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GeForce RTX 3090 against Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB leads on the overall index. The price beside each button is the Amazon US reading where ScoutPrices has one; the comparison below is worked on typical prices.

Which one for what

Office & everyday

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GBright

59 vs 69 for snappy single-core speed, quiet running, and a card that drives two or three screens without fuss.

Coding & development

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GBright

57 vs 60 for cores for builds and containers, plenty of memory, fast storage, and a card for several screens or a local model.

Light gaming

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GBright

60 vs 77 for 1080p frame rates per dollar.

Gaming

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GBright

55 vs 70 for 1440p frame rates, with a CPU that will not hold the card back.

Heavy gaming

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GBright

48 vs 59 for the strongest graphics card the budget allows.

Content creation

Either

Within 1 points; buy on price.

3D & rendering

Either

Within 1 points; buy on price.

Gaming & streaming

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GBright

56 vs 64 for frame rates with headroom for the encoder and the chat.

AI & local models

GeForce RTX 3090left

62 vs 54 for video memory first, then card speed, then system memory.

Head to head

Scores

Indices out of 100 on ScoutSpecs' own scale, one per kind of work. They are not frames per second and not a measurement of any one sample.

  • Spec score

    GeForce RTX 3090: 55

    Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB: 67

    12 ptsto the right

  • Games at 1080p

    GeForce RTX 3090: 60

    Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB: 77

    17 ptsto the right

  • Games at 1440p

    GeForce RTX 3090: 55

    Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB: 70

    15 ptsto the right

  • Games at 4K

    GeForce RTX 3090: 48

    Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB: 59

    11 ptsto the right

  • Rendering and video

    GeForce RTX 3090: 58

    Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB: 50

    8 ptsto the left

Price and value

Worked on typical prices, the figures the comparison is built on.

  • Value, points per $100

    GeForce RTX 3090: 4.6

    Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB: 6.3

    37%to the right

  • Typical price

    GeForce RTX 3090: $1,199

    Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB: $1,071

    $128to the right

From the spec sheets

  • Video memory

    GeForce RTX 3090: 24 GB

    Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB: 16 GB

    50%to the left

  • Board power

    GeForce RTX 3090: 350 W

    Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB: 304 W

    15%to the right

  • Length

    GeForce RTX 3090: 313 mm

    Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB: 330 mm

    5%to the left

The verdict

  • The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB is 27% faster at 1440p.
  • At 4K the gap is 23% in the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB's favour.
  • RTX 3090 carries 24 GB of video memory against 16 GB.
  • The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB typically costs $128 less.
  • Per dollar, the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB is the better buy: 6.3 points per $100 against 4.6.

Specifications

SpecGeForce RTX 3090Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB
Video memory24 GB (better)16 GB
Board power350 W304 W (better)
Length313 mm (better)330 mm
Power connectorPCIe 8-pinPCIe 8-pin
BrandNvidiaAMD
Released20202025 (better)
Typical price$1,199$1,071 (better)

The better figure of each pair is in green, with a tick.

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