Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6
Sapphire
92 Overall Score
vs
MSI RTX 5090 32G LIGHTNING Z
MSI
88 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 RTX 5090 32G LIGHTNING Z
No customer feedback yet
Scores
Gaming 4k
Ray Tracing
Content Creation
Ai Llm
Gaming 1440p
Gaming 1080p
Workstation
Budget
Specifications
| Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ | MSI RTX 5090 32G LIGHTNING Z | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | GeForce RTX 5090 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | RDNA 3 | Blackwell |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 5★ | — |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 24 GB | 32 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 | 96★ | — |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | No data | |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 61.38999938964844★ | — |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 339★ | 800 |
| Recommended PSU | 800★ | 1,500 |
| Power Connectors | 3 x 8-Pin | 16-pin x 2 |
| Cooler | Triple Fan | AIO Liquid★ |
| Fans | 3 | 3 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 x16 | PCI Express 5.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 2 | 3★ |
| HDMI | 2★ | 1 |
| USB-C | 1 | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 320 | 260★ |
| Slot Width | 4 | 2.9000000953674316★ |
| Form Factor | ATX | ATX |
| Weight | 1.00 kg★ | — |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | FSR 3.1 | DLSS Support |
| AV1 Encode | ✓ | ✓ |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | 12 Ultimate |
| 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 RTX 5090 32G LIGHTNING Z
- Strong connectivity (100th percentile)100th %ile
- Strong thermal (100th percentile)100th %ile
- Strong raster (98th percentile)98th %ile
- Strong vram (97th percentile)97th %ile
- Below average efficiency (22nd percentile)
Pricing
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR60.047score per dollar
vs
MSI RTX 5090 32G LIGHTNING Z0.011score per dollar
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 offers 4.3x better value for money
MSI RTX 5090 32G LIGHTNING Z
Verdict
Winner: Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+
Scores 92 overall, wins 2 of 8 usage categories and 11 of 39 specs.
