Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming 16GB GDDR6 Black
Gigabyte
88 Overall Score
vs
SOYO GeForce RTX 3050 6GB GDDR6
SOYO
35 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming 16GB GDDR6 Black
82 out of 100 medium confidence 29 reviews
The Gigabyte Aorus RX 9070 XT is widely praised as a high-performance graphics card, especially for 1440p and 4K gaming. Users note excellent value for money, low temperatures, quiet operation, and effective undervolting capabilities. A few mentioned needing a driver cleanup for optimal performance, but overall sentiment is overwhelmingly positive.
Pros
- Excellent price-to-performance ratio
- Low temperatures during gaming
- Quiet operation, no coil whine
- Great undervolting capabilities
- Good build quality and design
Cons
- Driver cleanup needed after switching from Nvidia
- Some coil whine reports (rare)
- Power supply requirements unclear from Q&A
- Availability issues after launch
Price to performance 8
Cooling and temperatures 9
Coil whine 6
Build quality 5
Undervolting 5
Boost clocks 3
SOYO GeForce RTX 3050 6GB GDDR6
No customer feedback yet
Scores
Ray Tracing
Gaming 1440p
Gaming 1080p
Gaming 4k
Content Creation
Budget
Workstation
Ai Llm
Specifications
| Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming | SOYO GeForce RTX 3050 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 9070 XT | GeForce RTX 3050 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | RDNA 4 | Ampere |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 16 GB★ | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | 64★ | 18 |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 304 | 70★ |
| Recommended PSU | 850 | 250★ |
| Power Connectors | 3 x 8-Pin | None |
| Cooler | Triple Fan★ | Single Fan |
| Fans | 3★ | 1 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 5.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| DisplayPort | 2★ | 1 |
| HDMI | 2★ | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4★ | — |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 8K |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 288★ | — |
| Slot Width | 2.700000047683716 | 1★ |
| Form Factor | Full Height | Low Profile |
| Weight | 1.26 kg★ | — |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | FSR 4 | — |
| AV1 Encode | ✓★ | — |
| VR Ready | ✓★ | — |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | ✓★ | — |
Pros & Cons
Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming 16GB GDDR6 Black
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong thermal (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Strong compute (90th percentile)90th %ile
- Strong ai (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Below average affordability (24th percentile)
SOYO GeForce RTX 3050 6GB GDDR6
- Strong efficiency (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong affordability (78th percentile)
- Below average ai (20th percentile)20th %ile
- Below average vram (21st percentile)
- Below average compute (23rd percentile)
- Below average thermal (27th percentile)
Pricing
Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming 16GB GDDR6 Black0.003score per dollar
vs
SOYO GeForce RTX 3050 6GB GDDR60.005score per dollar
SOYO GeForce RTX 3050 6GB GDDR6 offers 1.7x better value for money
Verdict
Winner: Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming
Scores 88 overall, wins 7 of 8 usage categories and 19 of 35 specs.
