RTX 5070 Ti vs RX 7900 XTX – What We Think

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Uzair Qureshi

At Tech4Gamers, I proudly wear the title of Comparisons Specialist. Focused on CPUs and GPUs, I bring forth a wealth of hands-on experience and a keen eye for detail to provide our audience with the latest insights and analyses.

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Pros And Cons

Comparison Table

Architectural Difference

1. Process Nodes: Both the RTX 5070 Ti and RX 7900 XTX utilize TSMC’s 5nm process technology.
2. Clock Speeds: The RTX 5070 Ti features a base clock of 2,295MHz and boosts up to 2,452MHz. The RX 7900 XTX has a base clock of 1,900MHz and can boost up to 2,500MHz.
3. VRAM: The RX 7900 XTX is equipped with 24GB of GDDR6 memory on a 384-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 960 GB/s. The RTX 5070 Ti, on the other hand, comes with 16GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus.
4. TDP: The RX 7900 XTX has a TDP of 355 watts, while the RTX 5070 Ti has a TDP of 300 watts. Both cards are recommended to be paired with a 700-watt power supply.
5. Supported Technologies: The RTX 5070 Ti offers advanced features such as multi-frame generation, Nvidia Reflex 2.0, and neural rendering. The RX 7900 XTX supports technologies like hardware ray tracing, variable-rate shading, and AMD’s Infinity Cache.

Nvidia’s Blackwell lineup is shaping up to be one of the most benign series of cards we’ve ever seen. Though these cards barely improve upon their predecessors, the question arises whether they can beat their team red counterparts. We’re going to find out today in the RTX 5070 Ti vs RX 7900 XTX comparison!

Gaming Benchmarks – 4K

First and foremost, let us see how these GPUs perform in gaming scenarios. We have devised a test bench to compare these cards where the only possible bottleneck in the graphics card. You can look at the specs of this test bench down below:

Test Bench

• OS: Windows 11
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
• Motherboard: MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi
• SSD: XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE 2TB NVMe SSD
• RAM: Kingston Fury Renegade RGB DDR5 32GB 7200MHz
• PSU: XPG Fusion Titanium 1600W Power Supply
• CPU Cooler: EK-Nucleus AIO CR360 LUX D-RGB

Marvel Rivals

• According to our tests, the RX 7900 XTX averaged 58 FPS in Marvel Rivals, just 1.75% ahead of the RTX 5070 Ti, which managed 57 FPS. A disappointing start for both cards.
• When looking at the 1% lows, the RX 7900 XTX held 44 FPS, while the RTX 5070 Ti dipped to 39 FPS, giving AMD’s card a 12.82% advantage in maintaining smooth performance.

Stalker 2

• We saw an average of 46 FPS with the RX 7900 XTX, which was about 12.20% higher than the RTX 5070 Ti’s 41 FPS.
• The 1% lows highlighted a more significant gap, with the RX 7900 XTX staying at 39 FPS, while the RTX 5070 Ti dropped to 31 FPS, a 25.81% difference in the roughest moments.

God of War Ragnarok

• In God of War Ragnarok, the RX 7900 XTX averaged 107 FPS, coming in just 0.93% behind the RTX 5070 Ti, which was hanging around 108 FPS.
• The 1% lows were the same on both cards at about 95 FPS. This speaks to the excellent optimization of this game, if nothing else.

A Plague Tale: Requiem

• Our tests showed the RX 7900 XTX averaging 70 FPS, staying 2.94% ahead of the RTX 5070 Ti, which landed at 68 FPS. 
• In the lowest moments, the RX 7900 XTX held 59 FPS, while the RTX 5070 Ti dipped slightly to 57 FPS, making for a 3.51% difference.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

• We recorded averages of 60 FPS with the RX 7900 XTX, running 3.45% ahead of the RTX 5070 Ti, which managed 58 FPS.
• The 1% lows were also close, with the RX 7900 XTX dropping to 49 FPS, while the RTX 5070 Ti dipped slightly further to 48 FPS, making for only a 2.08% variation.

Alan Wake 2 (RT)

• With high ray tracing settings, our benchmarks showed the RX 7900 XTX averaging 38 FPS, coming in 22.58% ahead of the RTX 5070 Ti, which managed 31 FPS.
• The 1% lows reflected a similar trend, with the RX 7900 XTX holding 29 FPS, while the RTX 5070 Ti dropped to 24 FPS, making for a 20.83% difference in the most demanding moments.

Cyberpunk 2077 (RT)

• In our testing, the RX 7900 XTX pulled significantly ahead, averaging 75 FPS, a massive 82.93% lead over the RTX 5070 Ti, which only reached 41 FPS.
• The lows told the same story, with the RX 7900 XTX maintaining 62 FPS, while the RTX 5070 Ti fell to 34 FPS, showing an 82.35% advantage for AMD’s card.

Black Myth: Wukong (RT)

• Surprisingly, the RTX 5070 Ti outperformed the RX 7900 XTX here, averaging 31 FPS, which was 29.17% higher than the RX 7900 XTX’s 24 FPS.
• The 1% lows widened the gap even more, with the RX 7900 XTX dropping to 18 FPS, while the RTX 5070 Ti held 26 FPS, making AMD’s card 44.44% worse in the most demanding moments.

Productivity Benchmarks

Having gone over the gaming performance of these GPUs, the next section will focus on how the RTX 5070 Ti and RX 7900 XTX perform in productivity benchmarks. We used the same test bench we used for the gaming benchmarks, so take a look above if need be.

UL Procyon

• To no one’s surprise, the RTX 5070 Ti killed the competition when it came to AI benchmarks. It performed about 71% higher than the AMD card in Llama 2 text generation.
• The RTX 5070 Ti got a performance of 2527 points in our testing, whereas the RX 7900 XTX got a performance of around 4315 points.

Blender

• Optix rendering was another area where the Nvidia card excelled over its competition. The RTX 5070 Ti completed the Barbershop render in Blender about 80% faster than the RX 7900 XTX.
• Rendering the Barbershop scene only took 49 seconds with the RTX 5070 Ti, which was marketably faster than the 88 seconds that the RX 7900 XTX took.

Davinci Resolve

• Finally, there was little difference in the Davinci Resolve section of the Pudget systems test bench. However, the 5070 Ti still took the lead with around 7%.
• We saw a score of 11014 points with the RTX 5070 Ti, which was not that much better than the 10314 points that the RX 7900 XTX provided.

Overall Performance

Average Framerate

In our testing, the RX 7900 XTX was about 10% faster than the RTX 5070 Ti, which is a huge disappointment. Not only does Nvidia’s card have over 2 years of technology updates on its side, but it also competes for the same market space as the RTX 5070 Ti, and the AMD card thoroughly outclasses it.

1% Lows

The difference in the minimum framerates was about 11.5%. The delta was in favor of the RX 7900 XTX, which only widened the gap between these cards. The RX 7900 XTX was noticeably smoother in our testing with these two cards. We noticed less stuttering on the AMD card.

Productivity

Nvidia’s card showed clear victory in the productivity tests. It performed almost twice in our AI test, which is where most of Nvidia’s innovations lie with this generation. Blender also benefited greatly, with a render time almost half that of the RX 7900 XTX. However, we did not see much of a difference in Davinci Resolve. 

Power Consumption

Nvidia took a big leap in power management with the Ada Lovelace cards, and these improvements translated to the Blackwell generation as well. The RX 7900 XTX took about 30% more power than the RTX 5070 Ti in our gaming tests. We did see some high spikes with the RTX 5070 Ti, resulting in only a 16% improvement in maximums.

Price

Though the RX 7900 XTX is also being scalped at the moment, we did see a few models priced around the $900 mark, whereas the RTX 5070 Ti was priced much higher than its MSRP. With the lower price and higher performance, the RX 7900 XTX is definitely the better deal of the two.

What We Recommend

RTX 5070 Ti: The brunt of the improvements in the Blackwell cards is focused on the AI features, which have their benefits, but it means bugger-all for gaming, at least at this moment. Power savings are also a plus with this card, but this is a feature that most people don’t care that much about.

RX 7900 XTX: Though not a perfect card in its own right, the RTX 5070 Ti makes the RX 7900 XTX look like a good deal. It performs about 10% better in traditional rasterization, though it does fall flat in very complex RT workloads. The RX 7900 XTX is not a cheap card, but it’s cheap compared to the scalped Blackwell cards on the market.

Go for the RX 7900 XTX if you’re primarily focused on gaming, especially if you don’t care about ray tracing. The RTX 5070 Ti only makes sense if you need a productivity workhorse. For most people, we think the RX 7900 XTX is the smarter buy.

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Uzair Qureshi

[Comparisons Specialist]

I’m a passionate computer hardware expert specializing in CPUs and GPUs. With a lifelong curiosity for hardware and extensive hands-on experience, I provide valuable insights, practical advice, and in-depth analysis on these components. Engaging with the hardware community, I exchange knowledge and stay at the forefront of technological advancements.

Get In Touch: uzair@tech4gamers.com