XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6
XFX
89 Overall Score
vs
ASUS TUF-RTX3070-O8G-GAMING
ASUS
65 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 TUF-RTX3070-O8G-GAMING
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Scores
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Content Creation
Workstation
Ai Llm
Specifications
| XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury | ASUS TUF-RTX3070-O8G-GAMING | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 9070 XT | GeForce RTX 3070 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | RDNA 4 | Ampere |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | — | 8★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 16 GB★ | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | 64★ | 40 |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | — | 15.970000267028809★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | — | 15.970000267028809★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 304 | 220★ |
| Recommended PSU | 800 | 750★ |
| Power Connectors | 3 x 8-Pin | 2 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Triple Fan | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 | 3 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 5.0 x16 | PCI Express 4.0 |
| DisplayPort | 3 | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 | 2★ |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 360 | 300★ |
| Slot Width | 3.5 | 2.700000047683716★ |
| Form Factor | ATX | Full Height |
| Weight | 1.81 kg | 1.70 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 | DLSS |
| AV1 Encode | ✓★ | — |
| VR Ready | ✓ | ✓ |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | 12 |
| 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 TUF-RTX3070-O8G-GAMING
- Strong thermal (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Strong feature (79th percentile)
- Strong social proof (78th percentile)
- Strong connectivity (66th percentile)
Pricing
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR60.120score per dollar
vs
ASUS TUF-RTX3070-O8G-GAMING0.081score per dollar
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6 offers 1.5x better value for money
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6
ASUS TUF-RTX3070-O8G-GAMING
Verdict
Winner: XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury
Scores 89 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 9 of 39 specs.
