ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 Prime 12GB GDDR7
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX PULSE 24GB GDDR6
What Buyers Say
ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 Prime 12GB GDDR7
The ASUS Prime GeForce RTX 5070 OC 12G is praised for its excellent performance, especially in gaming and rendering tasks, with users noting a significant upgrade from previous GPUs like the RTX 3070. It runs cool and quiet, even under load, and offers good value for money. Minor drawbacks include some coil whine and a desire for more VRAM at this price point.
Pros
- Excellent gaming and rendering performance
- Runs cool and quiet under load
- Good value for money
- Easy installation
- Compact size for its power
Cons
- Some coil whine at close range
- Could use more VRAM at this price
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX PULSE 24GB GDDR6
The Sapphire Pulse RX 7900 XTX is widely praised for its excellent price-to-performance ratio, offering massive 24GB VRAM and strong rasterization that rivals the RTX 4080 at a much lower cost. Users highlight its cool and quiet operation, though some note it runs hot in cases with poor airflow and requires a high-wattage PSU (800W minimum, 1000W recommended). A few negative reviews mention receiving a wrong item (keyboard instead of GPU) or driver issues that were resolved by upgrading other PC components. Overall, it's considered a beast for gaming and 3D work, but not ideal for eGPU setups.
Pros
- Excellent price-to-performance ratio
- Massive 24GB VRAM
- Cool and quiet operation
- Strong rasterization performance
- Great for gaming and 3D work
Cons
- Requires high-wattage PSU (800W min, 1000W recommended)
- Runs hot in cases with poor airflow
- Power spikes up to 400W
- Not ideal for eGPU setups
- Driver issues reported (resolved with system upgrades)
Scores
Specifications
| ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 Prime | Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX PULSE | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 5070 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Brand | NVIDIA | AMD |
| Architecture | Blackwell | RDNA 3 |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | — | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 12 GB | 24 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR7★ | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | No data | |
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| ECC | — | ✗ |
| Compute | ||
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | — | 96★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | No data | |
| FP32 TFLOPS | — | 61.38999938964844★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | No data | |
| GPU Compute | No data | |
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | — | 370★ |
| Recommended PSU | — | 800★ |
| Power Connectors | — | 3 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Dual Fan | Triple Fan★ |
| Fans | 2 | 3★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 5.0 x16 | PCI Express 4.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 3★ | 2 |
| HDMI | 1 | 2★ |
| Max Displays | — | 4★ |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | — | 313★ |
| Slot Width | 2.5★ | 3 |
| Form Factor | SFF | ATX |
| Weight | 1.02 kg★ | 1.95 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | DLSS 4 | FSR |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✓★ |
| VR Ready | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | — | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | — | ✓★ |
Pros & Cons
ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 Prime 12GB GDDR7
- Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong user sentiment (87th percentile)87th %ile
- Strong connectivity (67th percentile)
- Below average efficiency (3rd percentile)3rd %ile
- Below average raster (3rd percentile)3rd %ile
- Below average rt (8th percentile)8th %ile
- Below average compute (9th percentile)9th %ile
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX PULSE 24GB GDDR6
- Strong compute (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong ai (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong rt (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
Pricing
Verdict
Scores 88 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 21 of 39 specs.
