The best-selling graphics card in South Africa in Evetech's 2026 online orders was the Radeon RX 9070 XT, at 15.8% of cards sold and 24.1% in July to September, ahead of the RTX 5070 and RTX 5060.
One AMD card kept landing in South African carts this year. From 1 January to 21 October 2026, the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT was the best-selling graphics card in South Africa in Evetech's online orders, outselling every NVIDIA model across our website and app. Over the same dates last year it was only the runner-up, which makes the jump worth a closer look.
The RX 9070 XT took 15.8% of graphics cards sold online at Evetech from 1 January to 21 October 2026, ahead of the RTX 5070 at 13.9% and the RTX 5060 at 12.5%. From July to September it reached 24.1%, nearly 1 in 4 cards. The cheapest version in stock on 22 October 2026 was the XFX Swift RX 9070 XT 16GB at R13,999.
Over the same dates in 2025, the RX 9070 XT took 10.5% of graphics cards sold online and finished second, just behind the RTX 5070 at 11.5%. In 2026 the order flipped: the RX 9070 XT rose to 15.8%, the RTX 5070 came second at 13.9%, and the RTX 5060 came third at 12.5%.
The third quarter is where the gap opened. From July to September 2026 the RX 9070 XT accounted for 24.1% of graphics cards sold online, nearly 1 in 4, while the RTX 5070 managed 10.8% over the same months. Every share here counts units, with all board-partner versions of a model combined, so each brand's take on the RX 9070 XT counts toward the same total.
AMD lists the RX 9070 XT with 16GB of GDDR6 memory and up to 640GB/s of memory bandwidth. Video memory matters because newer games and higher resolutions ask the card to hold more at once, and a card with headroom is less likely to run short. The RX 9070 XT lines up against NVIDIA's RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 class.
On 22 October 2026 the cheapest RX 9070 XT in stock at Evetech was the XFX Swift RX 9070 XT 16GB at R13,999. The cheapest NVIDIA 16GB card in stock that day, the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, cost the same R13,999. Order data cannot tell us why buyers picked the AMD card, but 16GB at this price is the likely draw.
To compare every version side by side, browse our AMD Radeon graphics cards range.
AMD as a brand gained too. Its share of graphics cards sold online rose from 21.5% in July to September 2025 to 34.9% in July to September 2026. That is a real shift, but not a takeover: NVIDIA cards still made up 63.2% of graphics cards sold online across the 2026 window, and two of the top three models carried NVIDIA badges.
The RX 9070 XT result is one chapter of the full Evetech Hardware Report, which covers what our online customers bought this year. If you are shopping for local AI rather than gaming, our GPU AI Index ranks graphics cards for that job instead. For what is moving right now, check our GPU best sellers.
The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, with 15.8% of graphics cards sold online from 1 January to 21 October 2026.
The RTX 5070 was second at 13.9% and the RTX 5060 third at 12.5% of graphics cards sold online in 2026.
The cheapest in stock at Evetech on 22 October 2026 was the XFX Swift RX 9070 XT 16GB at R13,999.
AMD lists the RX 9070 XT with 16GB of GDDR6 and up to 640GB/s of memory bandwidth.
No, over the same dates in 2025 it was second at 10.5% of graphics cards sold online, behind the RTX 5070 at 11.5%.
Yes, NVIDIA cards made up 63.2% of graphics cards sold online at Evetech from 1 January to 21 October 2026.
Shopping for a 16GB graphics card? Start with the model our online customers chose most in 2026, then compare it against the rest of our GPU best sellers.
The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, with 15.8% of graphics cards sold online from 1 January to 21 October 2026.
The RTX 5070 was second at 13.9% and the RTX 5060 third at 12.5% of graphics cards sold online in 2026.
The cheapest in stock at Evetech on 22 October 2026 was the XFX Swift RX 9070 XT 16GB at R13,999.
AMD lists the RX 9070 XT with 16GB of GDDR6 and up to 640GB/s of memory bandwidth.
No, over the same dates in 2025 it was second at 10.5% of graphics cards sold online, behind the RTX 5070 at 11.5%.
Yes, NVIDIA cards made up 63.2% of graphics cards sold online at Evetech from 1 January to 21 October 2026.
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