Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Ti WINDFORCE vs XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Ti WINDFORCE 6GB GDDR6
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6 Black
What Buyers Say
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Ti WINDFORCE 6GB GDDR6
The Gigabyte GTX 1660 Ti is praised for its excellent price-to-performance ratio, delivering smooth 1080p gaming at 60+ fps in most titles, and even handling some games at 1440p. Users appreciate the cool and quiet operation, easy installation, and good overclocking headroom. While some note the single heat pipe cooler is a budget option and fans can be a bit noisy under load, the overall sentiment is very positive, especially for budget-conscious builders.
Pros
- Excellent 1080p gaming performance
- Great value for the price
- Cool and quiet operation
- Easy installation
- Good overclocking potential
Cons
- Single heatpipe cooler is budget
- Fans can be noisy under load
- No DVI-D support
- Price still high for some users
- Only 1 HDMI and 3 DisplayPort
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
Scores
Specifications
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Ti WINDFORCE | XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce GTX 1660 Ti | Radeon RX 9070 XT |
| Brand | NVIDIA | AMD |
| Architecture | Turing | RDNA 4 |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 12★ | — |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 6 GB | 16 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| RT Cores | — | 64★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | 10.869999885559082★ | — |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 5.436999797821045★ | — |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 120★ | 304 |
| Recommended PSU | 450★ | 800 |
| Power Connectors | 8-Pin | 3 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Dual Fan | Triple Fan★ |
| Fans | 2 | 3★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 x16 | PCI Express 5.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 3 | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680x4320@60Hz | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 226★ | 360 |
| Slot Width | 2★ | 3.5 |
| Form Factor | ATX | ATX |
| Weight | 0.79 kg★ | 1.81 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | — | ✓★ |
| Upscaling | — | AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✓★ |
| VR Ready | ✓ | ✓ |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | — | ✓★ |
Pros & Cons
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Ti WINDFORCE 6GB GDDR6
- Strong social proof (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Strong affordability (71st percentile)
- Strong efficiency (68th percentile)
- Below average compute (18th percentile)18th %ile
- Below average ai (21st percentile)
- Below average vram (24th percentile)
- Below average rt (25th percentile)
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
Pricing
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6 Black offers 1.6x better value for money
Verdict
Scores 89 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 14 of 38 specs.
