GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9070 GAMING OC 16G
vs
SAPPHIRE PURE Radeon RX 9070


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9070 GAMING OC 16G has 3584 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.70 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 38.71 TFLOPS.

The SAPPHIRE PURE Radeon RX 9070 has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.70 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 38.71 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9070 GAMING OC 16G is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 4 architecture, which has 56 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card SAPPHIRE PURE Radeon RX 9070 is based on the RDNA 4 architecture and is equipped with 56 execution units.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9070 GAMING OC 16G GPU SAPPHIRE PURE Radeon RX 9070
AMD Radeon RX 9070 Based on AMD Radeon RX 9070
Navi 48 XT GPU Chip Navi 48 XT
RDNA 4 Architecture RDNA 4
56 Streaming Multiprocessors 56
3584 Shader 3584
128 Render Output Units 128
224 Texture Units 224
56 Raytracing Cores 56

Memory

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9070 GAMING OC 16G is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.518 GHz clocks.

The SAPPHIRE PURE Radeon RX 9070 has a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.518GHz.

16 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.518 GHz Memory Clock 2.518 GHz
20.1 Gbps Memory Speed 20.1 Gbps
645 GB/s Memory bandwidth 645 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9070 GAMING OC 16G has a turbo clock of 2.700 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 7 %. The turbo frequency of the SAPPHIRE PURE Radeon RX 9070 is 2.700 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 7 %.

1.330 GHz Base Clock 1.330 GHz
2.700 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 7 % Boost Clock 2.700 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 7 %
2.21 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 7 % Avg (Game) Clock 2.21 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 7 %
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9070 GAMING OC 16G 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 85 °C.

The SAPPHIRE PURE Radeon RX 9070 is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 85 °C.

220 W (Reference) TDP 245 WDeviation vs GPU group+ 11 %
-- TDP (up) --
85 °C Tjunction max 85 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9070 GAMING OC 16G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The SAPPHIRE PURE Radeon RX 9070 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 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
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9070 GAMING OC 16G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The SAPPHIRE PURE Radeon RX 9070 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9070 GAMING OC 16G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The SAPPHIRE PURE Radeon RX 9070 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
Addressable LED 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 / Encode AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9070 GAMING OC 16G is 50 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the SAPPHIRE PURE Radeon RX 9070 is 50 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

288 mm Length 320 mm
132 mm Height 120 mm
50 mm Width 62 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 5 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 5 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

Manufactured using the 4 nanometer process, GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9070 GAMING OC 16G was released in Q2/2025.

The SAPPHIRE PURE Radeon RX 9070 published in Q2/2025 is manufactured with a structure width of 4 nanometers.

GV-R9070GAMING OC-16GD Part-no 11349-02-20G
Q2/2025 Release date Q2/2025
549 $ (Reference) Launch Price 549 $ (Reference)
4 nm Structure size 4 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

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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