XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6 Black
MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT Mech 2X 8GB GDDR6
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
MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT Mech 2X 8GB GDDR6
The MSI RX 6600XT MECH 2X 8G receives mixed feedback. Buyers praise its quiet operation, cool temperatures, and solid performance for single-player games, especially with AMD Fluid Motion Frames. However, one verified reviewer received a dead-on-arrival unit among three ordered, and there is uncertainty about the refurbishment origin.
Pros
- quiet operation
- cool temperatures
- solid performance upgrade
- great with AMD Fluid Motion Frames
- well-packaged with port covers
Cons
- potential dead-on-arrival units
- uncertain refurbishment source
Scores
Specifications
| XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury | MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT Mech 2X | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 9070 XT | Radeon RX 6600 XT |
| Brand | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture | RDNA 4 | RDNA 2 |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | — | 7★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 16 GB★ | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| Stream Processors | ||
| RT Cores | 64★ | 32 |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | — | 21.209999084472656★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | — | 10.600000381469727★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 304 | 160★ |
| Recommended PSU | 800 | 500★ |
| Power Connectors | 3 x 8-Pin | 1 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Triple Fan★ | Dual Fan |
| Fans | 3★ | 2 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 5.0 x16 | PCI Express 4.0 |
| DisplayPort | 3 | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 360 | 235★ |
| 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 Ultimate | 12 Ultimate |
| 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
MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT Mech 2X 8GB GDDR6
- Strong affordability (80th percentile)80th %ile
- Strong efficiency (66th percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (3rd percentile)3rd %ile
- Below average social proof (28th percentile)
- Below average vram (31st percentile)
- Below average compute (33rd percentile)
Verdict
Scores 89 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 14 of 37 specs.