Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming 8GB GDDR5
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6 Black
What Buyers Say
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming 8GB GDDR5
The Gigabyte GTX 1070 G1 Gaming receives mixed feedback. While many users praise its performance and power efficiency, a significant number report coil whine and fan noise issues. The card's aesthetics, particularly the RGB lighting, are appreciated but some find the orange accents misleading. Overall, it's a capable card with some quality control concerns.
Pros
- Strong performance
- Power efficient
- Customizable RGB lighting
- Quiet operation for some
- Adequate for 1080p/1440p
Cons
- Coil whine issues
- Fan noise/clicking
- Misleading orange accents
- Quality control concerns
- RMA needed for defects
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
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming | XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce GTX 1070 | Radeon RX 9070 XT |
| Brand | NVIDIA | AMD |
| Architecture | Pascal | RDNA 4 |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 16★ | — |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 8 GB | 16 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6★ |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| RT Cores | — | 64★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP32 TFLOPS | 6.4629998207092285★ | — |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 150★ | 304 |
| Recommended PSU | 500★ | 800 |
| Power Connectors | 8-Pin | 3 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Triple Fan | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 | 3 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 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 | 280★ | 360 |
| Slot Width | 2★ | 3.5 |
| Form Factor | ATX | ATX |
| Weight | 1.18 kg★ | 1.81 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✗ | ✓★ |
| Upscaling | — | AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✓★ |
| VR Ready | ✓ | ✓ |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | ✓ | ✓ |
Pros & Cons
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming 8GB GDDR5
- Strong thermal (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Strong affordability (71st percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (11th percentile)11th %ile
- Below average compute (22nd percentile)
- Below average vram (25th percentile)
- Below average rt (27th percentile)
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
Verdict
Scores 89 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 11 of 37 specs.