ASRock Radeon RX 7700 XT Challenger 12GB GDDR6
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE 16GB GDDR7
What Buyers Say
ASRock Radeon RX 7700 XT Challenger 12GB GDDR6
The ASRock RX 7700 XT is widely praised as a strong mid-range performer, especially for 1440p gaming, offering excellent value compared to competing NVIDIA cards. Users highlight its quiet operation, effective cooling, and solid driver stability, though a few note it can be large for some cases and lacks voltage control on Linux. Overall, it's a highly recommended budget-friendly option for modern gaming.
Pros
- Excellent 1440p gaming performance
- Great value for money
- Quiet fan operation
- Effective cooling system
- Solid driver stability
Cons
- No voltage control on Linux
- Large size for some cases
- No sag support bracket included
- Lacks DLSS and superior ray tracing
- RGB not as configurable as shown
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE 16GB GDDR7
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
| ASRock Radeon RX 7700 XT Challenger | 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★ |
| 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 | 750★ | 850 |
| Power Connectors | 2 x 8-pin | 1 x 16-Pin |
| Cooler | Dual Fan | Triple Fan★ |
| Fans | 2 | 3★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 x16 | PCI Express 5.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 3 | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 266★ | 304 |
| Slot Width | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Form Factor | ATX | ATX |
| Weight | 1.00 kg | 0.56 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution, AMD Radeon Super Resolution | DLSS 4 |
| AV1 Encode | ✓ | ✓ |
| VR Ready | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | 12 |
| RGB | ✗ | ✗ |
Pros & Cons
ASRock Radeon RX 7700 XT Challenger 12GB GDDR6
- Strong connectivity (87th percentile)87th %ile
- Strong user sentiment (86th percentile)86th %ile
- Strong social proof (82nd percentile)82nd %ile
- Strong feature (73rd percentile)
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE 16GB GDDR7
- Strong compute (97th percentile)97th %ile
- Strong rt (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong raster (95th percentile)95th %ile
Pricing
ASRock Radeon RX 7700 XT Challenger 12GB GDDR6
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE 16GB GDDR7
No current pricing available
Verdict
Scores 96 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 18 of 39 specs.
