Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver

Sapphire
96 Overall Score
vs
Vikye Radeon R5 230 2GB GDDR3

Vikye Radeon R5 230 2GB GDDR3

Vikye
7 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

Vikye Radeon R5 230 2GB GDDR3

No customer feedback yet

Scores

Ray Tracing
Sapphire
93
Vikye
7
Gaming 4k
Sapphire
91
Vikye
4
Gaming 1440p
Sapphire
90
Vikye
4
Content Creation
Sapphire
89
Vikye
9
Gaming 1080p
Sapphire
89
Vikye
5
Ai Llm
Sapphire
85
Vikye
6
Workstation
Sapphire
80
Vikye
9
Budget
Sapphire
74
Vikye
51

Specifications

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+Vikye Radeon R5 230
Chipset
GPU ChipsetRadeon RX 7900 XTXRadeon R5 230
BrandAMDAMD
ArchitectureRDNA 3RDNA 3.0
Classconsumerconsumer
Process5★40
Memory
VRAM24 GB★2 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6★GDDR3
Memory Bus
384
64
Bandwidth
960
504
Compute
Stream Processors
6,144
160
Tensor Cores
192
No data
RT Cores96★54
Base Clock
2,510
625
Boost Clock
2,680
2,156
FP16 TFLOPS
122.80000305175781
55.29999923706055
FP32 TFLOPS61.38999938964844★27.649999618530273
Performance
PassMark G3D
31,427
202
GPU Compute
17,736
No data
Power & Cooling
TDP33918★
Recommended PSU800450★
Power Connectors3 x 8-PinNone
CoolerTriple Fan★Fan
Fans3★1
Connectivity
InterfacePCI Express 4.0 x16PCI Express 1.1 x 16
DisplayPort2★—
HDMI2★1
USB-C1★—
Max Displays4★2
Max Resolution7680 x 4320—
Physical
Length320★—
Slot Width4★—
Form FactorATXLow Profile
Weight1.00 kg★—
Features
Ray Tracing✓★—
UpscalingFSR 3.1—
AV1 Encode✓★—
DirectX12 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 (16th percentile)16th %ile

Vikye Radeon R5 230 2GB GDDR3

  • Strong affordability (88th percentile)88th %ile
  • Below average social proof (0th percentile)0th %ile
  • Below average raster (6th percentile)6th %ile
  • Below average efficiency (9th percentile)9th %ile
  • Below average vram (11th percentile)11th %ile

Pricing

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver

Vikye Radeon R5 230 2GB GDDR3

No current pricing available

Verdict

★ Winner: Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+

Scores 96 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 26 of 38 specs.

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ Better at:

Ai LlmBudgetGaming 4kRay TracingWorkstationGaming 1080pGaming 1440pContent Creation

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