Incredibly Efficient: AMD RX 9070 GPU Review & Benchmarks vs. 9070 XT, RTX 5070

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The AMD Radeon RX 9070 video card is shipping alongside the RX 9070 XT and surprised us with its efficiency. The power-to-performance ratio is strong on the RX 9070 non-XT, seemingly finding a "sweet spot" of balance between power consumption and the output. The 9070 and 9070 XT are known to have a weirdly small $50 gap between them, at an MSRP of $550 and $600, but in either case, the two have ganged-up on the NVIDIA RTX 5070 GPU to effectively invalidate its existence -- even more than NVIDIA already did. This review benchmarks the performance of the RX 9070 vs. the 9070 XT, RTX 5070, RX 6700 XT, 6600, and plenty more.

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Watch our 9070 XT review:    • AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU Review & Be...  
Learn about the AMD RDNA 4 9070 architecture:    • AMD RX 9070 & 9070 XT GPU Prices, Spe...  
Watch our NVIDIA RTX 5070 review here:    • NVIDIA is Selling Lies | RTX 5070 Fou...  
And our review of NVIDIA's 5070 Ti:    • Do Not Buy: NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti GPU Ab...  

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NVIDIA RTX 5070 on Newegg: https://howl.link/n6tq3hig9w8hk

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - AMD RX 9070 GPU Review
03:16 - Basics, Specs, Differences from 9070 XT
05:46 - Dragon's Dogma 2 4K Benchmarks
06:29 - Dragon's Dogma 2 1440p GPU Comparison
07:30 - Dragon's Dogma 2 1080p Best GPUs 2025
08:08 - FFXIV Dawntrail 4K Benchmarks
09:13 - FFXIV Dawntrail 1440p 9070 vs 5070
09:37 - Resident Evil 4 4K RX 9070 XT vs 9070
10:35 - Resident Evil 4 1440p Best Video Cards
10:59 - Resident Evil 4 1080p Graphics Card Test
11:14 - Black Myth Wukong 4K GPU Differences
11:50 - Black Myth Wukong 1440p Benchmarks
12:31 - Black Myth Wukong 1080p
12:59 - Starfield 4K
13:34 - Starfield 1440p
14:12 - Starfield 1080p
14:25 - Dying Light 2 4K
15:02 - Dying Light 2 1440p
15:26 - Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty 4K
16:01 - Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty 1440p
16:20 - Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty 1080p
16:47 - Ray Tracing: Black Myth Wukong 4K
18:09 - Ray Tracing: Black Myth Wukong 1440p
18:35 - Ray Tracing: Black Myth Wukong 1080p
18:59 - Ray Tracing: Dragon's Dogma 2 4K
19:18 - Ray Tracing: Dragon's Dogma 2 1440p
19:43 - Ray Tracing: Dragon's Dogma 2 1080p
19:59 - Ray Tracing: Dying Light 2 4K
20:15 - Ray Tracing: Dying Light 2 1440p, 1080p
20:44 - Ray Tracing: Resident Evil 4 4K
21:09 - Ray Tracing: Resident Evil 4 1440p
21:25 - Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 2077 4K Ultra
22:10 - Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 2077 4K Medium
22:25 - Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 2077 1080p Ultra
22:44 - Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 1080p Medium
23:07 - Efficiency and Power: F1 24 RT 4K
23:44 - Efficiency and Power: F1 24 RT 1080p
24:03 - Efficiency and Power: FFXIV 4K
24:32 - Efficiency and Power: FFXIV 1440p
24:54 - Efficiency and Power: Dragon's Dogma 2
25:19 - Efficiency and Power: Starfield 1440p
25:49 - Conclusion and Summary Charts

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