QTHREE Radeon RX 560 vs XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury
QTHREE Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6 Black
What Buyers Say
QTHREE Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
No customer feedback yet
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
Scores
Specifications
| QTHREE Radeon RX 560 | XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 560 | Radeon RX 9070 XT |
| Brand | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture | Polaris | RDNA 4 |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 4 GB | 16 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6★ |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| Compute | ||
| Stream Processors | ||
| RT Cores | — | 64★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 80★ | 304 |
| Recommended PSU | — | 800★ |
| Power Connectors | None | 3 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Single Fan | Triple Fan★ |
| Fans | 1 | 3★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 x8 | PCI Express 5.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 1 | 3★ |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| Max Displays | — | 4★ |
| Max Resolution | 4K | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | — | 360★ |
| Slot Width | — | 3.5★ |
| Form Factor | — | ATX |
| Weight | — | 1.81 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | — | ✓★ |
| Upscaling | — | AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✓★ |
| VR Ready | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | — | ✓★ |
Pros & Cons
QTHREE Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
- Strong affordability (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Below average compute (7th percentile)7th %ile
- Below average social proof (8th percentile)8th %ile
- Below average feature (11th percentile)11th %ile
- Below average rt (12th percentile)12th %ile
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
Pricing
QTHREE Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6 Black
No current pricing available
Verdict
Scores 89 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 22 of 34 specs.