NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
vs
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 has the GP104-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 is based on the graphics chip Navi 21, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 GPU Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800
GP104-200-A1 GPU Chip Navi 21
Pascal Architecture RDNA 2
15 Streaming Multiprocessors 60
1920 Shader 3840
64 Render Output Units 96
120 Texture Units 240
0 Raytracing Cores 60

Memory

The graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.800 GHz
1.683 GHz Boost Clock 2.170 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.95 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 150 W.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.

150 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) 285 W
94 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 37 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

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.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

267 mm Length 303 mm
111 mm Height 127 mm
38 mm Width 54 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q2/2016.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 came on the market in Q4/2020 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no 11305-02-20G
Q2/2016 Release date Q4/2020
379 $ (Reference) Launch Price 679 $
16 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)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
53 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
61 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse 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)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
62 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
107 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)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
8 GB GDDR5
34 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
94 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
8 GB GDDR5
65 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
184 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
8 GB GDDR5
92 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
201 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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