Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6

Sapphire
92 Overall Score
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 5050 Shadow 8GB GDDR6

MSI GeForce RTX 5050 Shadow 8GB GDDR6

MSI
48 Overall Score

What Buyers Say

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

MSI GeForce RTX 5050 Shadow 8GB GDDR6

No customer feedback yet

Scores

Ray Tracing
Sapphire
90
MSI
46
Content Creation
Sapphire
90
MSI
43
Gaming 4k
Sapphire
89
MSI
30
Ai Llm
Sapphire
86
MSI
27
Gaming 1440p
Sapphire
84
MSI
46
Workstation
Sapphire
82
MSI
41
Gaming 1080p
Sapphire
81
MSI
53
Budget
Sapphire
79
MSI
53

Specifications

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+MSI GeForce RTX 5050 Shadow
Chipset
GPU ChipsetRadeon RX 7900 XTXGeForce RTX 5050
BrandAMDNVIDIA
ArchitectureRDNA 3Blackwell
Classconsumerconsumer
Process55
Memory
VRAM24 GB★8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory Bus
384
128
Bandwidth
960
320
Compute
CUDA CoresNo data
2,560
Stream Processors
6,144
No data
Tensor Cores
192
80
RT Cores96★20
Base Clock
2,510
2,617
Boost Clock
2,680
2,617
FP16 TFLOPS
122.80000305175781
13.170000076293945
FP32 TFLOPS61.38999938964844★13.170000076293945
Performance
PassMark G3D
28,965
14,163
GPU Compute
17,736
8,543
Power & Cooling
TDP33950★
Recommended PSU800550★
Power Connectors3 x 8-Pin1 x 8-pin
CoolerTriple Fan★Dual Fan
Fans3★2
Connectivity
InterfacePCI Express 4.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x8
DisplayPort23★
HDMI2★1
USB-C1★—
Max Displays44
Max Resolution7680 x 43207680 x 4320
Physical
Length320197★
Slot Width42★
Form FactorATXFull Height
Weight1.00 kg★—
Features
Ray Tracing✓✓
UpscalingFSR 3.1DLSS 4
AV1 Encode✓★—
VR Ready—✓★
DirectX12 Ultimate12
RGB✓★✗

Pros & Cons

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

MSI GeForce RTX 5050 Shadow 8GB GDDR6

  • Strong efficiency (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong connectivity (82nd percentile)82nd %ile
  • Strong feature (67th percentile)
  • Below average ai (31st percentile)
  • Below average raster (34th percentile)

Pricing

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6

MSI GeForce RTX 5050 Shadow 8GB GDDR6

No current pricing available

Verdict

★ Winner: Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+

Scores 92 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 18 of 40 specs.

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ Better at:

Ai LlmBudgetGaming 4kRay TracingWorkstationGaming 1080pGaming 1440pContent Creation

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