RTX 5070 vs. RX 9070 XT (Oct 5)

The week ending October 5, 2025 covered all seven daily pulls, with 3,676 to 3,860 eBay listings per snapshot. These were listing-market snapshots, not a full retail shelf survey, so the useful signal is movement inside the same source stream.

RTX 5070 held at $599.99 for 12GB, while RX 9070 XT held at $680.99 for 16GB. By the final snapshot, RTX 5070 was $81.00 cheaper than RX 9070 XT.

The memory math kept the trade-off honest: RTX 5070 ended the week at $50.00 per GB, while RX 9070 XT ended at $42.56 per GB. NVIDIA had the lower final checkout price by $81.00, while AMD had the roomier 16GB card and the better memory-per-dollar number. Compare them directly before treating either side as automatic.

Higher up the stack, the cheapest new RTX 5080 listings ranged from $1,444.47 to $1,494.47, while the cheapest new RTX 5090 listings ranged from $2,617.49 to $4,200.78. Those halo floors were useful anchors, but noisy enough that the practical buyer decision still lived in the RTX 5070 versus RX 9070 XT lane.

My read for this week: no dramatic swing, just a stable midrange split. RTX 5070 made the simpler price case, while RX 9070 XT kept the memory-value argument.