SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT
vs
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT and the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT and has 2560 texture shaders and 40 execution units.

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, which has 5888 shaders and 46 execution units.
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT GPU ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Navi 22 XT GPU Chip GA104-300-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
2560 Shader 5888
64 Render Output Units 96
160 Texture Units 184
40 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 384 GB/s.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
384 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT clocks in the base with up to 2.321 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC is 1.500 GHz.

2.321 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
2.622 GHz Boost Clock 1.800 GHz
2.55 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.77 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT is 260 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC has a TDP of 220 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

260 W TDP 220 W
-- TDP (up) 250 W
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
1 x 90 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 43-45 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED ASUS Aura Sync

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT is 310 mm long, 131 mm high and 51 mm wide.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC is 267 mm long, 135 mm high and 52 mm wide.

310 mm Length 267 mm
131 mm Height 135 mm
51 mm Width 52 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT was released in Q1/2021 at a price of 479 $ (Reference).

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 659 $.

11306-01-20G Part-no DUAL-RTX3070-O8G
Q1/2021 Release date Q4/2020
479 $ (Reference) Launch Price 659 $
7 nm Structure size 8 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 NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
41 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
47 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
75 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
85 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)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
23 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
47 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
85 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
102 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)

SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
77 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
81 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
146 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
146 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
197 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
194 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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