Steam's November 2025 survey: RTX 5070 overtakes 4070 as gamers shift to higher VRAM

The GeForce RTX 5070 has, for the first time, overtaken the RTX 4070 in popularity among Steam users, according to the latest Steam Hardware Survey for November 2025. The newcomer stands out as the most visible card from the RTX 50 family on the platform: its share grew by 0.35% over the month to reach 2.23%, while the RTX 4070 is holding at 2.16%. Judging by the momentum, gamers view the RTX 5070 as one of the most compelling balances of price and capability in the current generation — a quiet vote of confidence that feels well-earned.

In the broader picture, little has changed on Steam: NVIDIA maintains dominance with a 73.83% share, AMD holds second at 18.05%, and Intel remains third with 7.74%. More intriguing is the shift in VRAM volumes: 8 GB is still the most common configuration at 33.36%, yet it is gradually losing ground. Meanwhile, 12 GB cards have climbed to 19.22%, and 16 GB models have risen to 8.13%. Even the 32 GB segment is edging up, helped by the arrival of flagships like the RTX 5090.

Mobile GPUs continue to lead the list of the most widespread models on Steam: the RTX 4060 Laptop holds first place with a 4.44% share. It is followed by the RTX 3060, the desktop RTX 4060, the RTX 3050, the GTX 1650, the RTX 4060 Ti, the RTX 3060 Ti, the RTX 3070, and the RTX 3060 Laptop. Against that backdrop, the RTX 5070 showing up in 11th place is a telling sign: the new generation has moved past niche status and is beginning to edge out its predecessors among a wider crowd.

Across the entire RTX 50 series, every model is gaining share. After the RTX 5070, the standouts are the RTX 5060 at 1.62% and the RTX 5060 Ti at 1.20%, followed by the RTX 5070 Ti and the RTX 5080, both already above 1%. Holiday sales could add more momentum, as could ongoing talk of potential hardware price increases — the sort of background noise that often nudges buyers to upgrade sooner than they planned.