NVIDIA VCG5
NVIDIA
73 Overall Score
vs
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6
Sapphire
93 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
NVIDIA VCG5
No customer feedback yet
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6
88 out of 100 high confidence 43 reviews
The Sapphire Nitro+ RX 7900 XTX earns strong praise for its blistering 4K performance, quiet operation, and reliable cooling. Most verified buyers highlight its compact size relative to competing high-end cards, the generous 24GB VRAM, and the absence of coil whine as major pluses. A few reviewers note that coil whine can occasionally occur, and the card demands a robust 850W+ PSU, but overall sentiment is overwhelmingly positive.
Pros
- Excellent 4K gaming performance
- Very quiet operation
- Efficient cooling with low temperatures
- Compact size for a high-end card
- 24GB VRAM for longevity
Cons
- High power consumption
- Occasional coil whine
- Requires 850W+ PSU minimum
- Large 4-slot design
Performance 4k 12
Noise level 15
Cooling efficiency 14
Build quality 8
Coil whine 7
Power consumption 6
Scores
Ray Tracing
Content Creation
Gaming 4k
Ai Llm
Gaming 1440p
Workstation
Gaming 1080p
Budget
Specifications
| NVIDIA VCG5 | Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Brand | NVIDIA | AMD |
| Architecture | Blackwell | RDNA 3 |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 5 | 5 |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 16 GB | 24 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR7★ | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | ||
| RT Cores | 84 | 96★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | ||
| FP32 TFLOPS | 56.279998779296875 | 61.38999938964844★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 360 | 339★ |
| Recommended PSU | 750★ | 800 |
| Power Connectors | — | 3 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Triple Fan | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 | 3 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 5.0 | PCI Express 4.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 3★ | 2 |
| HDMI | 1 | 2★ |
| USB-C | — | 1★ |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 8K 165Hz | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | — | 320★ |
| Slot Width | 3★ | 4 |
| Form Factor | — | ATX |
| Weight | 3.63 kg | 1.00 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | DLSS 4 | FSR 3.1 |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | — | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | — | ✓★ |
Pros & Cons
NVIDIA VCG5
- Strong rt (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong raster (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
- Strong compute (91st percentile)91st %ile
- Strong vram (88th percentile)88th %ile
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6
- Strong compute (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong connectivity (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong ai (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong rt (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
Pricing
NVIDIA VCG5
No current pricing available
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6
Verdict
Winner: Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+
Scores 93 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 15 of 38 specs.
