Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT vs GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Master 8G (rev. 2.0)

GPU comparison with benchmarks The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT has 5120 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.25 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 23.04 TFLOPS. The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Master 8G (rev. 2.0) has 5888 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.85 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 21.72 TFLOPS.

GPU The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 80 streaming multiprocessors. The graphics card GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Master 8G (rev. 2.0) is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 46 execution units.
Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT	GPU	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Master 8G (rev. 2.0)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	Based on	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 LHR
Navi 21	GPU Chip	GA104-302-A1
RDNA 2	Architecture	Ampere
80	Streaming Multiprocessors	46
5120	Shader	5888
128	Render Output Units	96
320	Texture Units	184
80	Raytracing Cores	46

Memory The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks. The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Master 8G (rev. 2.0) has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.
16 GB	Memory Size	8 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR6
2.000 GHz	Memory Clock	1.750 GHz
16.0 Gbps	Memory Speed	14.0 Gbps
512 GB/s	Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s
256 bit	Memory Interface	256 bit

Clock Speeds The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT has a turbo clock of 2.250 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Master 8G (rev. 2.0) is 1.845 GHz.
1.825 GHz	Base Clock	1.500 GHz
2.250 GHz	Boost Clock	1.845 GHz
2.02 GHz	Avg (Game) Clock
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 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 100 °C. The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Master 8G (rev. 2.0) is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.
300 W	TDP	220 W
345 W	TDP (up)	250 W
100 °C	Tjunction max	93 °C
2 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT are cooled with a Air cooling. The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Master 8G (rev. 2.0) is cooled by a Air cooling.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
3 x 80 mm	Fan 1	3 x 100 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
0 dB	Noise (Idle)	0 dB
--	Noise (Load)	42-44 dB

Connectivity The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3. The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Master 8G (rev. 2.0) supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
4	Max. Displays	4
2.3	HDCP-Version	2.3
1x HDMI v2.1	HDMI Ports	3x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v1.4a	DP Ports	3x DP v1.4a
--	DVI Ports	--
--	VGA Ports	--
1	USB-C Ports	--

Featureset The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate). The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Master 8G (rev. 2.0) supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate)	DirectX	12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes	Raytracing	Yes
Yes	DLSS / FSR	Yes
Non addressable LED	LED	GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

Supported Video Codecs 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.
Decode / Encode	h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	h265 / HEVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	AV1	Decode
Decode / Encode	VP8	Decode
Decode / Encode	VP9	Decode

Dimensions The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is 50 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case. The width of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Master 8G (rev. 2.0) is 50 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
267 mm	Length	290 mm
120 mm	Height	131 mm
50 mm	Width	60 mm
3 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	3 PCIe-Slots
--	Weight	--
PCIe 4.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT was released in Q2/2021. The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Master 8G (rev. 2.0) published in Q2/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.
21308-01-20G	Part-no	GV-N3070AORUS M-8GD
Q2/2021	Release date	Q2/2021
999 $ (Reference)	Launch Price	779 $
7 nm	Structure size	8 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
1.825 GHz, 16 GB (300 W TDP)

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1.500 GHz, 8 GB (220 W TDP)

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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


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	9836
	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Master 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR6	6776

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	9889
	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Master 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR6	8422

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	3619
	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Master 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR6	3536

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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 Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	64 fps (avg)
	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Master 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR6	48 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	75 fps (avg)
	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Master 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR6	58 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	114 fps (avg)
	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Master 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR6	87 fps (avg)

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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 Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	38 fps (avg)
	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Master 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR6	24 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	74 fps (avg)
	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Master 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR6	53 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	126 fps (avg)
	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Master 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR6	105 fps (avg)

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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


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	161394
	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Master 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR6	134978

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	161439
	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Master 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR6	127544

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	235478

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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)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	23.04
	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Master 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR6	21.72

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Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
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GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Master 8G (rev. 2.0)

GPU comparison with benchmarks

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Thermal Design

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