GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G
vs
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G has 5888 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.77 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 20.84 TFLOPS.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 has 3840 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.19 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 16.82 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 46 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 60 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G GPU Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800
GA104-300-A1 GPU Chip Navi 21
Ampere Architecture RDNA 2
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 60
5888 Shader 3840
96 Render Output Units 96
184 Texture Units 240
46 Raytracing Cores 60

Memory

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

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

8 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G has a turbo clock of 1.770 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 is 2.190 GHz.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.850 GHz
1.770 GHz Boost Clock 2.190 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.98 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 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.

240 W TDP 250 W
250 W TDP (up) 285 W
93 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 90 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
42-43 dB Noise (Load) 37 dB

Connectivity

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

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

Supported Video Codecs

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.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G is 41 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 is 41 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

282 mm Length 310 mm
115 mm Height 134 mm
41 mm Width 55 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G was released in Q4/2020.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 published in Q4/2020 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

GV-N3070EAGLE OC-8GD Part-no 11305-01-20G
Q4/2020 Release date Q4/2020
679 $ Launch Price 739 $
8 nm Structure size 7 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)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G
8 GB GDDR6
46 fps (avg)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
53 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G
8 GB GDDR6
55 fps (avg)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
61 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G
8 GB GDDR6
83 fps (avg)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
90 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)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G
8 GB GDDR6
23 fps (avg)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G
8 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
62 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G
8 GB GDDR6
101 fps (avg)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
108 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)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G
8 GB GDDR6
80 fps (avg)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
95 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G
8 GB GDDR6
144 fps (avg)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
185 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle OC 8G
8 GB GDDR6
191 fps (avg)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
203 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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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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