Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6

Sapphire
92 Overall Score
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7

MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7

MSI
78 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 GeForce RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7

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Scores

Ray Tracing
Sapphire
90
MSI
85
Content Creation
Sapphire
90
MSI
82
Gaming 4k
Sapphire
89
MSI
84
Ai Llm
Sapphire
86
MSI
74
Gaming 1440p
Sapphire
84
MSI
79
Workstation
Sapphire
82
MSI
74
Gaming 1080p
Sapphire
81
MSI
76
Budget
Sapphire
79
MSI
71

Specifications

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+MSI GeForce RTX 5080
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
28,965
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 compute (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong connectivity (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong ai (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong rt (92nd percentile)92nd %ile

MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7

  • Strong rt (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong raster (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong thermal (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
  • Strong compute (91st percentile)91st %ile
  • Below average social proof (24th percentile)

Verdict

★ Winner: Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+

Scores 92 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