Early in cycle — strong buy, no urgency to wait
Best for: 1440p gamers who want 16GB VRAM and AMD's ecosystem at the most efficient power-to-performance ratio.
Full details →First-generation product — recently released, still early days
Best for: Gamers interested in Intel's ecosystem who want a 1440p high-end card with 16GB VRAM at a competitive price.
Full details →| AMD RX 9070 | Intel Arc B770 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tier | High-end | High-end |
| Generation | RX 9000 | Arc Battlemage |
| VRAM | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 250W | 250W |
| Upscaling | FSR4 | XeSS |
| Ray Tracing | ✅ | ✅ |
| Launch MSRP | $549 | $449 |
| Released | Mar 12, 2025 | Mar 15, 2026 |
| Cycle length | ~820 days | — |
| Cycle advice | Buy | Buy |
| Deals advice | Caution | Caution |
| Successor | — | — |
Same VRAM as the 9070 XT for $50 less — excellent value.
More power-efficient than both the 9070 XT and RTX 5070.
Full access to AMD's ML-powered upscaling.
Intel continues to offer more VRAM per dollar than NVIDIA.
Expected improvements to Intel's AI upscaler.
Higher-tier Battlemage silicon with more cores.