XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6 Black
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 AORUS 8GB GDDR7 Black
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
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 AORUS 8GB GDDR7 Black
The RTX 5060 is generally praised as a great budget upgrade from older GTX cards, offering solid 1080p performance and good value at MSRP. However, several users report serious driver issues, crashes, and a black screen problem, which can make setup a nightmare. A few also mention the 8GB VRAM and PCIe x8 limitation as drawbacks, but for light gaming and everyday tasks, it's seen as a solid choice.
Pros
- Great value for budget builds
- Solid 1080p performance
- Compact size
- Easy installation
- Good upgrade from GTX series
Cons
- Driver issues and crashes
- Black screen on some systems
- 8GB VRAM may be limiting
- PCIe x8 interface
- Setup can be a nightmare
Scores
Specifications
| XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 AORUS | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 9070 XT | GeForce RTX 5060 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | RDNA 4 | Blackwell |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | — | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 16 GB★ | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR7★ |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | 64★ | 30 |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | — | 19.18000030517578★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | — | 19.18000030517578★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 304 | 145★ |
| Recommended PSU | 800 | 500★ |
| Power Connectors | 3 x 8-Pin | 1x 8-Pin PCI Connector |
| Cooler | Triple Fan | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 | 3 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 5.0 x16 | PCI Express 5.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 3 | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 360 | 329★ |
| Slot Width | 3.5 | 2.5★ |
| Form Factor | ATX | Full Height |
| Weight | 1.81 kg | 1.54 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 | DLSS |
| AV1 Encode | ✓ | ✓ |
| VR Ready | ✓★ | — |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | 12 |
| 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
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 AORUS 8GB GDDR7 Black
- Strong efficiency (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong connectivity (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong thermal (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Strong feature (84th percentile)84th %ile
- Below average user sentiment (27th percentile)
Pricing
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6 Black offers 1.3x better value for money
Verdict
Scores 89 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 9 of 39 specs.
