ASUS GeForce RTX 5080 NOCTUA 16GB GDDR7

ASUS GeForce RTX 5080 NOCTUA 16GB GDDR7

ASUS
73 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 5080 NOCTUA 16GB GDDR7

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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
82
Sapphire
93
Gaming 4k
ASUS
81
Sapphire
91
Gaming 1440p
ASUS
79
Sapphire
90
Content Creation
ASUS
78
Sapphire
89
Gaming 1080p
ASUS
77
Sapphire
89
Ai Llm
ASUS
71
Sapphire
85
Workstation
ASUS
70
Sapphire
82
Budget
ASUS
58
Sapphire
75

Specifications

ASUS GeForce RTX 5080 NOCTUASapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+
Chipset
GPU ChipsetGeForce RTX 5080Radeon RX 7900 XTX
BrandNVIDIAAMD
ArchitectureBlackwellRDNA 3
Classconsumerconsumer
Process55
Memory
VRAM16 GB24 GB★
Memory TypeGDDR7★GDDR6
Memory Bus
256
384
Bandwidth
960
960
Compute
CUDA Cores
10,752
No data
Stream ProcessorsNo data
6,144
Tensor Cores
336
192
RT Cores8496★
Base Clock
2,295
2,510
Boost Clock
2,617
2,680
FP16 TFLOPS
56.279998779296875
122.80000305175781
FP32 TFLOPS56.27999877929687561.38999938964844★
Performance
PassMark G3D
35,666
31,427
GPU Compute
19,602
17,736
Power & Cooling
TDP360339★
Recommended PSU850800★
Power Connectors1 x 16-Pin3 x 8-Pin
CoolerTriple FanTriple Fan
Fans—3★
Connectivity
InterfacePCI Express 5.0 x16PCI Express 4.0 x16
DisplayPort3★2
HDMI22
USB-C—1★
Max Displays44
Max Resolution7680 x 43207680 x 4320
Physical
Length358320★
Slot Width3.799999952316284★4
Form FactorFull HeightATX
Weight—1.00 kg★
Features
Ray Tracing✓✓
UpscalingDLSS 4.0FSR 3.1
AV1 Encode—✓★
DirectX12 Ultimate12 Ultimate
RGB—✓★

Pros & Cons

ASUS GeForce RTX 5080 NOCTUA 16GB GDDR7

  • Strong rt (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong raster (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong compute (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong connectivity (89th percentile)89th %ile
  • Below average affordability (4th percentile)4th %ile
  • Below average social proof (12th percentile)12th %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 (16th percentile)16th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+

Scores 96 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 16 of 39 specs.

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ Better at:

Ai LlmBudgetGaming 4kRay TracingWorkstationGaming 1080pGaming 1440pContent Creation