Radeon RX 9070 XT vs RTX 5070

Short answer: which is best?

Radeon RX 9070 XT is 55.1 % stronger than RTX 5070. Radeon RX 9070 XT ranks #4 of 59 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (15,520 GPU score over 7 verified runs). RTX 5070 ranks #14 of 59 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (10,006 GPU score over 2 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 9 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.

Measured comparison

Fragz' verdict

The Radeon RX 9070 XT comes out on top in this showdown, leading the RTX 5070 by a solid 14% in overall GPU score. Gamers will see a notable advantage, particularly in the Earth II Vulkan scene, where the Radeon card pushed 64.7 FPS against the RTX 5070's 41.3 FPS, backed by a higher ALU index of 442372 and 16 GB of VRAM. While both cards deliver similar performance in DX12 Ultimate with Earth II Landing hovering around 49 FPS, the RTX 5070 does show a significantly higher memory bandwidth of 241 GB/s compared to the Radeon's 106 GB/s and a reported peak clock of 2917 MHz. It's worth noting that the RTX 5070's data comes from a thin sample of just two verified runs, adding some uncertainty, but based on current numbers, the Radeon RX 9070 XT's stronger performance in Vulkan makes it the clear choice here.

Generated September 29, 2026 from the 9 verified runs available then. The verdict is never silently rewritten — new numbers get a new verdict.

What the numbers mean

The GPU score is the graphics card's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the card in, and depends on processor, memory and storage. We show both and never mix them.

All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik

All measurements for Radeon RX 9070 XT · All measurements for RTX 5070