NVIDIA - GeForce RTX 5070 Ti vs AMD - Radeon RX 9080 XT

The Radeon RX 9080 XT is the clear pick on raw spec strength, leading by 10.9 points on the Mars Score. The margin is wide enough that the underdog only makes sense if its individual strengths line up with what you specifically need.

Pick the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti if you care most about tdp / cuda / stream cores. The biggest gaps in its favor are tdp, cuda / stream cores, dlss. The single most decisive one: TDP — 30.00 W less. 300 vs 330.

Pick the Radeon RX 9080 XT if you push the hardware — gaming, on-device AI, heavy multitasking — and the extra compute headroom is worth the trade-offs. Its strongest claims are ray tracing cores, vram, memory bus, among others. The single most decisive one: Ray tracing cores — 82.86% more. 128 vs 70.

There are no meaningful ties on the headline specs — every popular-comparison metric has a winner.

Bottom line: the Radeon RX 9080 XT is the safer default. The other model is the right choice only when its specific advantages line up with your priorities.