RX 9070 XT vs RTX 5070 Ti battle in 55 games shows 5% performance delta with some big wins and losses for Radeon GPU

When AMD unveiled the RX 9070 XT, the company stated that the card was, on average, only 2% slower than the RTX 5070 Ti at 4K. This was a bold claim since the RTX 5070 Ti is $150 more expensive, making the RX 9070 XT a considerably better option. However, third-party reviews proved that AMD was too enthusiastic as the RX 9070 XT is more than 2% slower.

For instance, Hardware Unboxed’s launch review of the RX 9070 XT showed the card to be 6% slower than the RTX 5070 Ti in the 18 tested games. However, with scores of games available to try, 18 games is a rather small sample to judge the actual performance delta between the two GPUs. To address this, Hardware Unboxed has since published a gigantic RX 9070 XT and RTX 5070 Ti comparison in 55 games at 1440p and 4K.

RX 9070 XT vs RTX 5070 Ti in 55 games

Starting with the 1440p comparison, the RX 9070 XT appeared, on average, only 5% behind the RTX 5070 Ti in the benchmarked titles with the Radeon GPU enjoying some big wins. For instance, the RX 9070 XT was 22% and 17% faster than the RTX 5070 Ti in Call of Duty Black Ops 6 and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, respectively.

These wins, however, were balanced by the RX 9070 XT’s lackluster performance in titles like Grand Theft Auto 5 Enhanced and Gears 5 with deficits of 29% and 32%, respectively.

Moving to 4K, the RX 9070 XT, once again, lags behind the RTX 5070 Ti by only 5%. With future driver updates, we can expect AMD to address performance concerns in troublesome games, closing this 5% gap even further. The GPU standings in individual titles remain the same at 4K as 1440p.

To sum it all up, if you can find the RX 9070 XT at MSRP or considerably cheaper than the RTX 5070 Ti, then Nvidia’s card becomes hard to justify since it not only performs at the same level but costs $150 more. Moreover, AMD has made tremendous gains in FSR 4 and ray tracing performance, the two areas where Nvidia has dominated in the past. So, gamers who choose to go with the RX 9070 XT aren’t taking a big downgrade in ray tracing and/or image upscaling like last-gen.

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