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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs Gainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.25 GHz · 300 W Speed index 17/100

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT has 4608 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.25 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 20.74 TFLOPS.

Gainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S
Gainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S 12 GB GDDR7 · 2.51 GHz · 250 W Speed index 26/100

The Gainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S has 6144 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.51 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 30.86 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the Gainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S is 49 % faster than the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT.

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XTGainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S
Speed index
17/100
26/100
FP32
20.74 TFLOPS
30.86 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.25 GHz
2.51 GHz
Memory Size
16 GB GDDR6
12 GB GDDR7
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
672 GB/s
TDP
300 W
250 W
Launch Price
799 $
549 $
503 pts
794 pts

GPU

GPUAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTGainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
GPU ChipNavi 21 XTGB205-300-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors7248
Shader46086144
Render Output Units12864
Texture Units288192
Raytracing Cores7248
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 72 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Gainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S is based on the Blackwell architecture and is equipped with 48 execution units.

Memory

MemoryAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTGainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S
Memory Size16 GB12 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR7
Memory Clock2.000 GHz1.750 GHz
Memory Speed16.0 Gbps28.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s672 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit192 bit
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S has a 12 GB large GDDR7 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTGainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S
Base Clock1.825 GHz2.325 GHz
Boost Clock2.250 GHz2.512 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.02 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT has a turbo clock of 2.250 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Gainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S is 2.512 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTGainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S
TDP300 W250 W
TDP (up)345 W--
Tjunction max100 °C85 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin1 x 16-Pin
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S is equipped with a 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 85 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTGainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 13 x 80 mm3 x 100 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)37 dB--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTGainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.1b
DisplayPort2x DP 1.4a3x DP 2.1b
USB-C1--
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTGainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNon addressable LEDAddressable LED
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The Gainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTGainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
AV1DecodeDecode / Encode
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Dimensions

DimensionsAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTGainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S
Length270 mm332 mm
Height120 mm127 mm
Width--49 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots3 Slots
Weight1,503 g--
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Gainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S is -- and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTGainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 5 x 16
Release dateQ4/2020Q2/2025
Launch Price799 $549 $
Structure size7 nm5 nm
Part-no--NE75070019K9-GB2050K
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT was released in Q4/2020.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S published in Q2/2025 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers.

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 Gainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S +16.1 %

  1. 9,213
  2. 10,698

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

  1. no data
  2. 22,615

Steel Nomad Graphics score

  1. no data
  2. 4,831

Port Royal (Raytracing) Gainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S +49.5 %

  1. 9,462
  2. 14,141

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) Gainward GeForce RTX 5070 Phoenix-S +66.7 %

  1. 3,527
  2. 5,881

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 102,201

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)

  1. 59 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 68 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 102 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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)

  1. 32 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 64 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 112 fps (avg)
  2. no data

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. 105 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 180 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 200 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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

  1. 155,408
  2. no data

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

  1. 155,418
  2. no data

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 195,225
  2. no data

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