Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5090 AORUS Master Ice 32GB GDDR7 White
Gigabyte
92 Overall Score
vs
ZOTAC GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SOLID SFF OC 16GB GDDR7 Black
ZOTAC
92 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5090 AORUS Master Ice 32GB GDDR7 White
72 out of 100 medium confidence 26 reviews
The Gigabyte AORUS RTX 5090 Master Ice is a visually stunning and powerful graphics card, praised for its white design and exceptional performance in gaming and workstation tasks. However, users frequently cite its high price, large size requiring case upgrades, and occasional driver or PCIe 5.0 compatibility issues as drawbacks. While many love the raw power and cooling, some feel it's overpriced for gaming alone and note the RGB software is poor. Overall, it's a top-tier performer with notable caveats.
Pros
- Stunning white design
- Exceptional gaming performance
- Great cooling and thermals
- High VRAM capacity (32 GB)
- Smooth 4K gaming with DLSS
Cons
- Very high price
- Large size requires case upgrade
- Occasional driver instability
- PCIe 5.0 compatibility issues
- Poor RGB software
Performance 12
Price value 8
Design aesthetics 6
Size fit 5
Driver stability 4
Cooling thermals 4
ZOTAC GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SOLID SFF OC 16GB GDDR7 Black
No customer feedback yet
Scores
Ai Llm
Content Creation
Gaming 4k
Gaming 1080p
Ray Tracing
Gaming 1440p
Workstation
Budget
Specifications
| Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5090 AORUS Master Ice | ZOTAC GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SOLID SFF OC | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 5090 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti |
| Brand | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Blackwell | Blackwell |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | — | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 32 GB★ | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR7 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | ||
| Tensor Cores | ||
| RT Cores | — | 70★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | — | 43.939998626708984★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | — | 43.939998626708984★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 600 | 300★ |
| Recommended PSU | 1,000 | 750★ |
| Power Connectors | 1 x 16-Pin | 1 x 16-Pin |
| Cooler | Triple Fan | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 | 3 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 5.0 x16 | PCI Express 5.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 3 | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 360 | 304★ |
| Slot Width | 3.5 | 2★ |
| Form Factor | Full Height | ATX |
| Weight | 2.68 kg | 1.72 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | DLSS 4 | DLSS 4 |
| AV1 Encode | ✓ | ✓ |
| VR Ready | ✓ | ✓ |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | ✓ | ✓ |
Pros & Cons
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5090 AORUS Master Ice 32GB GDDR7 White
- Strong compute (100th percentile)100th %ile
- Strong raster (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong ai (98th percentile)98th %ile
- Strong vram (98th percentile)98th %ile
- Below average affordability (4th percentile)4th %ile
- Below average efficiency (24th percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (28th percentile)
ZOTAC GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SOLID SFF OC 16GB GDDR7 Black
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong connectivity (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong rt (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Strong thermal (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Below average affordability (23rd percentile)
Verdict
Winner: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5090 AORUS Master Ice
Scores 92 overall, wins 4 of 8 usage categories and 7 of 38 specs.