RX 9070 Custom Designs in the Test: ASUS TUF, Sapphire Pure / Pulse, PowerColor Hellhound and XFX Quicksilver in comparison 94 comments
Which custom design of the AMD Radeon RX 9070 is the best? Techastuce compared Asus TUF Gaming, PowerColor Hellhound, Sapphire Pulse and Sapphire Pure and XFX Quicksilver in the test. Which one has the quietest cooler, what is the highest clock, which is particularly compact? Here are the details.
Table of contents 1 Asus Tuf, Sapphire Pure/Pulse, PowerColor Hellhound and XFX Quicksilver in the comparison radeon RX 9070: 5 Custom designs In the test Dimensions and design power supply BiOS options Further impressions of the test candidates Technical key data in comparison test system and test methodology 2 benchmarks and testing results and frame UHD power consumption Volume under load coil fiepen GPU and GDDR6 Temperatures 3 Fazitkohler: Four (almost) inaudible Ex Works and OC Warranty: Asus and XFX are prices: RRP and market price Final rate
Radeon RX 9070: 5 Custom messaging test
The big test of the AMD Radeon RX 9070 showed how the new graphics card of the rDNA 4 is against its own predecessors and the competition from NVIDIA. In the absence of an available reference design from AMD (made by AMD, MBA), the Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 Pure was used from 245 watts to 220 watts and thus the official reference TDP. This article now compares five custom designs, including the said Pure in their factory states.
ES Treten and: Asus Radeon RX 9070 TUF Gaming OC – 809 EuropowerColor Radeon RX 9070 Hellhound? – Eurosapphire Radeon RX 9070 Pulse – 629 Eurosapphire Radeon RX 9070 Pure – 739 Euroxfx Radeon RX 9070 QuickSilver OC – 709 Euro
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Custom Designs: XFX Quicksilver OC, Asus TUF Gaming OC, Sapphire Pure, PowerColor Hellhound and Sapphire Pulse (VLNR)
If you are interested in the custom designs of the larger AMD Radeon RX 9700 XT, you will find the article RX 9070 XT Custom Designs in the test: Asrock Taichi vs. Asus Tuf, Sapphire Nitro + / Pure & XFX Mercury what it is looking for.
In order to be able to present the results of the Radeon RX 9070 before the market launch on March 6th at 3 p.m., the five candidates are compared directly below in essential aspects, a detailed view is distributed. This is followed by benchmarks, test results, performance measurements, power consumption and volume as well as the conclusion.
Dimensions and design
While the five XT candidates are all in relatively massive 3-fan designs with at least 3.0 slots, but the Mercury XFX was even longer than the others, there is more variance in the non-text variants. The longest is again the version of XFX, but this time as a fast design with “only” almost 35 centimeters. With the sapphire pulse, however, a 2-fan design, which is less than 30 centimeters, is also included. This also measures significantly less than 3.0 slots in thickness, but only the light dog is a real 2.0-plane design.
A look at the back with the backplate shows that all five models allow the latest fan to blow “freely” through the cooler. The RGB lighting on the backplate only offers hell: the eye of the hell dog glows blue in the company (if active).
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Custom-Designs:
Unlike the Radeon-RX-9070-Text-Custom comparison, there is no opulent RGB lighting in this test field, although Sapphire’s Nitro+ itself also exists as a non-text version. Asrock’s Taichi are not yet again.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Custom-Designs:
With Asus Tuf, Sapphire Pure and XFX Quicksilver, the logo on the side (XFX only white) lights up, with the PowerColor Hellhound eye on the backplate and a bar at the end of the card. The Sapphire Pulse comes without RGB LED.
Power supply
All test candidates agree on the power supply: twice 8 PCIe pins are defined. There is nothing extra for the OC reserves in view of the standard TDP of 220 watts. The 12V-2×6 is not shown. In the IO ports, Sapphire sets HDMI and Display Port twice, others leave it as 1+3.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Custom-Designs:
Bios options
The Asus TUF, PowerColor Hellhound and XFX Quicksilver offer two BIOS modules with DIP switch switching. At ASUS the fan control differs and at PowerColor also Clock and TDP. Both BIOS versions are identical to XFX.
With AMD’s reference requirements (2,520 MHz boost, 220 watts TDP), the Sapphire Pulse and PowerColor Hellhound come in the Quiet Bios. Sapphire Pure and XFX Quicksilver offer the highest OC factor Ex runs at 245 watts TDP with a 2,700 MHz boost, the Asus TUF is 2,650 MHz and about 235 watts behind. The PowerColor Hellhound in the OC profile follows another part below with a 2,590 MHz boost and a TDP of 230 watts. Model BIOS GPU Boost TDP (telemetry) TDP (calculated) Asus TUF Gaming Performance 2,650 MHz 237 W (-30% / + 10%) 235 W Quiet 2,330 MHz PowerColor Hellhound OC 2,590 MHz 230 W (-30% / + 10%) 227 W Silent 2,520 MHz 220 W (-30% / 10%) W Sapphire Pulse default 2,520 MHz 219 W (-30% / + 10%) 220 W SAPHIRE PURE PURE DEFAULT 2,700 MHz 245 W (-30% / + 10%) 247 W XFX Quicksilver OC Left OC 2,700 MHz 245 W (-30% / + 10%) 245 W
Other impressions of the candidates from test
ASUS RADEON RX 9070 TUF GAMING OC
PowerColor Radeon RX 9070 Hellhound
Sapphire Radeon Rx 9070 Pulse
Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 Pure
XFX RADEON RX 9070 Quicksilver OC
Key technical data in comparison
Feature Asus tuf gaming PowerColor Hellhound Sapphire Pulse Sapphire Pure xfx Mercury PCB-DESIGN ASUS POWERCOLOR SAPPHIRE SAPPHIRE XFX Length, width 33.0 cm, 14.2 cm 38.5 cm, 13.3 cm 32.2 cm, 13.4 cm 34.8, 14.3 Power supply
3.2 Slot PowerColor Hellhound,
2.0 Slot Sapphire Pulse,
2.5 slot saphir pure
3.0 slot xfx Quicksilver,
3.5 Honeywell PTM7950 Heat Fan
Copper Base Plate
Pipipes
Alu-Radiator RGB Page Backplate (Eye)
Fin (Stripes)
(Turquoise) -page (white) Weight 1011 g 1.227 g 1.528 g fan 3 × 100 mm (axial) 3 × 100 mm (axial) 2 × 100 mm (axial) 3 × 95 mm (axial) Fan (2d) Yes GPU Boost (BIOS 1/2) 2.650 / 2.650 mHz 2.590 / 2,520 mH MHz 2,700/2,700 MHz Memory 20 Gbps Memory size 16 GB GDDR6 Power consumption TDP (BIOS 1/2) 235/235 Watt 230/220 W 245/245 W Max.
1 × HDMI 2.1b 2 × DisplayPort 2.1b UHBR13.5
2 × HDMI 2.1b 3 × DisplayPort 2.1b UHBR13.5
1 × HDMI 2.1b RRP 809 Euros? Euro 629 Euro 739 Euro 709 Euro
Test system and test methodology
In the deviation from the known GPU Test System 2025, a new system has been configured for testing custom designs. During these heated weeks, it may be prevented from launching reviews of a new class and testing of custom designs gets in the way.
Custom design testing in another case
An AMD Ryzen 7 9800x3d (test) with DDR5-6000 is also in the custom design test system, but the case is completely different: instead of the Fractal Design Torrent, the Fractal Design Meshify 2 is used with six fans (two on the front), three in the lid, one on the back (all blown)). All housing fans are operated with a constant 800 rpm, which is barely noticeable. Control takes place via a Corsair Commander Pro or Corsair Icue (download).
The six slot fans operate with 800 rpm, the fan on the CPU cooler with 1000 rpm
The fan on the CPU cooler, a Noctua NH-U12S Redux, spins with 1,000 revolutions per minute.
All tests and benchmarks are trained in this configuration, only the volume measurement takes place with deactivated fans isolated for the graphics card (30 cm distance from the side door with open speed under load).
Both available BIOS versions are tested in the test. For this purpose, the graphics card (as in the standard test course) is operated in Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition in UHD for maximum details and a closed housing wall. A reference is carried out after 5 minutes. The reference result and the measured values for temperatures, speeds, clock rates and consumption are then recorded.
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