Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24GB GDDR6X
What Buyers Say
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
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24GB GDDR6X
The Gigabyte RTX 3090 Turbo is a powerful blower-style card with 24GB VRAM, but its performance is marred by loud fan noise and potential overheating issues with GDDR6X memory. While some users find it excellent for multi-GPU setups and tight cases, others report thermal throttling and screen flickering after short use. The card is praised for its cooling system in confined spaces but criticized for being overpriced and having reliability concerns.
Pros
- Powerful 24GB VRAM
- Excellent for multi-GPU setups
- Effective blower cooling in tight cases
- Good performance in benchmarks
- Suitable for deep learning and gaming
Cons
- Loud fan noise
- GDDR6X memory overheating
- Thermal throttling under load
- Screen flickering issues
- Overpriced for the value
Scores
Specifications
| Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | GeForce RTX 3090 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | RDNA 3 | Ampere |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 5★ | 8 |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 24 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6X★ |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | ||
| RT Cores | 96★ | 82 |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | ||
| FP32 TFLOPS | 61.38999938964844★ | 35.58000183105469 |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 339★ | 350 |
| Recommended PSU | 800 | 750★ |
| Power Connectors | 3 x 8-Pin | 8-pin x2 |
| Cooler | Triple Fan★ | Blower |
| Fans | 3★ | 1 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 x16 | PCI-E |
| DisplayPort | 2★ | 1 |
| HDMI | 2★ | 1 |
| USB-C | 1★ | — |
| Max Displays | 4★ | — |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | — |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 320 | 267★ |
| Slot Width | 4★ | — |
| Form Factor | ATX | — |
| Weight | 1.00 kg★ | 1.40 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | FSR 3.1 | — |
| AV1 Encode | ✓★ | — |
| DirectX | 12 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 (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong ai (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Below average affordability (16th percentile)16th %ile
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24GB GDDR6X
- Strong vram (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong ai (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong rt (72nd percentile)
- Strong raster (70th percentile)
- Below average affordability (13th percentile)13th %ile
- Below average user sentiment (14th percentile)14th %ile
- Below average thermal (21st percentile)
- Below average connectivity (22nd percentile)
Pricing
Verdict
Scores 96 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 21 of 38 specs.
