The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Trio Plus 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.
The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Trio Plus 8G has the GA104-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.
The Sapphire Radeon VII is based on the graphics chip Vega 20 XT, which comes from the GCN 5.1 architecture.
Memory
Memory
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Trio Plus 8G
Sapphire Radeon VII
Memory Size
8 GB
16 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
HBM2
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.000 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
2.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
1,024 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
4,096 bit
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The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Trio Plus 8G clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the Sapphire Radeon VII is 2.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.000 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Trio Plus 8G
Sapphire Radeon VII
Base Clock
1.500 GHz
1.400 GHz
Boost Clock
1.770 GHz
1.750 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Trio Plus 8G
Sapphire Radeon VII
TDP
240 W
300 W
TDP (up)
250 W
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Tjunction max
93 °C
99 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Trio Plus 8G is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 240 W.
The Sapphire Radeon VII has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 300 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Trio Plus 8G
Sapphire Radeon VII
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 90 mm
3 x 75 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
32 dB
Noise (Load)
35-37 dB
52 dB
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The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Trio Plus 8G is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.
The Sapphire Radeon VII has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Trio Plus 8G
Sapphire Radeon VII
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.4a
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Trio Plus 8G.
The Sapphire Radeon VII supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Trio Plus 8G
Sapphire Radeon VII
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
MSI Mystic Light
Non addressable LED
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With the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Trio Plus 8G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the Sapphire Radeon VII is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Trio Plus 8G
Sapphire Radeon VII
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode / Encode
AV1
Decode
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Trio Plus 8G
Sapphire Radeon VII
Length
323 mm
268 mm
Height
140 mm
120 mm
Width
56 mm
42 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
1,458 g
1,280 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Trio Plus 8G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The Sapphire Radeon VII needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
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 MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Trio Plus 8G +52.4 %
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.
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.
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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