SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT
vs
Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT has 5376 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.45 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 52.69 TFLOPS.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix has 7680 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.61 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 40.09 TFLOPS.

GPU

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 3 architecture, which has 84 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture and is equipped with 60 execution units.
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT GPU Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Navi 31 GPU Chip AD104-400-A1
RDNA 3 Architecture Ada Lovelace
84 Streaming Multiprocessors 60
5376 Shader 7680
192 Render Output Units 80
336 Texture Units 240
84 Raytracing Cores 60

Memory

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT is equipped with a 20 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.500 GHz clocks.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix has a 12 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.313GHz.

20 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6X
2.500 GHz Memory Clock 1.313 GHz
20.0 Gbps Memory Speed 21.0 Gbps
800 GB/s Memory bandwidth 504 GB/s
320 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT has a turbo clock of 2.450 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix is 2.610 GHz.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 2.310 GHz
2.450 GHz Boost Clock 2.610 GHz
2.08 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 97 °C.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix is equipped with a 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 90 °C.

331 W TDP 285 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT is 53 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 4 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix is 53 mm and thus requires the space of 4 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

313 mm Length 329 mm
134 mm Height 131 mm
53 mm Width 64 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 4 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 5 nanometer process, SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT was released in Q4/2022.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix published in Q1/2023 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers.

11323-02-20G Part-no 471056224-3628
Q4/2022 Release date Q1/2023
899 $ (Reference) Launch Price 799 $ (Reference)
5 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix
12 GB GDDR6X
65 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
92 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix
12 GB GDDR6X
115 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix
12 GB GDDR6X
160 fps (avg)

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)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
45 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix
12 GB GDDR6X
44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
90 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix
12 GB GDDR6X
88 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
141 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix
12 GB GDDR6X
142 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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix
12 GB GDDR6X
125 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix
12 GB GDDR6X
200 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix
12 GB GDDR6X
200 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

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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