Mid-range GPU battle: RX 9070 looks to be best mid-range GPU value vs RTX 5070, RTX 5070 Ti, and RX 9070 XT

After testing and comparing the performance of the RX 9070, the RX 9070 XT, and the RTX 5070 with the latest drivers and image upscaling, Hardware Unboxed has now included the RTX 5070 Ti in the mix. The results are quite interesting from a value standpoint, as the RX 9070 XT is a better but not remarkable value vs the RTX 5070 Ti.

In the 22 games tested by HU at 1440p, the RTX 5070 Ti was around 5% faster than the RX 9070 XT, using native settings. The performance difference shrinks to 2%, 3%, and 2% when using DLSS 4 Quality, Balanced, and Performance mode, respectively, on the RTX 5070 Ti and corresponding FSR 4 profiles on the RX 9070 XT. So, both the RTX 5070 Ti and the RX 9070 XT basically perform the same, with a minor edge for the GeForce card.

The RTX 5070 Ti, however, looks much better when compared against the RX 9070. Here, the GeForce GPU is 15% faster at native resolution and 9% ahead with DLSS 4 Quality. HU notes that, to get the same level of performance as RTX 5070 Ti’s DLSS 4 Quality, you’ll have to use FSR 4 Balanced on the RX 9070. Seeing as how AMD has massively improved the image quality of FSR 4, there shouldn’t really be a big image quality difference between FSR 4 Balanced vs DLSS 4 Quality.

Moreover, since the RTX 5070 Ti at its $749 MSRP is 36% more expensive than the $549 RX 9070, a 15% performance difference at native makes the RX 9070 an easy recommendation over the GeForce card if you want to save as much money as possible.

The RX 9070 XT is, unfortunately, still hard to find at the $599 MSRP. So, until you can find the RX 9070 XT at its official MSRP, the card will remain an unexciting value vs the RTX 5070 Ti.

All in all, if you had to buy a GPU today, HU’s testing and the current market pricing point to the RX 9070 as the best mid-range value (Get the GPU on Amazon).