The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 is 38 % faster than the Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 has the Navi 23 XL graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix is based on the graphics chip GP104-200-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
Memory
Memory
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix
Memory Size
8 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
2.002 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
256 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
256 bit
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The graphics memory of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix
Base Clock
1.626 GHz
1.506 GHz
Boost Clock
2.491 GHz
1.683 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.04 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 Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix
TDP
132 W
150 W
TDP (up)
140 W
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Tjunction max
100 °C
94 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 132 W.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 150 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
2 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.4
DVI
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1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
AV1
Decode
No
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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 Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix
Length
193 mm
285 mm
Height
120 mm
133 mm
Width
40 mm
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Width (Slots)
2 Slots
3 Slots
Weight
710 g
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 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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