Sapphire Radeon RX 7700 XT PURE 12GB GDDR6
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE 16GB GDDR7 Black
What Buyers Say
Sapphire Radeon RX 7700 XT PURE 12GB GDDR6
The Sapphire RX 7700 XT Pure is generally well-received for its strong 1440p gaming performance, cool and quiet operation, and attractive white design. Most reviews praise its value, easy setup, and ability to handle modern titles smoothly. However, some users reported coil whine, software issues, and incompatibility with certain games. A few experienced crashes.
Pros
- Great 1440p gaming performance
- Cool and quiet operation
- Attractive white design
- Good value for the price
- Easy installation and setup
Cons
- Coil whine on some units
- Software/driver crashes
- Plastic fan shroud
- LED color not adjustable
- Some game incompatibility
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE 16GB GDDR7 Black
The Gigabyte RTX 5080 WINDFORCE is widely praised for its excellent cooling, quiet operation, and strong 4K gaming performance. Many users highlight its compact size ideal for small form factor builds and the value at MSRP. A few note minor coil whine and some quality control concerns, but overall sentiment is very positive.
Pros
- Excellent cooling performance
- Quiet operation
- Strong 4K gaming performance
- Compact size for SFF builds
- Good value at MSRP
Cons
- Minor coil whine on some units
- Quality control issues reported
- High price above MSRP
- Modest generational performance uplift
- Large size for some cases
Scores
Specifications
| Sapphire Radeon RX 7700 XT PURE | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 7700 XT | GeForce RTX 5080 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | RDNA 3 | Blackwell |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 5 | 5 |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 12 GB | 16 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR7★ |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | — | 84★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | — | 56.279998779296875★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | — | 56.279998779296875★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 245★ | 360 |
| Recommended PSU | 700★ | 850 |
| Power Connectors | 2 x 8-pin | 1 x 16-Pin |
| Cooler | Triple Fan | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 | 3 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 x16 | PCI Express 5.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 2 | 3★ |
| HDMI | 2★ | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 320 | 304★ |
| Slot Width | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Form Factor | ATX | ATX |
| Weight | 1.66 kg | 0.56 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | FSR | DLSS 4 |
| AV1 Encode | ✓ | ✓ |
| VR Ready | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | 12 |
| RGB | ✓★ | ✗ |
Pros & Cons
Sapphire Radeon RX 7700 XT PURE 12GB GDDR6
- Strong social proof (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Strong user sentiment (86th percentile)86th %ile
- Strong connectivity (86th percentile)86th %ile
- Strong feature (84th percentile)84th %ile
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE 16GB GDDR7 Black
- Strong social proof (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong rt (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong raster (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong connectivity (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Below average affordability (12th percentile)12th %ile
Verdict
Scores 97 overall, wins 7 of 8 usage categories and 17 of 39 specs.