AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB GDDR5
AMD
28 Overall Score
vs
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6
Sapphire
92 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB GDDR5
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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
Scores
Ray Tracing
Content Creation
Gaming 4k
Ai Llm
Gaming 1440p
Workstation
Gaming 1080p
Budget
Specifications
| AMD Radeon RX 580 | Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 580 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Brand | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture | — | RDNA 3 |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 14 | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 8 GB | 24 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6★ |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| Compute | ||
| 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 | 80★ | 339 |
| Recommended PSU | 400★ | 800 |
| Power Connectors | 1 x 6-pin | 3 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | — | Triple Fan★ |
| Fans | — | 3★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 x16 | PCI Express 4.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | — | 2★ |
| HDMI | 6★ | 2 |
| USB-C | — | 1★ |
| Max Displays | 6★ | 4 |
| Max Resolution | — | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 180★ | 320 |
| Slot Width | — | 4★ |
| Form Factor | — | ATX |
| Weight | 0.40 kg★ | 1.00 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | — | ✓★ |
| Upscaling | — | FSR 3.1 |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | — | ✓★ |
Pros & Cons
AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB GDDR5
- Strong efficiency (70th percentile)
- Strong connectivity (66th percentile)
- Below average thermal (7th percentile)7th %ile
- Below average compute (9th percentile)9th %ile
- Below average feature (12th percentile)12th %ile
- Below average vram (22nd percentile)
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
Verdict
Winner: Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+
Scores 92 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 22 of 38 specs.