SAPPHIRE PURE Radeon RX 9070 XT
vs
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 MASTER


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the SAPPHIRE PURE Radeon RX 9070 XT and the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 MASTER, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The SAPPHIRE PURE Radeon RX 9070 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and has 4096 texture shaders and 64 execution units.

GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 MASTER is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080, which has 10752 shaders and 84 execution units.
SAPPHIRE PURE Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 MASTER
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
Navi 48 XTX GPU Chip GB203-400-A1
RDNA 4 Architecture Blackwell
64 Streaming Multiprocessors 84
4096 Shader 10752
128 Render Output Units 128
256 Texture Units 336
64 Raytracing Cores 84

Memory

The SAPPHIRE PURE Radeon RX 9070 XT has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 645 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 MASTER can access 16 GB GDDR7 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 960 GB/s.

16 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR7
2.518 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
20.1 Gbps Memory Speed 30.0 Gbps
645 GB/s Memory bandwidth 960 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The SAPPHIRE PURE Radeon RX 9070 XT clocks in the base with up to 1.660 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 MASTER is 2.295 GHz.

1.660 GHz Base Clock 2.295 GHz
3.010 GHz Boost Clock 2.805 GHz
2.46 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the SAPPHIRE PURE Radeon RX 9070 XT is 317 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 MASTER has a TDP of 360 W (Reference) and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors.

317 W TDP 360 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
92 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The SAPPHIRE PURE Radeon RX 9070 XT has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 MASTER has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 110 mm
1 x 90 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 PURE Radeon RX 9070 XT.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 MASTER supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The SAPPHIRE PURE Radeon RX 9070 XT supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 MASTER is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 / Encode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The SAPPHIRE PURE Radeon RX 9070 XT is 320 mm long, 120 mm high and 62 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 MASTER is 360 mm long, 150 mm high and 75 mm wide.

320 mm Length 360 mm
120 mm Height 150 mm
62 mm Width 75 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 4 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 5 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 5 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The SAPPHIRE PURE Radeon RX 9070 XT was released in Q2/2025 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 MASTER was introduced in Q1/2025 at a price of 1,169 $ (Reference).

11348-02-20G Part-no GV-N5080AORUS M-16GD
Q2/2025 Release date Q1/2025
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,169 $ (Reference)
4 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)

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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