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Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.11 GHz · 250 W Speed index 13/100

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition 16 GB GDDR7 · 2.45 GHz · 300 W Speed index 36/100

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI (Blackwell) and has 16 GB GDDR7 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 896 GB/s.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition is 172 % faster than the Sapphire Radeon RX 6800.

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition
Speed index
13/100
36/100
FP32
16.17 TFLOPS
43.94 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.11 GHz
2.45 GHz
Memory Size
16 GB GDDR6
16 GB GDDR7
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
896 GB/s
TDP
250 W
300 W
Launch Price
579 $
749 $

GPU

GPUSapphire Radeon RX 6800NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6800NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI
GPU ChipNavi 21GB203-200-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors6070
Shader38408960
Render Output Units9696
Texture Units240280
Raytracing Cores6070
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The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 has the Navi 21 graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition is based on the graphics chip GB203-200-A1, which comes from the Blackwell architecture.

Memory

MemorySapphire Radeon RX 6800NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition
Memory Size16 GB16 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR7
Memory Clock2.000 GHz1.750 GHz
Memory Speed16.0 Gbps28.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s896 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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The graphics memory of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 16.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition is 28.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsSapphire Radeon RX 6800NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition
Base Clock1.800 GHz2.295 GHz
Boost Clock2.105 GHz2.452 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock1.82 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignSapphire Radeon RX 6800NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition
TDP250 W300 W
TDP (up)285 W--
Tjunction max100 °C88 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin1 x 16-Pin
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The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition has 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 300 W.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansSapphire Radeon RX 6800NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 13 x 85 mm2 x 110 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)37 dB--
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The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivitySapphire Radeon RX 6800NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.1b
DisplayPort2x DP 1.4a3x DP 2.1b
USB-C1--
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Sapphire Radeon RX 6800.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

Featureset

FeaturesetSapphire Radeon RX 6800NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNon addressable LEDNo LED lighting
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With the Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsSapphire Radeon RX 6800NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
AV1DecodeDecode / Encode
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Dimensions

DimensionsSapphire Radeon RX 6800NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition
Length267 mm304 mm
Height120 mm137 mm
Width40 mm48 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots3 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoYes
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The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 5 x 16 Lanes interface.

Additional data

Additional dataSapphire Radeon RX 6800NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 5 x 16
Release dateQ4/2020Q1/2025
Launch Price579 $749 $
Structure size7 nm5 nm
Part-no21305-01-20G--
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q4/2020.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition came on the market in Q1/2025 and will have a structure width of 5 nanometers manufactured.

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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition +74.0 %

  1. 7,671
  2. 13,351

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

  1. no data
  2. 28,968

Steel Nomad Graphics score

  1. no data
  2. 6,318

Port Royal (Raytracing) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition +138.6 %

  1. 7,867
  2. 18,769

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TI Founders Edition +160.2 %

  1. 2,931
  2. 7,626

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 129,401

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)

  1. 51 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 59 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 87 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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)

  1. 30 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 60 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 104 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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. 91 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 178 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 195 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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

  1. 126,364
  2. no data

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

  1. 128,479
  2. no data

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 165,447
  2. no data

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