XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6
EVGA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB GDDR5
What Buyers Say
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6
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
EVGA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB GDDR5
Most users are very satisfied with the GTX 1650 Super as a budget-friendly upgrade for older systems. It handles games like GTA V and World of Warcraft at higher settings than expected. A few noted the price was a bit high or experienced minor screen flickering, but overall sentiment is strongly positive.
Pros
- Great budget upgrade for older PCs
- Runs modern games at high settings
- Good value for money
- Easy installation
- Handles GTA V and WoW well
Cons
- Price slightly above MSRP noted
- Minor screen flickering reported
- No SLI support
- Some consider it overpriced for budget card
- Not for high-end 4K gaming
Scores
Specifications
| XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury | EVGA GeForce GTX 1650 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 9070 XT | GeForce GTX 1650 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | RDNA 4 | Turing |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | — | 12★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 16 GB★ | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6★ | GDDR5 |
| 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 | 304 | 50★ |
| Recommended PSU | 800 | 250★ |
| Power Connectors | 3 x 8-Pin | — |
| Cooler | Triple Fan★ | Dual Fan |
| Fans | 3★ | 2 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 5.0 x16 | PCI Express 3.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 3★ | 1 |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 4K (3840 x 2160 pixels) |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 360★ | — |
| Slot Width | 3.5★ | — |
| Form Factor | ATX | — |
| Weight | 1.81 kg | 0.59 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓★ | — |
| Upscaling | AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 | — |
| AV1 Encode | ✓★ | — |
| VR Ready | ✓★ | — |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | — |
| RGB | ✓★ | — |
Pros & Cons
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong user sentiment (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong connectivity (94th percentile)94th %ile
EVGA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB GDDR5
- Strong efficiency (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong social proof (82nd percentile)82nd %ile
- Strong affordability (76th percentile)
- Strong user sentiment (72nd percentile)
- Below average compute (10th percentile)10th %ile
- Below average feature (12th percentile)12th %ile
- Below average vram (15th percentile)15th %ile
- Below average ai (15th percentile)15th %ile
Pricing
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6
EVGA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB GDDR5
Verdict
Scores 89 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 19 of 38 specs.
