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These are my impressions comparing it to the GTH47.
The XD47.5's sponge is supposed to be just a bit harder, but it clearly feels softer. With a flat hitting style, the GTH47 came out faster, but when adding spin and driving through it, I was told the XD47.5 was faster.
For control in the short game and similar situations, the XD wins hands down - it's really easy to use.
The XD also travels farther, and topspin rallies are easier with it.
The arc on drives with the XD might even be higher than Tenergy.
That said, the XD produces almost no tricky, unpredictable balls, so once you get used to it, the ball quality seems to become as easy to read as a Butterfly rubber.
From talking with my practice partners, this seems like a rubber that's best put on just one side if you want stability, rather than both.
It's a good rubber that works on both forehand and backhand, but personally I'd recommend pairing it with another German rubber or a tacky rubber depending on which side you want the tricky balls on.

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On the forehand, if you hit a smash-ish or dig-it-in-ish drive, it drops (goes into the net).
Grazing shots are stable, but spin doesn't grab strongly.
Serves don't spin much either.
Smashes are normal.
Compared to Target GT47, it feels a bit harder. Speed is slightly higher.
But the ball drops a lot (the GT doesn't drop).
Loops are also a bit harder to pull off.

Ranking the forehand purely on rubber performance, going all-out:
Tenergy > Dignics 09c > Q5 (the god of flat hitting) > Target XD47.5 > Hurricane 3
Of course, this is just by my own standard!

On the backhand it's a bit different.
It bounces less than other high-performance tension rubbers, so even a bad shot still lands on the table.
Drives don't get much spin either, but on the flip side you can return any spin easily.
And it still comes out at a decent speed.
Against the opponent's powerful drives, you easily get overpowered, so if you don't handle it properly yourself, it sinks into the net.
On the second day of use it lightly knocked against the table.
Of course, "it tore."
I wonder how long the rubber will last...
Tenergy 80: 15h
Dignics 09c: 110h
Target GT47: 50h
Hurricane: couldn't measure (the neo type starts losing bounce around 60h)
From someone at a skill level where you can feel the spin dulling after roughly that many hours of use.

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