ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 Prime 12GB GDDR7 Black

ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 Prime 12GB GDDR7 Black

ASUS
71 Overall Score
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Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver

Sapphire
96 Overall Score

What Buyers Say

ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 Prime 12GB GDDR7 Black

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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

Scores

Ray Tracing
ASUS
74
Sapphire
93
Gaming 4k
ASUS
69
Sapphire
91
Gaming 1440p
ASUS
77
Sapphire
90
Content Creation
ASUS
68
Sapphire
89
Gaming 1080p
ASUS
79
Sapphire
89
Ai Llm
ASUS
54
Sapphire
85
Workstation
ASUS
60
Sapphire
80
Budget
ASUS
54
Sapphire
76

Specifications

ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 PrimeSapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+
Chipset
GPU ChipsetGeForce RTX 5070Radeon RX 7900 XTX
BrandNVIDIAAMD
ArchitectureBlackwellRDNA 3
Classconsumerconsumer
Process55
Memory
VRAM12 GB24 GB★
Memory TypeGDDR7★GDDR6
Memory Bus
192
384
Bandwidth
672
960
Compute
CUDA Cores
6,144
No data
Stream ProcessorsNo data
6,144
Tensor Cores
192
192
RT Cores4896★
Base Clock
2,512
2,510
Boost Clock
2,512
2,680
FP16 TFLOPS
30.8700008392334
122.80000305175781
FP32 TFLOPS30.870000839233461.38999938964844★
Performance
PassMark G3D
28,703
31,427
GPU Compute
14,378
17,736
Power & Cooling
TDP250★339
Recommended PSU750★800
Power Connectors1 x 16-pin3 x 8-Pin
CoolerTriple FanTriple Fan
Fans33
Connectivity
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x16PCI Express 4.0 x16
DisplayPort3★2
HDMI12★
USB-C—1★
Max Displays44
Max Resolution7680 x 43207680 x 4320
Physical
Length304★320
Slot Width2.5★4
Form FactorFull HeightATX
Weight—1.00 kg★
Features
Ray Tracing✓✓
UpscalingDLSS 4FSR 3.1
AV1 Encode—✓★
VR Ready✓★—
DirectX1212 Ultimate
RGB✗✓★

Pros & Cons

ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 Prime 12GB GDDR7 Black

  • Strong connectivity (82nd percentile)82nd %ile
  • Strong raster (80th percentile)80th %ile
  • Strong efficiency (79th percentile)
  • Strong rt (77th percentile)
  • Below average affordability (0th percentile)0th %ile

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 (19th percentile)19th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+

Scores 96 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 15 of 40 specs.

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ Better at:

Ai LlmBudgetGaming 4kRay TracingWorkstationGaming 1080pGaming 1440pContent Creation