XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6 Black
ASUS GeForce GTX 1050 Phoenix 4GB
What Buyers Say
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6 Black
The XFX Mercury Radeon RX 9070 XT OC is highly praised for its excellent thermal performance, staying below 54°C under load, and its impressive out-of-the-box boost clock. Users highlight the great price-to-performance ratio, sleek design with customizable ARGB lighting, and the added benefit of a 3-year warranty. The only minor drawbacks mentioned are the large physical size ("chonky") and the short included support bracket extender.
Pros
- Excellent thermal performance
- Great price-to-performance ratio
- Sleek design with ARGB lighting
- 3-year warranty
- Out-of-box boost clock
Cons
- Large physical size
- Short support bracket extender
ASUS GeForce GTX 1050 Phoenix 4GB
Users overwhelmingly praise the GTX 1050 Ti as an excellent budget card, especially for upgrading from much older hardware or for light gaming and general use. It delivers strong 1080p performance in many popular games, offers a silent fan, and requires no external power. The main drawbacks are that it is now outdated for modern AAA games and was affected by price inflation due to crypto mining, but it remains a solid, affordable choice for its tier.
Pros
- Excellent budget performance
- Silent fan operation
- No external power needed
- Good 1080p gaming
- Great value for money
Cons
- Outdated for modern AAA games
- Price inflated by crypto mining
- Minimal packaging, no extras
Scores
Specifications
| XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury | ASUS GeForce GTX 1050 Phoenix | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 9070 XT | GeForce GTX 1050 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | RDNA 4 | Pascal |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | — | 14★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 16 GB★ | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6★ | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| RT Cores | 64★ | — |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP32 TFLOPS | — | 2.138000011444092★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 304 | 75★ |
| Recommended PSU | 800 | 250★ |
| Power Connectors | 3 x 8-Pin | None |
| Cooler | Triple Fan★ | Single Fan |
| Fans | 3★ | 1 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 5.0 x16 | PCI Express |
| DisplayPort | 3★ | 1 |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4★ | — |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 360★ | — |
| Slot Width | 3.5★ | — |
| Form Factor | ATX | — |
| Weight | 1.81 kg | 0.54 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓★ | — |
| Upscaling | AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 | — |
| AV1 Encode | ✓★ | — |
| VR Ready | ✓★ | — |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | — |
| RGB | ✓★ | — |
Pros & Cons
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6 Black
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong user sentiment (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong social proof (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong connectivity (94th percentile)94th %ile
ASUS GeForce GTX 1050 Phoenix 4GB
- Strong user sentiment (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong social proof (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Strong affordability (71st percentile)
- Below average compute (9th percentile)9th %ile
- Below average feature (11th percentile)11th %ile
- Below average ai (14th percentile)14th %ile
- Below average vram (14th percentile)14th %ile
Pricing
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6 Black offers 1.2x better value for money
Verdict
Scores 89 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 20 of 37 specs.
