Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT NITRO+ 16GB GDDR6 Gray
Sapphire
90 Overall Score
vs
MAXSUN GeForce RTX 3050 Mini 6GB GDDR6
MAXSUN
36 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT NITRO+ 16GB GDDR6 Gray
87 out of 100 high confidence 51 reviews
The Sapphire Nitro+ RX 9070 XT is widely praised for its exceptional performance, especially at 1440p and 4K, with many users noting it outperforms competitors and offers great value at MSRP. It runs cool and quiet, with excellent build quality and a clean design. However, some users report coil whine and a few have had serious warranty service issues, which tarnishes an otherwise stellar reputation.
Pros
- Exceptional 1440p/4K performance
- Runs cool and quiet
- Excellent build quality
- Clean design with hidden cables
- Great undervolting/overclocking potential
Cons
- Coil whine reported by some
- High price above MSRP
- Large and heavy, may not fit small cases
- Warranty service issues for some
- Support bracket considered ugly
Performance 25
Thermals 18
Noise level 15
Build quality 12
Value for money 10
Coil whine 6
MAXSUN GeForce RTX 3050 Mini 6GB GDDR6
No customer feedback yet
Scores
Ray Tracing
Gaming 1440p
Gaming 4k
Gaming 1080p
Content Creation
Budget
Workstation
Ai Llm
Specifications
| Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT NITRO+ | MAXSUN GeForce RTX 3050 Mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 9070 XT | GeForce RTX 3050 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | RDNA 4 | Ampere |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | — | 8★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 16 GB★ | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | ||
| RT Cores | 64★ | 16 |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | — | 4.813000202178955★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | — | 4.813000202178955★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 304 | 70★ |
| Recommended PSU | 850★ | — |
| Power Connectors | 1 x 12V-2x6-pin | N/A |
| Cooler | Triple Fan★ | — |
| Fans | 3★ | — |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 5.0 x16 | PCI Express 4.0 X8 |
| DisplayPort | 2★ | 1 |
| HDMI | 2★ | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4★ | — |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 331 | 169★ |
| Slot Width | 3.200000047683716★ | — |
| Form Factor | ATX | Low Profile |
| Weight | 2.63 kg | 0.24 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | DLSS 3 | DLSS |
| AV1 Encode | ✓★ | — |
| VR Ready | ✓★ | — |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | ✓★ | — |
Pros & Cons
Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT NITRO+ 16GB GDDR6 Gray
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong thermal (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Strong compute (91st percentile)91st %ile
- Strong ai (90th percentile)90th %ile
MAXSUN GeForce RTX 3050 Mini 6GB GDDR6
- Strong efficiency (91st percentile)91st %ile
- Strong social proof (83rd percentile)83rd %ile
- Strong affordability (77th percentile)
- Below average thermal (7th percentile)7th %ile
- Below average ai (18th percentile)18th %ile
- Below average compute (19th percentile)19th %ile
- Below average vram (23rd percentile)
Pricing
Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT NITRO+ 16GB GDDR6 Gray0.007score per dollar
vs
MAXSUN GeForce RTX 3050 Mini 6GB GDDR60.009score per dollar
MAXSUN GeForce RTX 3050 Mini 6GB GDDR6 offers 1.3x better value for money
Verdict
Winner: Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT NITRO+
Scores 90 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 19 of 39 specs.
