Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5090 AORUS Xtreme Waterforce WB 32GB GDDR7 Black
What Buyers Say
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver
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
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5090 AORUS Xtreme Waterforce WB 32GB GDDR7 Black
The Gigabyte RTX 5090 Waterforce and Aorus models are overwhelmingly praised for their quiet operation, excellent cooling, and blistering performance, especially in 4K gaming and VR. Most verified buyers highlight very low coil whine, effective out-of-the-box behavior, and a clean aesthetic. A few critical reviews mention missing ROPs (168 vs. 176) or thermal putty concerns, but the vast majority consider this the best 5090 available on the market.
Pros
- extremely quiet operation
- excellent cooling performance
- very low coil whine
- clean aesthetic design
- great for 4K and VR
Cons
- missing ROPs (168 vs 176)
- RGB can be dim
- high price
- potential thermal putty issues
- limited availability
Scores
Specifications
| Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5090 AORUS Xtreme Waterforce WB | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | GeForce RTX 5090 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | RDNA 3 | Blackwell |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 5★ | — |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 24 GB | 32 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR7★ |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | ||
| RT Cores | 96★ | 1 |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | No data | |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 61.38999938964844★ | — |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 339★ | 575 |
| Recommended PSU | 800★ | 1,000 |
| Power Connectors | 3 x 8-Pin | 1 x 16-Pin |
| Cooler | Triple Fan | AIO Liquid★ |
| Fans | 3★ | 1 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 x16 | PCI Express 5.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 2 | 3★ |
| HDMI | 2★ | 1 |
| USB-C | 1★ | — |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 320 | 234★ |
| Slot Width | 4 | 2★ |
| Form Factor | ATX | Full Height |
| Weight | 1.00 kg★ | 4.00 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | FSR 3.1 | DLSS 4 |
| AV1 Encode | ✓ | ✓ |
| VR Ready | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | 12 |
| 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 (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong ai (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Below average affordability (19th percentile)19th %ile
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5090 AORUS Xtreme Waterforce WB 32GB GDDR7 Black
- Strong compute (100th percentile)100th %ile
- Strong user sentiment (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong raster (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong ai (98th percentile)98th %ile
- Below average affordability (2nd percentile)2nd %ile
- Below average efficiency (25th percentile)
- Below average social proof (32nd percentile)
Pricing
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver
No current pricing available
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5090 AORUS Xtreme Waterforce WB 32GB GDDR7 Black
Verdict
Both products are closely matched - Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ wins 13 specs while Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5090 AORUS Xtreme Waterforce WB wins 13.
