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.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 27 % faster than the Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther.
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.
Memory
Memory
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther
Memory Size
24 GB
16 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6X
Memory Clock
2.500 GHz
1.400 GHz
Memory Speed
20.0 Gbps
22.4 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
960 GB/s
717 GB/s
Memory Interface
384 bit
256 bit
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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.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther
Base Clock
1.900 GHz
2.205 GHz
Boost Clock
2.525 GHz
2.505 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.33 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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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.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther
TDP
370 W
320 W
Tjunction max
97 °C
90 °C
PCIe-Power
3 x 8-Pin
1 x 16-Pin
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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 and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 90 mm
3 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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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.
Connectivity
Connectivity
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.1a
DisplayPort
2x DP 2.1
3x DP 1.4a
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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 7900 XTX.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
Addressable LED
Addressable LED
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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.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
AV1
Decode / Encode
Decode
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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
Dimensions
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Panther
Length
313 mm
329 mm
Height
134 mm
128 mm
Width
53 mm
64 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
4 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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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.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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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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