The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING 12G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (Ada Lovelace) and has 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 504 GB/s.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7800 XT is 28 % faster than the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING 12G.
The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7800 XT has the Navi 32 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 3 architecture.
The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING 12G is based on the graphics chip AD104-250-A1, which comes from the Ada Lovelace architecture.
Memory
Memory
SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7800 XT
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING 12G
Memory Size
16 GB
12 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6X
Memory Clock
2.438 GHz
1.313 GHz
Memory Speed
19.5 Gbps
21.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
624 GB/s
504 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
192 bit
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The graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7800 XT clocks at 2.438 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 19.5 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING 12G is 21.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.313 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7800 XT
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING 12G
Base Clock
1.800 GHz
1.920 GHz
Boost Clock
2.430 GHz
2.475 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.12 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7800 XT
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING 12G
TDP
263 W
200 W
Tjunction max
96 °C
90 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
1 x 16-Pin
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The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7800 XT is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 263 W.
The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING 12G has 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 200 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7800 XT
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING 12G
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
3 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7800 XT is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING 12G has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7800 XT
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING 12G
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.1a
DisplayPort
3x DP 2.1
3x DP 1.4a
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7800 XT.
The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING 12G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7800 XT
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING 12G
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
Addressable LED
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion
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With the SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7800 XT it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING 12G is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7800 XT
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING 12G
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 can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7800 XT
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING 12G
Length
267 mm
300 mm
Height
110 mm
130 mm
Width
50 mm
58 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
3 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7800 XT is connected to the system via PCIe 4 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING 12G needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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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