ASUS GeForce GTX 1650 Phoenix OC 4GB GDDR6
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6 Black
What Buyers Say
ASUS GeForce GTX 1650 Phoenix OC 4GB GDDR6
This GTX 1650 is cherished as an ideal drop-in upgrade for prebuilt office PCs or older systems, delivering solid 1080p gaming at high settings without needing extra power cables. Users praise its whisper-quiet operation, minimal heat output, and how it breathes new life into outdated hardware. Criticisms are few, mainly noting elevated pricing due to market conditions and occasional minor quirks like slow monitor wake from sleep.
Pros
- No external power required
- Drop-in upgrade for prebuilt PCs
- Quiet fan operation
- Solid 1080p gaming performance
- Easy installation
Cons
- Overpriced due to market conditions
- Slow monitor wake from sleep
- Exhausts heat into case
- Fan can become noisy under load
- Past fan failure reports
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
| ASUS GeForce GTX 1650 Phoenix OC | XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce GTX 1650 | Radeon RX 9070 XT |
| Brand | NVIDIA | AMD |
| Architecture | Turing | RDNA 4 |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 12★ | — |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 4 GB | 16 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| RT Cores | — | 64★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | 5.9670000076293945★ | — |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 2.9839999675750732★ | — |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 75★ | 304 |
| Recommended PSU | 250★ | 800 |
| Power Connectors | — | 3 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Single Fan | Triple Fan★ |
| Fans | 1 | 3★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 x16 | PCI Express 5.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 1 | 3★ |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| Max Displays | — | 4★ |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 174★ | 360 |
| Slot Width | 2★ | 3.5 |
| Form Factor | Full Height | ATX |
| Weight | 0.50 kg★ | 1.81 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | — | ✓★ |
| Upscaling | — | AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✓★ |
| VR Ready | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | — | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | — | ✓★ |
Pros & Cons
ASUS GeForce GTX 1650 Phoenix OC 4GB GDDR6
- Strong social proof (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Strong affordability (73rd percentile)
- Strong user sentiment (72nd percentile)
- Strong efficiency (67th percentile)
- Below average feature (11th percentile)11th %ile
- Below average compute (11th percentile)11th %ile
- Below average ai (15th percentile)15th %ile
- Below average vram (17th percentile)17th %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
Verdict
Scores 89 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 17 of 38 specs.