XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6 Black
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X
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
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X
The Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme is a powerhouse graphics card that delivers exceptional performance at 1440p and 4K resolutions, with most users reporting 60+ FPS on max settings. It runs cool (60-75°C under load) and the triple-fan cooling system is remarkably quiet, though the card is massive and requires a spacious case and a support bracket. A few users noted minor issues like fan cycling at idle and a yellow stripe that clashes with some color schemes, but overall it's praised for its build quality and overclocking headroom.
Pros
- Exceptional 1440p and 4K performance
- Cool temperatures under load (60-75°C)
- Very quiet triple-fan cooling
- High overclocking headroom
- Solid build quality
Cons
- Massive size requires spacious case and support bracket
- Fan cycling noise at idle
- Yellow stripe clashes with some color schemes
- Limited RGB customization
- High price above MSRP in some markets
Scores
Specifications
| XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury | ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 9070 XT | GeForce GTX 1080 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | RDNA 4 | Pascal |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | — | 16★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 16 GB★ | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6★ | GDDR5X |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| RT Cores | 64★ | — |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP32 TFLOPS | — | 8.873000144958496★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 304 | 180★ |
| Recommended PSU | 800 | 450★ |
| Power Connectors | 3 x 8-Pin | — |
| Cooler | Triple Fan★ | Single Fan |
| Fans | 3★ | 1 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 5.0 x16 | PCI Express 3.0 |
| DisplayPort | 3 | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4★ | — |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680x4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 360 | 267★ |
| Slot Width | 3.5★ | — |
| Form Factor | ATX | — |
| Weight | 1.81 kg | 1.36 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓★ | — |
| Upscaling | AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 | — |
| AV1 Encode | ✓★ | — |
| VR Ready | ✓ | ✓ |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | 12 |
| RGB | ✓★ | — |
Pros & Cons
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6 Black
- Strong user sentiment (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong social proof (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong connectivity (94th percentile)94th %ile
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X
- Strong user sentiment (86th percentile)86th %ile
- Strong social proof (74th percentile)
- Below average feature (26th percentile)
- Below average compute (27th percentile)
- Below average thermal (27th percentile)
- Below average vram (28th percentile)
Verdict
Scores 89 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 16 of 37 specs.