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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.17 GHz · 250 W Speed index 14/100
In the gpu comparison between the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU), we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 is 0.5 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU).

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU)
Speed index
14/100
14/100
FP32
16.67 TFLOPS
16.58 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.17 GHz
1.62 GHz
Memory Size
16 GB GDDR6
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
448 GB/s
TDP
250 W
125 W
Launch Price
679 $
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433 pts
324 pts

GPU

GPUSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU)
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6800NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU)
GPU ChipNavi 21GA104-770-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors6040
Shader38405120
Render Output Units9680
Texture Units240160
Raytracing Cores6040
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 and has 3840 texture shaders and 60 execution units.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU), which has 5120 shaders and 40 execution units.

Memory

MemorySapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU)
Memory Size16 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory Clock2.000 GHz1.750 GHz
Memory Speed16.0 Gbps14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s448 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU) can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU)
Base Clock1.800 GHz1.215 GHz
Boost Clock2.170 GHz1.620 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock1.95 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 clocks in the base with up to 1.800 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is 1.215 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU)
TDP250 W125 W
TDP (up)285 W--
Tjunction max100 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin--
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 is 250 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU) has a TDP of 125 W and is supplied with the required energy via -- PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU)
Fan-TypeAxialRadial
Fan 13 x 90 mm--
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB--
Noise (Load)37 dB--
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU) has 0 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivitySapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU)
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.1--
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a1x DP 1.4b
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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 Pulse Radeon RX 6800.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU) supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU)
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDAddressable LEDNo LED lighting
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU)
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode
AV1DecodeDecode
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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

DimensionsSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU)
Length303 mm--
Height127 mm--
Width54 mm--
Width (Slots)3 Slots--
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 is 303 mm long, 127 mm high and 54 mm wide.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

Additional data

Additional dataSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU)
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ4/2020Q2/2021
Launch Price679 $--
Structure size7 nm8 nm
Part-no11305-02-20G--
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 was released in Q4/2020 at a price of 679 $.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU) was introduced in Q2/2021 at a price of --.

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 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 +54.2 %

  1. 7,790
  2. 5,051

Port Royal (Raytracing) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 +23.9 %

  1. 7,989
  2. 6,448

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 +19.7 %

  1. 2,976
  2. 2,486

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)

  1. 53 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 61 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 90 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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)

  1. 31 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 +87.9 %

  1. 62 fps (avg)
  2. 33 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 +42.7 %

  1. 107 fps (avg)
  2. 75 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 Pulse Radeon RX 6800 +59.3 %

  1. 94 fps (avg)
  2. 59 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 +75.2 %

  1. 184 fps (avg)
  2. 105 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 +46.7 %

  1. 201 fps (avg)
  2. 137 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 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 +20.7 %

  1. 130,271
  2. 107,935

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 +39.8 %

  1. 132,452
  2. 94,733

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 170,563
  2. no data

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