SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
vs
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7900 XT Vapor-X 20GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX and the SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7900 XT Vapor-X 20GB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX is based on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and has 6144 texture shaders and 96 execution units.

SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7900 XT Vapor-X 20GB is based on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, which has 5376 shaders and 84 execution units.
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX GPU SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7900 XT Vapor-X 20GB
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Based on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Navi 31 GPU Chip Navi 31
RDNA 3 Architecture RDNA 3
96 Streaming Multiprocessors 84
6144 Shader 5376
192 Render Output Units 192
384 Texture Units 336
96 Raytracing Cores 84

Memory

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX has 24 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 960 GB/s.

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7900 XT Vapor-X 20GB can access 20 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 800 GB/s.

24 GB Memory Size 20 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.500 GHz Memory Clock 2.500 GHz
20.0 Gbps Memory Speed 20.0 Gbps
960 GB/s Memory bandwidth 800 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 320 bit

Clock Speeds

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX clocks in the base with up to 1.900 GHz. The base frequency of the SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7900 XT Vapor-X 20GB is 1.500 GHz.

1.900 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
2.525 GHz Boost Clock 2.560 GHz
2.33 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.22 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 370 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 3 x 8-Pin connector.

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7900 XT Vapor-X 20GB has a TDP of 368 W and is supplied with the required energy via 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

370 W TDP 368 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
3 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7900 XT Vapor-X 20GB has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX.

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7900 XT Vapor-X 20GB supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v2.1 DP Ports 2x DP v2.1
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7900 XT Vapor-X 20GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 313 mm long, 134 mm high and 53 mm wide.

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7900 XT Vapor-X 20GB is 320 mm long, 136 mm high and 72 mm wide.

313 mm Length 320 mm
134 mm Height 136 mm
53 mm Width 72 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 4 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4 x 16

Additional data

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX was released in Q4/2022 at a price of 999 $ (Reference).

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7900 XT Vapor-X 20GB was introduced in Q4/2022 at a price of 899 $ (Reference).

11322-02-20G Part-no 11323-01-40G
Q4/2022 Release date Q4/2022
999 $ (Reference) Launch Price 899 $ (Reference)
5 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
24 GB GDDR6
72 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
24 GB GDDR6
134 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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