MSI GeForce RTX 5050 Shadow 2X 8GB GDDR6 Black
MSI
47 Overall Score
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Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT PULSE 16GB GDDR6 Black
Sapphire
87 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
MSI GeForce RTX 5050 Shadow 2X 8GB GDDR6 Black
No customer feedback yet
Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT PULSE 16GB GDDR6 Black
88 out of 100 high confidence 33 reviews
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9070 XT is widely praised for its excellent price-to-performance ratio, often outperforming the RTX 4070 Ti and 5070 Ti at a lower cost. Users highlight its quiet operation, cool temperatures, and solid build quality, with many noting the effective cooling solution and included support bracket. While some mention minor issues like initial HDMI driver requirements and the need for AMD Adrenaline software for FSR4, the overall sentiment is overwhelmingly positive, especially for 1440p and 4K gaming.
Pros
- Excellent price-to-performance ratio
- Quiet operation under load
- Cool temperatures (idle ~30°C, load ~60-70°C)
- Solid build quality with included support bracket
- Great 1440p and 4K gaming performance
Cons
- Initial HDMI driver required
- FSR4 requires AMD Adrenaline software
- Large 3-slot size may not fit small cases
- Availability and pricing above MSRP
- CPU bottleneck potential at 1080p
Price to performance 12
Cooling and temps 14
Noise level 10
Build quality 8
Gaming performance 15
Driver and software 6
Scores
Ray Tracing
Budget
Gaming 1440p
Gaming 4k
Gaming 1080p
Content Creation
Workstation
Ai Llm
Specifications
| MSI GeForce RTX 5050 Shadow 2X | Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT PULSE | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 5050 | Radeon RX 9070 XT |
| Brand | NVIDIA | AMD |
| Architecture | Blackwell | RDNA 4 |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 5★ | — |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 8 GB | 16 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | ||
| RT Cores | 20 | 64★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | 13.170000076293945★ | — |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 13.170000076293945★ | — |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 130★ | 304 |
| Recommended PSU | 550★ | 750 |
| Power Connectors | 1 x 8-pin | 2 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Dual Fan | Triple Fan★ |
| Fans | 2 | 3★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x8 | PCI Express 5.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 3★ | 2 |
| HDMI | 1 | 2★ |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 197★ | 320 |
| Slot Width | 2★ | 3 |
| Form Factor | Full Height | ATX |
| Weight | — | 1.81 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | DLSS 4 | DLSS 3 |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✓★ |
| VR Ready | ✓ | ✓ |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | ✗ | ✓★ |
Pros & Cons
MSI GeForce RTX 5050 Shadow 2X 8GB GDDR6 Black
- Strong efficiency (88th percentile)88th %ile
- Strong connectivity (82nd percentile)82nd %ile
- Strong feature (66th percentile)
- Below average affordability (0th percentile)0th %ile
- Below average ai (30th percentile)
- Below average compute (32nd percentile)
Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT PULSE 16GB GDDR6 Black
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong compute (90th percentile)90th %ile
- Strong ai (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Strong social proof (89th percentile)89th %ile
Pricing
Verdict
Winner: Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT PULSE
Scores 87 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 14 of 39 specs.
