The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT has the Navi 32 XL graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 3 architecture.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is based on the graphics chip GA106-150-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
Memory
Memory
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Memory Size
12 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Clock
2.250 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
18.0 Gbps
14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
432 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
128 bit
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The graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT clocks at 2.250 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 18.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Base Clock
1.900 GHz
1.552 GHz
Boost Clock
2.599 GHz
1.777 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.28 GHz
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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
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
TDP
252 W
130 W
Tjunction max
97 °C
93 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 252 W.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 130 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 100 mm
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Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 has 0 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
2x DP 2.1
2x DP 1.4a
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
AV1
Decode / Encode
Decode
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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
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Length
320 mm
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Height
135 mm
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Width
62 mm
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Width (Slots)
3 Slots
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT is connected to the system via PCIe 4 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 needs the space of -- in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 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.
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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