XIIXMASK HDMI Capture Card vs AVerMedia Live Gamer 4K GC573 compared — specs, features, and which one to buy for your setup. See the full breakdown on CreatorConfig.
The Ruling
Nothing on the chart above separates them: on every axis the catalog can score, the two land close enough that calling a winner would be reading noise. With the specs level, $210.99 is the real difference, and the XIIXMASK HDMI Capture Card is the cheaper side of it.
At a Glance
Every axis is scored out of 10 from the catalog specs below. The scores are relative to the products on this page, so a 10 means “best of these”, not “perfect”, and two identical columns mean the catalog genuinely cannot separate them. Axes the catalog holds no figure for on both sides are left off entirely rather than guessed at.
| Category | XIIXMASK HDMI Capture Card | AVerMedia Live Gamer 4K GC573 |
|---|---|---|
| Capture Quality | 10/10 | 10/10 |
| Passthrough | 10/10 | 10/10 |
| Value | 10/10 | 1.6/10 |
The Split
External HDMI capture card with loop-out support for gameplay streaming pipelines.
It is the cheaper of the two, by $210.99.
Leads on
Video capture device for gameplay, cameras, or HDMI sources with creator-friendly passthrough and recording support.
That costs $210.99 more than the XIIXMASK HDMI Capture Card.
Leads on
These 2 specs are the same on both of them, so none of it is part of the decision.
The Record
A group is won by whoever takes more of its rows outright. Specs the catalog cannot rank are shown but never decide a group.
Bottom Line
The XIIXMASK HDMI Capture Card is the pick on the specs the catalog holds, but “better on paper” and “right for you” are different questions. Each case below names what the product is actually good at and who that suits.
On the specifications the catalog records, these two are near-identical: they match on 2 specs and nothing measurably separates them. Two capture cards from XIIXMASK and AVerMedia, each taking a different approach to video quality and latency.
Evenly matched — take the XIIXMASK HDMI Capture Card. Nothing on the chart above separates them: on every axis the catalog can score, the two land close enough that calling a winner would be reading noise. With the specs level, $210.99 is the real difference, and the XIIXMASK HDMI Capture Card is the cheaper side of it.
The AVerMedia Live Gamer 4K GC573 costs $249.99 against $39.00, a difference of $211. On the catalog's specifications it does not lead the XIIXMASK HDMI Capture Card anywhere, so the premium buys brand, build or something the catalog does not record. Whether that is worth it depends on which of those you would actually use.