Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver
Sapphire
96 Overall Score
vs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X
NVIDIA
26 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver
88 out of 100 high confidence 43 reviews
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
Performance 4k 12
Noise level 15
Cooling efficiency 14
Build quality 8
Coil whine 7
Power consumption 6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X
No customer feedback yet
Scores
Ray Tracing
Gaming 4k
Gaming 1440p
Content Creation
Gaming 1080p
Ai Llm
Workstation
Budget
Specifications
| Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | GeForce GTX 1080 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | RDNA 3 | Pascal |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 5★ | 16 |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 24 GB★ | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6★ | GDDR5X |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | 96★ | — |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | No data | |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 61.38999938964844★ | 8.873000144958496 |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 339 | 180★ |
| Recommended PSU | 800 | 450★ |
| Power Connectors | 3 x 8-Pin | — |
| Cooler | Triple Fan★ | — |
| Fans | 3★ | — |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 x16 | — |
| DisplayPort | 2★ | — |
| HDMI | 2★ | — |
| USB-C | 1★ | — |
| Max Displays | 4★ | — |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | — |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 320★ | — |
| Slot Width | 4★ | — |
| Form Factor | ATX | — |
| Weight | 1.00 kg | 0.34 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓★ | — |
| Upscaling | FSR 3.1 | — |
| AV1 Encode | ✓★ | — |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | — |
| RGB | ✓★ | — |
Pros & Cons
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver
- Strong connectivity (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong rt (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong compute (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong ai (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Below average affordability (18th percentile)18th %ile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X
- Strong affordability (83rd percentile)83rd %ile
- Strong social proof (69th percentile)
- Below average connectivity (5th percentile)5th %ile
- Below average thermal (7th percentile)7th %ile
- Below average feature (11th percentile)11th %ile
- Below average compute (20th percentile)20th %ile
Verdict
Winner: Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+
Scores 96 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 25 of 38 specs.