Medical student weighs RTX 5060 Ti, RX 9070 for RAG

VRAM capacity is the non-negotiable metric for local medical RAG, rendering the 12GB RTX 5070 a poor investment compared to 16GB alternatives.

• –RTX 5060 Ti 16GB provides the most stable CUDA-based entry point for document-heavy RAG.
• –12GB VRAM on the RTX 5070 forces aggressive quantization or small models, compromising medical reasoning accuracy.
• –AMD's RX 9070 XT offers superior hardware value but continues to face ROCm software friction on Windows.
• –Medical students benefit most from 14B+ parameter models which require the 16GB buffer for reliable performance.