Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver

Sapphire
96 Overall Score
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ventus 2X OC 12GB GDDR6X White

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ventus 2X OC 12GB GDDR6X White

MSI
68 Overall Score

What Buyers Say

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver

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 4070 Ventus 2X OC 12GB GDDR6X White

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Scores

Ray Tracing
Sapphire
93
MSI
72
Gaming 4k
Sapphire
91
MSI
64
Gaming 1440p
Sapphire
90
MSI
74
Content Creation
Sapphire
89
MSI
63
Gaming 1080p
Sapphire
89
MSI
77
Ai Llm
Sapphire
85
MSI
49
Workstation
Sapphire
80
MSI
56
Budget
Sapphire
76
MSI
67

Specifications

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ventus 2X OC
Chipset
GPU ChipsetRadeon RX 7900 XTXGeForce RTX 4070
BrandAMDNVIDIA
ArchitectureRDNA 3Ada Lovelace
Classconsumerconsumer
Process55
Memory
VRAM24 GB★12 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6X★
Memory Bus
384
192
Bandwidth
960
480
Compute
CUDA CoresNo data
5,888
Stream Processors
6,144
No data
Tensor Cores
192
144
RT Cores96★36
Base Clock
2,510
2,505
Boost Clock
2,680
2,505
FP16 TFLOPS
122.80000305175781
29.149999618530273
FP32 TFLOPS61.38999938964844★29.149999618530273
Performance
PassMark G3D
31,427
26,881
GPU Compute
17,736
14,631
Power & Cooling
TDP339200★
Recommended PSU800650★
Power Connectors3 x 8-Pin8-Pin
CoolerTriple Fan★Dual Fan
Fans3★2
Connectivity
InterfacePCI Express 4.0 x16PCI Express 4.0
DisplayPort23★
HDMI2★1
USB-C1★—
Max Displays44
Max Resolution7680 x 43207680 x 4320
Physical
Length320242★
Slot Width42.9000000953674316★
Form FactorATXATX
Weight1.00 kg★—
Features
Ray Tracing✓✓
UpscalingFSR 3.1DLSS
AV1 Encode✓✓
DirectX12 Ultimate12 Ultimate
RGB✓★—

Pros & Cons

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver

  • Strong connectivity (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong rt (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong compute (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong ai (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Below average affordability (19th percentile)19th %ile

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ventus 2X OC 12GB GDDR6X White

  • Strong efficiency (90th percentile)90th %ile
  • Strong rt (76th percentile)
  • Strong raster (73rd percentile)
  • Strong feature (72nd percentile)
  • Below average social proof (21st percentile)
  • Below average affordability (24th percentile)

Pricing

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ventus 2X OC 12GB GDDR6X White is CA$699 cheaper (1.6x less).

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ventus 2X OC 12GB GDDR6X White

Verdict

★ Winner: Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+

Scores 96 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 18 of 39 specs.

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ Better at:

Ai LlmBudgetGaming 4kRay TracingWorkstationGaming 1080pGaming 1440pContent Creation

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