Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6
PNY RTX 4000 20GB GDDR6 workstation
What Buyers Say
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6
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
PNY RTX 4000 20GB GDDR6 workstation
The RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation is widely praised for its compact size, low power draw (70W), quiet fan, and 20GB VRAM, which excels at gaming, AI/LLM tasks, and professional graphics work. Verified buyers highlight its ability to run Cyberpunk 2077 at high settings 3440x1440 60+ FPS and handle 14b-24b parameter LLMs. However, price increases above original MSRP and one verified instance of receiving computer scrap are noted as drawbacks.
Pros
- Compact size
- Low power consumption (70W)
- Quiet fan
- 20GB VRAM
- Excellent gaming performance
Cons
- Price increased above original MSRP
- One report of receiving computer scrap
- Memory runs hot
- Requires PCIe 4.0 for full capacity
- About 50% of RTX 5070 performance
Scores
Specifications
| Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ | PNY RTX 4000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | RTX 4000 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | RDNA 3 | Ada Lovelace |
| Class | consumer | workstation |
| Process | 5★ | — |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 24 GB★ | 20 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| ECC | — | ✓★ |
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| 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 | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 339 | 70★ |
| Recommended PSU | 800★ | — |
| Power Connectors | 3 x 8-Pin | No |
| Cooler | Triple Fan★ | Blower |
| Fans | 3★ | 1 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 x16 | PCI Express 4.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 2 | 4★ |
| HDMI | 2★ | 0 |
| USB-C | 1★ | — |
| Max Displays | 4★ | — |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680x4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 320 | 168★ |
| Slot Width | 4 | 2★ |
| Form Factor | ATX | Low Profile |
| Weight | 1.00 kg | 0.70 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | FSR 3.1 | DLSS |
| AV1 Encode | ✓★ | — |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | 12 |
| 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
PNY RTX 4000 20GB GDDR6 workstation
- Strong efficiency (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong ai (84th percentile)84th %ile
- Strong user sentiment (80th percentile)80th %ile
- Strong vram (80th percentile)80th %ile
- Below average thermal (21st percentile)
Pricing
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 offers 1.9x better value for money
Verdict
Scores 92 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 21 of 40 specs.
