RTX 5070 vs. RX 9070 XT (Nov 16)

The week ending November 16, 2025 covered all seven daily pulls, with 3,951 to 4,198 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 $600.00 for 12GB, while RX 9070 XT held at $628.49 for 16GB. By the final snapshot, RTX 5070 was $28.49 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 $39.28 per GB. NVIDIA had the lower final checkout price by $28.49, 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 $829.00 to $1,474.99, while the cheapest new RTX 5090 listings ranged from $2,931.99 to $2,931.99. 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.