In the gpu comparison between the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 and the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 is 86 % faster than the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56.
The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 is based on the AMD RX Vega 56 and has 3584 texture shaders and 56 execution units.
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, which has 5888 shaders and 46 execution units.
Memory
Memory
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
Memory Size
8 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
HBM2
GDDR6
Memory Clock
0.800 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
1.6 Gbps
14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
410 GB/s
448 GB/s
Memory Interface
2,048 bit
256 bit
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The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type HBM2 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 410 GB/s.
The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
Base Clock
1.266 GHz
1.500 GHz
Boost Clock
1.550 GHz
1.755 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
--
1.73 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 clocks in the base with up to 1.266 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 is 1.500 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
TDP
325 W
220 W
TDP (up)
--
250 W
Tjunction max
100 °C
93 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 is 325 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.
The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 has a TDP of 220 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 92 mm
2 x 100 mm
Fan 2
1 x 80 mm
--
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
Noise (Load)
--
43-45 dB
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The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 has a total of 3 Axial fans.
The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
--
2.3
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.0b
2x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.4a
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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 Vega 56.
The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
ASUS Aura Sync
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The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
AV1
No
Decode
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
Length
310 mm
267 mm
Height
133 mm
135 mm
Width
54 mm
52 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
3 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 is 310 mm long, 133 mm high and 54 mm wide.
The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 is 267 mm long, 135 mm high and 52 mm wide.
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 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 +116.7 %
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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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