps a real edge in some ray-tracing and productivity work.

A gaming GPU comparison infographic contrasts rasterized performance with ray tracing, creative workloads, benchmarks, and trade-offs. Why the RX 9070 is the pick​

Both cards share the same starting price, and the RX 9070 has 16GB of VRAM against the RTX 5070's 12GB. It also runs at a lower 220W TDP. GamersNexus lists the RX 9070's MSRP as about $550, and TechSpot notes that GamersNexus calls the RTX 5070 "equivalently priced."

Those are launch prices, not today's. BGR says neither card sells at $549 now. This article does not establish current retail prices, so check live listings before you decide.

BGR also says AMD launched the RX 9070 GRE to fill that price slot. Treat the GRE as a separate, weaker card. Club386's testing of it against the RTX 5070 found a Blender result of 2,709 samples per minute for the GRE against 5,932 for the RTX 5070. BGR describes the GRE as a disappointment next to both the RX 9070 and the RTX 5070.

What the raster benchmarks show​

Results vary by game, so no single number settles it.

  • Dragon's Dogma 2, 4K: GamersNexus measured the RX 9070 at 64 FPS, ahead of the RTX 5070 Founders Edition's 56 FPS. That is a 14% lead. BGR cites 64.1 and 56.4 FPS, which appear to be the same results with more decimals.
  • Dragon's Dogma 2, 1440p: the RX 9070 averaged 106 FPS. BGR puts the RTX 5070 at roughly 95.8 FPS.
  • Starfield, 1440p: GamersNexus reports 96 FPS for the RX 9070 against 83 FPS for the RTX 5070, a 15% lead.
  • Ties: GamersNexus says the cards tied within error in Dying Light 2 at 1440p. At 1440p in Black Myth: Wukong without ray tracing, it measured 75 FPS against 72.1 FPS and called the gap imperceptible.
  • Dragon Age: The Veilguard, 1440p: TechSpot found both cards at 79 FPS. BGR adds that the setting was Ultra Quality, which I could not independently confirm.
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6: this is the biggest swing. Tech4Gamers measured a 40% RX 9070 lead. TechSpot found a 40% lead at 1440p and 44% at 4K. BGR notes that this franchise tends to favor AMD hardware anyway, so don't read it as typical.

Aggregate results from reviewers​

Several outlets have averaged across many games, and their figures differ:

  • TechSpot's launch review: across 18 games, the RX 9070 was just 4% faster than the RTX 5070 at 1440p and 8% faster at 4K.
  • TechSpot's later upscaling comparison: the RX 9070 was 13% faster at native 1440p across the games tested.
  • Tom's Hardware: at 4K Ultra the RX 9070 was on average 11% quicker, including ray tracing. At 1080p it found virtually indistinguishable performance on average.
  • A 2026 roundup on Tech-Insider: it attributes to Digital Foundry a conclusion of around eight to ten percent more performance on aggregate for the RX 9070. I could not check that quote against the original, so treat it with care.

The range runs from a few percent to the low teens, depending on game selection, resolution and testing date. A reasonable summary is that the RX 9070 is modestly faster on average, and the gap widens at 4K. Part of that is the extra VRAM, but memory capacity alone doesn't prove higher frame rates. The benchmarks are the evidence.

Where Nvidia still wins​

Ray tracing​

The RTX 5070 is not beaten everywhere. In Black Myth: Wukong with ray tracing at 1440p upscaled, GamersNexus recorded 73 FPS for the RTX 5070, leading the RX 9070 by 55%. TechSpot saw a similar pattern, with the RX 9070 on average 16% slower than the RTX 5070 across six ray-tracing games at 1440p.

Ray tracing is not a clean AMD loss, though. GamersNexus found the RX 9070 ahead in ray-traced Dragon's Dogma 2 and Resident Evil 4. It also found the RTX 5070 ahead in ray-traced Dying Light 2. The pattern depends on the game.

Productivity and compute​

For creative and AI work, Nvidia's lead is large in some tests. Tom's Hardware found the RTX 5070 68% faster in Blender and 2.2x faster in Procyon AI Vision. In SPEC and MLPerf, the RX 9070 matched it or won. GamersNexus names CUDA as the RTX 5070's biggest strength, for video editing in particular.

VRAM headroom​

Capacity can bite the RTX 5070 in heavy scenarios. GamersNexus saw stutter from VRAM saturation in some heavy ray-tracing cases. TechSpot hit the 12GB ceiling in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. The extra 4GB on the RX 9070 may matter for longer-term use, though that is a forecast, not a measurement.

Upscaling: closer than the headlines suggest​

Both vendors lean heavily on upscaling and frame generation, and BGR says the picture changes once those are switched on.

  • BGR reports PC Centric results with the RTX 5070 near 200 FPS in Marvel Rivals using DLSS, against 170 FPS for the RX 9070 with FSR 4. In Fortnite, the RX 9070 gains around 5 to 6 FPS with upscaling applied.
  • TechSpot's DLSS 4 versus FSR 4 comparison found the RX 9070 scaled slightly better in Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, with 29% from FSR 4 Quality against 23% from DLSS 4 Quality.
  • BGR says AMD followed FSR 4 with version 4.1 in 2026 and that it has been praised. It also says Nvidia's DLSS 5 has been poorly received because it applies an AI layer over game assets without adding much performance. Those are BGR's characterizations, so weigh them as opinion.

Which one should you buy?​

  1. Pure gaming at 1440p, raster-focused: the RX 9070 is the stronger match, with equal or better frame rates and more VRAM.
  2. Heavy ray tracing, Blender, CUDA or local AI work: the RTX 5070 can justify itself despite lower raster averages.
  3. Prices matter most: MSRPs are now historical, so compare current listings. Reviewers also pointed out a cheaper option on the AMD side. GamersNexus and TechSpot both argued that the RX 9070 XT, about $50 more at launch, was the smarter buy than either card.
  4. Don't mix up the GRE: the RX 9070 GRE is not a stand-in for the RX 9070.

Many of these benchmarks date from the launch window in early 2025. Drivers and game patches have changed since then, and BGR says higher GPU prices are being driven by AI data-center demand. BGR also reports that AMD's next GPU is rumored for 2027.

Bottom line: in a head-to-head with the RTX 5070, the Radeon RX 9070 is the card to compare. It is typically a bit faster in rasterized gaming, it has more memory, and it uses less power. The RTX 5070 still wins in several ray-tracing and professional workloads.

 

References

  1. Which AMD GPU Is The Closest Equivalent To The Nvidia RTX 5070? bgr.com 2026-10-22T20:17:00+00:00
  2. Incredibly Efficient: AMD RX 9070 GPU Review & Benchmarks vs. 9070 XT, RTX 5070 gamersnexus.net
  3. AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE vs. Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 club386.com
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