Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT NITRO+ vs MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Vanguard
Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT NITRO+ 16GB GDDR6 Gray
MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Vanguard 12GB GDDR7 Black
What Buyers Say
Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT NITRO+ 16GB GDDR6 Gray
The Sapphire Nitro+ RX 9070 XT is widely praised for its exceptional performance, especially at 1440p and 4K, with many users noting it outperforms competitors and offers great value at MSRP. It runs cool and quiet, with excellent build quality and a clean design. However, some users report coil whine and a few have had serious warranty service issues, which tarnishes an otherwise stellar reputation.
Pros
- Exceptional 1440p/4K performance
- Runs cool and quiet
- Excellent build quality
- Clean design with hidden cables
- Great undervolting/overclocking potential
Cons
- Coil whine reported by some
- High price above MSRP
- Large and heavy, may not fit small cases
- Warranty service issues for some
- Support bracket considered ugly
MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Vanguard 12GB GDDR7 Black
This MSI RTX 5070 is highly praised by owners, especially for SFF builds due to its compact two-slot design and white color option. Users report excellent performance at 1440p and ultrawide resolutions, with high frame rates in demanding games like Cyberpunk and Stalker 2, and note that it runs cool and is a solid upgrade from older cards. Some mention minor driver issues that have mostly been fixed, and a few note that frame generation at 3x/4x can cause artifacting, but overall it's considered a great value at MSRP.
Pros
- Compact two-slot design
- White color option
- Runs cool
- Excellent 1440p performance
- Great value at MSRP
Cons
- Minor driver issues
- Frame generation artifacts at 3x/4x
- Requires compatible power supply
Scores
Specifications
| Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT NITRO+ | MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Vanguard | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 9070 XT | GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | RDNA 4 | Blackwell |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | — | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 16 GB★ | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR7★ |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| ECC | — | ✗ |
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | ||
| RT Cores | 64★ | 48 |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | — | 30.8700008392334★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | — | 30.8700008392334★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 304 | 250★ |
| Recommended PSU | 850 | 650★ |
| Power Connectors | 1 x 12V-2x6-pin | 1x 16-Pin PCI Connector |
| Cooler | Triple Fan | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 | 3 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 5.0 x16 | PCI Express 5.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 2 | 3★ |
| HDMI | 2★ | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 331★ | 337 |
| Slot Width | 3.200000047683716 | 2.200000047683716★ |
| Form Factor | ATX | Full Height |
| Weight | 2.63 kg | 1.50 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | DLSS 3 | DLSS 4 |
| AV1 Encode | ✓ | ✓ |
| VR Ready | ✓ | ✓ |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | 12 |
| RGB | ✓ | ✓ |
Pros & Cons
Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT NITRO+ 16GB GDDR6 Gray
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong thermal (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Strong compute (91st percentile)91st %ile
- Strong ai (90th percentile)90th %ile
MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Vanguard 12GB GDDR7 Black
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong user sentiment (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong social proof (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong connectivity (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Below average affordability (26th percentile)
Pricing
Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT NITRO+ 16GB GDDR6 Gray offers 1.3x better value for money
Verdict
Scores 90 overall, wins 6 of 8 usage categories and 8 of 40 specs.
