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 5090 Ventus 32GB GDDR7 Black

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Ventus 32GB GDDR7 Black

MSI
90 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 5090 Ventus 32GB GDDR7 Black

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Scores

Gaming 4k
Sapphire
91
MSI
94
Ray Tracing
Sapphire
93
MSI
91
Ai Llm
Sapphire
85
MSI
92
Gaming 1440p
Sapphire
90
MSI
91
Content Creation
Sapphire
89
MSI
89
Gaming 1080p
Sapphire
89
MSI
88
Workstation
Sapphire
82
MSI
81
Budget
Sapphire
75
MSI
70

Specifications

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Ventus
Chipset
GPU ChipsetRadeon RX 7900 XTXGeForce RTX 5090
BrandAMDNVIDIA
ArchitectureRDNA 3Blackwell
Classconsumerconsumer
Process5★—
Memory
VRAM24 GB32 GB★
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR7★
Memory Bus
384
512
Bandwidth
960
No data
Compute
CUDA CoresNo data
21,760
Stream Processors
6,144
21,760
Tensor Cores
192
No data
RT Cores96★—
Base Clock
2,510
2,430
Boost Clock
2,680
2,430
FP16 TFLOPS
122.80000305175781
No data
FP32 TFLOPS61.38999938964844★—
Performance
PassMark G3D
31,427
38,958
GPU Compute
17,736
26,734
Power & Cooling
TDP339★575
Recommended PSU800★1,000
Power Connectors3 x 8-Pin1 x 16-Pin
CoolerTriple FanTriple Fan
Fans33
Connectivity
InterfacePCI Express 4.0 x16PCI Express 5.0 x16
DisplayPort23★
HDMI2★1
USB-C1★—
Max Displays44
Max Resolution7680 x 43207680 x 4320
Physical
Length320★325
Slot Width43.25★
Form FactorATXFull Height
Weight1.00 kg★1.87 kg
Features
Ray Tracing✓✓
UpscalingFSR 3.1DLSS 4
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 (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong ai (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Below average affordability (16th percentile)16th %ile

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Ventus 32GB GDDR7 Black

  • Strong raster (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong compute (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong vram (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong ai (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Below average affordability (6th percentile)6th %ile
  • Below average efficiency (27th percentile)

Verdict

★ Winner: Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+

Scores 96 overall, wins 1 of 8 usage categories and 15 of 39 specs.

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ Better at:

Budget

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Ventus Better at:

Ai LlmGaming 4k