SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
vs
Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX and the Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX is based on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and has 6144 texture shaders and 96 execution units.

Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, which has 9728 shaders and 76 execution units.
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX GPU Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
Navi 31 GPU Chip AD103-300-A1
RDNA 3 Architecture Ada Lovelace
96 Streaming Multiprocessors 76
6144 Shader 9728
192 Render Output Units 112
384 Texture Units 304
96 Raytracing Cores 76

Memory

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX has 24 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 960 GB/s.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther can access 16 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 717 GB/s.

24 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6X
2.500 GHz Memory Clock 1.400 GHz
20.0 Gbps Memory Speed 22.4 Gbps
960 GB/s Memory bandwidth 717 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX clocks in the base with up to 1.900 GHz. The base frequency of the Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther is 2.205 GHz.

1.900 GHz Base Clock 2.205 GHz
2.525 GHz Boost Clock 2.505 GHz
2.33 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 370 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 3 x 8-Pin connector.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther has a TDP of 320 W (Reference) and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors.

370 W TDP 320 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
3 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

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

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 7900 XTX.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED Addressable LED

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 / 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 XTX is 313 mm long, 134 mm high and 53 mm wide.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther is 329 mm long, 128 mm high and 64 mm wide.

313 mm Length 329 mm
134 mm Height 128 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
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX was released in Q4/2022 at a price of 999 $ (Reference).

The Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther was introduced in Q1/2023 at a price of 1,199 $ (Reference).

11322-02-20G Part-no 471056224-3789
Q4/2022 Release date Q1/2023
999 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,199 $ (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

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

Steel Nomad Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Solar Bay (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)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
24 GB GDDR6
61 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther
16 GB GDDR6X
72 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
24 GB GDDR6
123 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther
16 GB GDDR6X
120 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
24 GB GDDR6
178 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther
16 GB GDDR6X
180 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 XTX SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
24 GB GDDR6
53 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther
16 GB GDDR6X
54 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
24 GB GDDR6
96 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther
16 GB GDDR6X
108 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
24 GB GDDR6
143 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther
16 GB GDDR6X
148 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 4080 Panther Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther
16 GB GDDR6X
140 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther
16 GB GDDR6X
200 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther
16 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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