RTX 5070 vs. RX 9070 XT (Feb 15)

The week ending February 15, 2026 covered all seven daily pulls, with 3,097 to 3,272 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 $1,022.97 for 12GB, while RX 9070 XT moved up from $699.00 to $700.00 for 16GB. By the final snapshot, RX 9070 XT was $322.97 cheaper than RTX 5070.

The memory math kept the trade-off honest: RTX 5070 ended the week at $85.25 per GB, while RX 9070 XT ended at $43.75 per GB. AMD had the lower final checkout price by $322.97, plus the roomier 16GB card and the better memory-per-dollar number. Treat that as a listing-market signal, not a universal retail verdict. Compare them directly before treating either side as automatic.

Higher up the stack, the cheapest new RTX 5080 listings ranged from $1,681.90 to $1,697.17, while the cheapest new RTX 5090 listings ranged from $3,500.00 to $3,500.00. 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. RX 9070 XT made the simpler price case, while RX 9070 XT kept the memory-value argument.