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Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 vs Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT

Gainward GeForce RTX 2070
Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB GDDR6 · 1.62 GHz · 175 W Speed index 6/100

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 has 2304 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.62 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 7.46 TFLOPS.

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.31 GHz · 300 W Speed index 18/100

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT has 4608 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.31 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 21.29 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT is 185 % faster than the Gainward GeForce RTX 2070.

Gainward GeForce RTX 2070Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
Speed index
6/100
18/100
FP32
7.46 TFLOPS
21.29 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.62 GHz
2.31 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR6
16 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
512 GB/s
TDP
175 W
300 W
Launch Price
499 $
779 $
302 pts
526 pts

GPU

GPUGainward GeForce RTX 2070Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
Based onNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GPU ChipTU106Navi 21 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors3672
Shader23044608
Render Output Units64128
Texture Units144288
Raytracing Cores3672
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 36 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 72 execution units.

Memory

MemoryGainward GeForce RTX 2070Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
Memory Size8 GB16 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory Clock1.750 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed14.0 Gbps16.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth448 GB/s512 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT has a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsGainward GeForce RTX 2070Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
Base Clock1.410 GHz1.875 GHz
Boost Clock1.620 GHz2.310 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--2.07 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 has a turbo clock of 1.620 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT is 2.310 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignGainward GeForce RTX 2070Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
TDP175 W300 W
TDP (up)--345 W
Tjunction max89 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 89 °C.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansGainward GeForce RTX 2070Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 90 mm3 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)--36-37 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityGainward GeForce RTX 2070Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort1x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.4a
DVI1--
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetGainward GeForce RTX 2070Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingAddressable LED
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsGainward GeForce RTX 2070Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode / Encode
VP9DecodeDecode / Encode
AV1NoDecode
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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

DimensionsGainward GeForce RTX 2070Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
Length235 mm313 mm
Height112 mm135 mm
Width--53 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots3 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT is -- and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataGainward GeForce RTX 2070Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ4/2018Q1/2021
Launch Price499 $779 $
Structure size12 nm7 nm
Part-no471056224-144011304-03-20G
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 was released in Q4/2018.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 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 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +115.2 %

  1. 4,337
  2. 9,335

Port Royal (Raytracing) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +80.0 %

  1. 5,327
  2. 9,587

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +90.8 %

  1. 1,873
  2. 3,574

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 6800 XT +103.3 %

  1. 30 fps (avg)
  2. 61 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +94.4 %

  1. 36 fps (avg)
  2. 70 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +94.4 %

  1. 54 fps (avg)
  2. 105 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)

  1. no data
  2. 33 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 66 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 115 fps (avg)

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) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +100.0 %

  1. 54 fps (avg)
  2. 108 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +94.7 %

  1. 95 fps (avg)
  2. 185 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +55.3 %

  1. 132 fps (avg)
  2. 205 fps (avg)

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 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +77.0 %

  1. 90,143
  2. 159,529

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +85.2 %

  1. 86,141
  2. 159,539

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 200,402

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