SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB
vs
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB and the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and has 1024 texture shaders and 16 execution units.

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, which has 1920 shaders and 15 execution units.
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB GPU ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Navi 24 XT GPU Chip GP104-200-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Pascal
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 15
1024 Shader 1920
32 Render Output Units 64
64 Texture Units 120
16 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 144 GB/s.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
2.250 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
18.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
144 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
64 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB clocks in the base with up to 2.200 GHz. The base frequency of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 is 1.506 GHz.

2.200 GHz Base Clock 1.506 GHz
2.855 GHz Boost Clock 1.683 GHz
2.70 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB is 130 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 has a TDP of 220 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

130 W TDP 220 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 2 screens can be connected to the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

2 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

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 h264 Decode / Encode
Decode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB is 194 mm long, 107 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 is 303 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

194 mm Length 303 mm
107 mm Height 111 mm
40 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 4 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB was released in Q3/2022 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 was introduced in Q4/2016 at a price of 379 $ (Reference).

11314-03-20G Part-no ZT-P10700F-10P
Q3/2022 Release date Q4/2016
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 379 $ (Reference)
6 nm Structure size 16 nm
data sheet Documents --

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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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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.

1920x1080 (1080p)

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 PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
27 fps (avg)
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070
8 GB GDDR5
34 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
53 fps (avg)
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070
8 GB GDDR5
65 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
69 fps (avg)
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070
8 GB GDDR5
92 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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