Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6

Sapphire
96 Overall Score
vs
MSI G5080

MSI G5080

MSI
82 Overall Score

What Buyers Say

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

MSI G5080

No customer feedback yet

Scores

Ray Tracing
Sapphire
93
MSI
87
Gaming 4k
Sapphire
91
MSI
87
Gaming 1440p
Sapphire
90
MSI
86
Content Creation
Sapphire
89
MSI
81
Gaming 1080p
Sapphire
89
MSI
85
Ai Llm
Sapphire
85
MSI
74
Workstation
Sapphire
82
MSI
74
Budget
Sapphire
75
MSI
65

Specifications

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+MSI G5080
Chipset
GPU ChipsetRadeon RX 7900 XTXGeForce RTX 5080
BrandAMDNVIDIA
ArchitectureRDNA 3Blackwell
Classconsumerconsumer
Process55
Memory
VRAM24 GB★16 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR7★
Memory Bus
384
256
Bandwidth
960
960
ECC—✗
Compute
Stream Processors
6,144
No data
Tensor Cores
192
336
RT Cores96★84
Base Clock
2,510
2,295
Boost Clock
2,680
2,640
FP16 TFLOPS
122.80000305175781
56.279998779296875
FP32 TFLOPS61.38999938964844★56.279998779296875
Performance
PassMark G3D
31,427
35,666
GPU Compute
17,736
19,162
Power & Cooling
TDP339★360
Recommended PSU800750★
Power Connectors3 x 8-Pin—
CoolerTriple FanTriple Fan
Fans33
Connectivity
InterfacePCI Express 4.0 x16PCIe Gen 5
DisplayPort23★
HDMI2★1
USB-C1★—
Max Displays44
Max Resolution7680 x 43208K
Physical
Length320★—
Slot Width4★—
Form FactorATXFull Height
Weight1.00 kg★3.63 kg
Features
Ray Tracing✓✓
UpscalingFSR 3.1DLSS 4
AV1 Encode✓★—
DirectX12 Ultimate12 Ultimate
RGB✓✓

Pros & Cons

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6

  • Strong connectivity (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong rt (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong compute (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong ai (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Below average affordability (15th percentile)15th %ile

MSI G5080

  • Strong rt (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong raster (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong thermal (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
  • Strong vram (88th percentile)88th %ile
  • Below average affordability (10th percentile)10th %ile
  • Below average social proof (25th percentile)

Verdict

★ Winner: Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+

Scores 96 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 15 of 39 specs.

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ Better at:

Ai LlmBudgetGaming 4kRay TracingWorkstationGaming 1080pGaming 1440pContent Creation