ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER TUF Gaming 16GB GDDR6X Black
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver
What Buyers Say
ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER TUF Gaming 16GB GDDR6X Black
The ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 4080 16GB is widely praised as a high-end graphics card that excels in both gaming and content creation. Users highlight its quiet and cool operation, impressive power efficiency, and massive overclocking potential, with many calling it the best GPU they have ever owned. Some minor driver issues have been reported, but they are considered rare and not indicative of the card's overall performance.
Pros
- Incredible 4K gaming performance
- Excellent cooling and quiet operation
- Great power efficiency
- Massive overclocking potential
- Ideal for content creation and rendering
Cons
- High price point
- Occasional driver issues
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver
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
Scores
Specifications
| ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER TUF Gaming | Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Brand | NVIDIA | AMD |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | RDNA 3 |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 5 | 5 |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 16 GB | 24 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X★ | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | ||
| RT Cores | 58 | 96★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | ||
| FP32 TFLOPS | 24.719999313354492 | 61.38999938964844★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 350 | 339★ |
| Recommended PSU | 850 | 800★ |
| Power Connectors | 1 x 16-Pin | 3 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Triple Fan | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 | 3 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 | PCI Express 4.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 3★ | 2 |
| HDMI | 2 | 2 |
| USB-C | — | 1★ |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 348 | 320★ |
| Slot Width | 3.6500000953674316★ | 4 |
| Form Factor | ATX | ATX |
| Weight | 1.31 kg | 1.00 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | DLSS 3 | FSR 3.1 |
| AV1 Encode | ✓ | ✓ |
| VR Ready | ✓★ | — |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | ✓ | ✓ |
Pros & Cons
ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER TUF Gaming 16GB GDDR6X Black
- Strong user sentiment (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong rt (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
- Strong thermal (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Below average affordability (13th percentile)13th %ile
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 (16th percentile)16th %ile
Pricing
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver offers 2.0x better value for money
Verdict
Scores 96 overall, wins 3 of 8 usage categories and 13 of 40 specs.
