XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6
XFX
89 Overall Score
vs
ASUS GeForce GTX 1050 Phoenix 4GB
ASUS
27 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6
92 out of 100 low confidence 8 reviews
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
Thermal performance 3
Price to performance 2
Design and aesthetics 3
Warranty 2
Build quality 2
Physical size 2
ASUS GeForce GTX 1050 Phoenix 4GB
No customer feedback yet
Scores
Ray Tracing
Budget
Gaming 1440p
Gaming 4k
Gaming 1080p
Content Creation
Workstation
Ai Llm
Specifications
| XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury | ASUS GeForce GTX 1050 Phoenix | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 9070 XT | GeForce GTX 1050 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | RDNA 4 | Pascal |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | — | 14★ |
| 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 | ||
| FP32 TFLOPS | — | 2.138000011444092★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 304 | 75★ |
| Recommended PSU | 800 | 250★ |
| Power Connectors | 3 x 8-Pin | None |
| Cooler | Triple Fan★ | Single Fan |
| Fans | 3★ | 1 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 5.0 x16 | PCI Express |
| DisplayPort | 3★ | 1 |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4★ | — |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 360★ | — |
| Slot Width | 3.5★ | — |
| Form Factor | ATX | — |
| Weight | 1.81 kg | 0.54 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
ASUS GeForce GTX 1050 Phoenix 4GB
- Strong social proof (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Strong affordability (73rd percentile)
- Below average compute (9th percentile)9th %ile
- Below average feature (12th percentile)12th %ile
- Below average ai (14th percentile)14th %ile
- Below average vram (15th percentile)15th %ile
Pricing
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR60.120score per dollar
vs
ASUS GeForce GTX 1050 Phoenix 4GB0.083score per dollar
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6 offers 1.4x better value for money
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6
ASUS GeForce GTX 1050 Phoenix 4GB
Verdict
Winner: XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury
Scores 89 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 20 of 37 specs.
