In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G and the Sapphire Radeon RX 6800, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G is 32 % faster than the Sapphire Radeon RX 6800.
The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 and has 5888 texture shaders and 46 execution units.
Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 is based on AMD Radeon RX 6800, which has 3840 shaders and 60 execution units.
Memory
Memory
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G
Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
Memory Size
8 GB
16 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
2.000 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
16.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
512 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 bit
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The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.
The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G
Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
Base Clock
1.500 GHz
1.800 GHz
Boost Clock
1.815 GHz
2.105 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
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1.82 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.500 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 is 1.800 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G
Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
TDP
240 W
250 W
TDP (up)
250 W
285 W
Tjunction max
93 °C
100 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G is 240 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.
The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 has a TDP of 250 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G
Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 80 mm
3 x 85 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
39-42 dB
37 dB
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The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G has a total of 3 Axial fans.
The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G
Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4a
2x DP 1.4a
USB-C
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1
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G.
The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G
Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion
Non addressable LED
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The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G
Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode / Encode
VP9
Decode
Decode / Encode
AV1
Decode
Decode
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G
Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
Length
286 mm
267 mm
Height
115 mm
120 mm
Width
51 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G is 286 mm long, 115 mm high and 51 mm wide.
The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 is 267 mm long, 120 mm high and 40 mm wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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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.
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.
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