GPU comparison with benchmarks

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

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 GB GDDR6 · 2.45 GHz · 331 W Speed index 44/100

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.

Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix
Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix 12 GB GDDR6X · 2.61 GHz · 285 W Speed index 33/100

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.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT is 31 % faster than the Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix.

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTGainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix
Speed index
44/100
33/100
FP32
52.69 TFLOPS
40.09 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.45 GHz
2.61 GHz
Memory Size
20 GB GDDR6
12 GB GDDR6X
Memory bandwidth
800 GB/s
504 GB/s
TDP
331 W
285 W
Launch Price
899 $
799 $
882 pts
766 pts

GPU

GPUSAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTGainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix
Based onAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
GPU ChipNavi 31AD104-400-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors8460
Shader53767680
Render Output Units19280
Texture Units336240
Raytracing Cores8460
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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.

Memory

MemorySAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTGainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix
Memory Size20 GB12 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6X
Memory Clock2.500 GHz1.313 GHz
Memory Speed20.0 Gbps21.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth800 GB/s504 GB/s
Memory Interface320 bit192 bit
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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.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsSAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTGainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix
Base Clock1.500 GHz2.310 GHz
Boost Clock2.450 GHz2.610 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.08 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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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.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignSAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTGainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix
TDP331 W285 W
Tjunction max97 °C90 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin1 x 16-Pin
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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.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansSAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTGainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 13 x 90 mm3 x 100 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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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.

Connectivity

ConnectivitySAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTGainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI2x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort2x DP 2.13x DP 1.4a
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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.

Featureset

FeaturesetSAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTGainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingAddressable LED
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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).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsSAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTGainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode
AV1Decode / EncodeDecode
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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.

Dimensions

DimensionsSAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTGainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix
Length313 mm329 mm
Height134 mm131 mm
Width53 mm64 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots4 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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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.

Additional data

Additional dataSAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTGainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix
GPU InterfacePCIe 4 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ4/2022Q1/2023
Launch Price899 $799 $
Structure size5 nm5 nm
Part-no11323-02-20G471056224-3628
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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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.

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 7900 XT +16.8 %

  1. 12,583
  2. 10,773

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

  1. no data
  2. 22,587

Steel Nomad Graphics score

  1. no data
  2. 4,885

Port Royal (Raytracing) SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT +0.9 %

  1. 14,115
  2. 13,989

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix +21.0 %

  1. 4,576
  2. 5,539

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 106,827

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 +27.5 %

  1. 51 fps (avg)
  2. 65 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix +6.5 %

  1. 108 fps (avg)
  2. 115 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT +0.6 %

  1. 161 fps (avg)
  2. 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 +2.3 %

  1. 45 fps (avg)
  2. 44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT +2.3 %

  1. 90 fps (avg)
  2. 88 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix +0.7 %

  1. 141 fps (avg)
  2. 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)

  1. no data
  2. 125 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 200 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 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 Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Phoenix +19.1 %

  1. 173,613
  2. 206,698

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT +12.8 %

  1. 200,558
  2. 177,849

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