Early in cycle — strong buy, no urgency to wait
Best for: 1440p and 4K gamers who want 16GB VRAM, competitive rasterization, and don't need NVIDIA-specific features like DLSS or CUDA.
Full details →Overdue for a refresh — no successor announced yet. Prices should be at their lowest
Superseded by RTX 5080
Best for: 4K gamers seeking clearance-priced enthusiast performance from the previous generation.
Full details →| AMD RX 9070 XT | NVIDIA RTX 4080 Super | |
|---|---|---|
| Tier | High-end | Enthusiast |
| Generation | RX 9000 | RTX 4000 |
| VRAM | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6X |
| TDP | 304W | 320W |
| Upscaling | FSR4 | DLSS3 |
| Ray Tracing | ✅ | ✅ |
| Launch MSRP | $599 | $999 |
| Released | Mar 12, 2025 | Jan 31, 2024 |
| Cycle length | ~820 days | ~365 days |
| Cycle advice | Buy | Wait |
| Deals advice | Caution | Buy |
| Successor | — | RTX 5080 |
4GB more than the RTX 5070 at the same price. Future-proofs for 1440p ultra and 4K textures.
AMD's first machine-learning upscaler, narrowing the gap with DLSS 4.
AMD's open-source driver stack and FSR's open standard avoid proprietary ecosystem dependencies.
Superseded but strong value — clearance pricing makes this competitive for 4K gaming.
Ample VRAM for 4K gaming and content creation.
Over a year of optimizations ensures stability across all titles.