Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
vs
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Sapphire Nitro+ 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.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

GPU

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 has the Navi 21 graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC is based on the graphics chip GA104-300-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 GPU ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC
AMD Radeon RX 6800 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Navi 21 GPU Chip GA104-300-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
60 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
3840 Shader 5888
96 Render Output Units 96
240 Texture Units 184
60 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The graphics memory of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 16.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

16 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
512 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 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.

1.850 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
2.190 GHz Boost Clock 1.845 GHz
1.98 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.82 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 220 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 95 mm
1 x 90 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
37 dB Noise (Load) 44-45 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

With the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS TUF Gaming 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 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
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

310 mm Length 300 mm
134 mm Height 127 mm
55 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 6800 has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q4/2020.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC came on the market in Q4/2020 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

11305-01-20G Part-no TUF-RTX3070-O8G-GAMING
Q4/2020 Release date Q4/2020
739 $ Launch Price 759 $
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 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
53 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
48 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
61 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
90 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
87 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 Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
62 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
53 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
108 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
105 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 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
95 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
83 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
185 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
150 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
203 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
199 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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