SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090. Specifications

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
• Board SKU
  11348-03-20G -
• Board Model
  SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB -
• Board Manufacturer
  Sapphire -
• GPU Chip
  Radeon RX 9070 XT AD102-300 / AD102-301 (Ada Lovelace)
• Raytracing Cores
  - 128
• Texture Units
  - 512
• Render Output Units
  - 192
• Shader
  - 16384
• Streaming Multiprocessors
  - 128

Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.

• Memory Speed
  20 Gbps 21.0 Gbps
• Memory Bus
  256 bit -
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6X
• Memory Size
  16 GB 24 GB
• Memory Interface
  - 384 bit
• Memory bandwidth
  - 1008 GB/s
• Memory Clock
  - 1.313 GHz

Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.

• Game Clock
  Up to 2400 MHz -
• Boost Clock
  Up to 2970 MHz 2.520 GHz
• Overclocking
  - Yes
• Base Clock
  - 2.235 GHz

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• Recommended PSU
  750 W -
• Typical Board Power
  304 W -
• Tjunction max
  - 90 °C
• TDP (up)
  - 450 W-25 %
• TDP
  - 450 W

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

• Cooling
  Tri-X Cooling -
• Noise (Load)
  - 39 dB
• Noise (Idle)
  - 0 dB / Silent
• Cooler-Type
  - Air cooling
• Fan 1
  - 2 x 110 mm
• Fan-Type
  - Axial

Connectivity and connections.

• Power Connectors
  2 x 8-pin -
• Display Outputs
  2 x HDMI; 2 x DisplayPort 2.1a -
• Interface
  PCI Express 5.0 x16 -
• DP Ports
  - 3x DP v1.4a
• HDMI Ports
  - 1x HDMI v2.1
• HDCP-Version
  - 2.3
• Max. Displays
  - 4

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• LED
  - No LED lighting
• DLSS / FSR
  - Yes
• Raytracing
  - Yes
• DirectX
  - 12_2 (Ultimate)
• Max. resolution
  - 7680x4320

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• AV1
  - Decode
• VP9
  - Decode
• VP8
  - Decode
• h265 / HEVC
  - Decode / Encode
• h264
  - Decode / Encode

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Width (Slots)
  - 3 PCIe-Slots
• Width
  - 61 mm
• Height
  - 137 mm
• Length
  - 304 mm

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 and SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB.

• Verified on
  2026-09-30 -
• Official source
  https://www.sapphiretech.com/en/consumer/pulse-radeon-rx-9070-xt-16g-gddr6 -
• Documents
  - data sheet
• Structure size
  - 4 nm
• Launch Price
  - 1,599 $ (Reference)
• Release date
  - Q4/2022
• GPU Interface
  - PCIe 4.0 x 16