XFX Radeon RX 7900 XT Gaming 20GB GDDR6
Yeston GeForce RTX 3050 6GB GDDR6
What Buyers Say
XFX Radeon RX 7900 XT Gaming 20GB GDDR6
The XFX RX 7900 XT is overwhelmingly praised for its excellent 1440p and 4K gaming performance, often beating the RTX 4080 in rasterized titles. Users highlight its superior cooling, quiet operation, and substantial overclocking headroom, with many noting it runs cool even under heavy load. While some mention it's a poor value compared to the XTX and note occasional coil whine or driver concerns, the overall sentiment is highly positive, with most calling it a powerful and reliable upgrade.
Pros
- Excellent 1440p and 4K performance
- Superior cooling and thermals
- Quiet operation
- Great overclocking headroom
- Good value for 4K gaming
Cons
- Poor value compared to XTX
- Occasional coil whine
- Large physical size
- Driver issues reported by some
- Radeon Software lacks ShadowPlay counterpart
Yeston GeForce RTX 3050 6GB GDDR6
This low-profile RTX 3050 is widely praised for its tiny size, single-slot design, and lack of external power connectors, making it perfect for older SFF desktops like Optiplexes. Users highlight solid performance for light gaming, encoding, and AI tasks, with quiet operation. However, several note it runs hot, and the price is considered a bit high for the performance tier.
Pros
- Tiny single-slot low-profile design
- No external power connectors required
- Works in old SFF desktops like Optiplex
- Quiet operation
- Solid performance for light gaming and AI
Cons
- Runs hot under load
- Price is high for the performance level
- Limited to low-profile single slot only
Scores
Specifications
| XFX Radeon RX 7900 XT Gaming | Yeston GeForce RTX 3050 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 7900 XT | GeForce RTX 3050 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | RDNA 3 | Ampere |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 14 | 8★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 20 GB★ | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | ||
| RT Cores | 96★ | 16 |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | 2.6110000610351562 | 4.813000202178955★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 2.6110000610351562 | 4.813000202178955★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 257 | 70★ |
| Recommended PSU | 800 | 400★ |
| Power Connectors | — | None |
| Cooler | Triple Fan★ | Single Fan |
| Fans | 3★ | 1 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 x16 | PCI Express 4.0 x8 |
| DisplayPort | 2★ | 1 |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| USB-C | 1★ | — |
| Max Displays | 4★ | — |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | — |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 276 | 160★ |
| Slot Width | 3 | 1★ |
| Form Factor | Full Height | Low Profile |
| Weight | 1.90 kg★ | — |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| AV1 Encode | ✓★ | — |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | 12 |
Pros & Cons
XFX Radeon RX 7900 XT Gaming 20GB GDDR6
- Strong connectivity (88th percentile)88th %ile
- Strong ai (87th percentile)87th %ile
- Strong user sentiment (86th percentile)86th %ile
- Strong rt (86th percentile)86th %ile
- Below average affordability (31st percentile)
Yeston GeForce RTX 3050 6GB GDDR6
- Strong efficiency (91st percentile)91st %ile
- Strong affordability (78th percentile)
- Below average ai (19th percentile)19th %ile
- Below average compute (19th percentile)19th %ile
- Below average raster (23rd percentile)
- Below average vram (23rd percentile)
Pricing
Verdict
Scores 87 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 16 of 37 specs.
