The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB is based on the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB (RDNA 4) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 322 GB/s.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB is 297 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070.
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 9060 XT 8GB is based on the graphics chip Navi 44 XT, which comes from the RDNA 4 architecture.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB
Memory Size
8 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Clock
2.002 GHz
2.518 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
20.1 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
322 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
128 bit
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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 9060 XT 8GB is 20.1 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.518 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB
Base Clock
1.506 GHz
1.700 GHz
Boost Clock
1.683 GHz
3.130 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
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2.53 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
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB
TDP
150 W
150 W
Tjunction max
94 °C
Unknown
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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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 9060 XT 8GB has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 150 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 70 mm
2 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
2x HDMI 2.1b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
1x DP 2.1a
DVI
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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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 9060 XT 8GB is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode / Encode
VP9
Decode
Decode / Encode
AV1
No
Decode / Encode
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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
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB
Length
267 mm
200 mm
Height
111 mm
122 mm
Width
38 mm
41 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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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 9060 XT 8GB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 5 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.
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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