Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 vs ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3070 OC differences in specs

Differences Specifications Benchmarks Testimonials

Differences

Reasons to consider
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800

Report a bug

Place in the overall ranking

(based on several benchmarks)

394 place
More memory

100% more memory

16 GB 8 GB

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 GPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

682 place
3DMark Benchmark

397 place
Battlefield 5

392 place
Shadow of the Tomb Raider

459 place
Crypto-Mining Ethereum Hashrate (MH/s)

628 place
Crypto-Mining Ergo Hashrate (MH/s)

856 place
Crypto-Mining Ravencoin Hashrate (MH/s)

677 place
Crypto-Mining Vertcoin Hashrate (MH/s)

433 place

Reasons to consider
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3070 OC

Report a bug

Place in the overall ranking

(based on several benchmarks)

498 place

Positions in all rankings

Common positions ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3070 OC GPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

399 place
3DMark Benchmark

477 place
Battlefield 5

419 place
Shadow of the Tomb Raider

564 place
Crypto-Mining Ethereum Hashrate (MH/s)

378 place
Crypto-Mining Ergo Hashrate (MH/s)

333 place
Crypto-Mining Ravencoin Hashrate (MH/s)

485 place
Crypto-Mining Vertcoin Hashrate (MH/s)

155 place

Specifications

Technical data

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3070 OC

General info

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 and ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3070 OC, chip, information processing units.

Based on

AMD Radeon RX 6800 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Execution Units

60 46
GPU Chip

Navi 21 GA104-300-A1
Render Output Units

96 96
Shader

3840 5888
Texture Units

240 184

Memory settings

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

Memory Bandwidth

512 GB/s 448 GB/s
Memory Bus

256 bit 256 bit
Memory Size

16 GB 8 GB
Memory Speed (legacy frequency label)

2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Memory Type

GDDR6 GDDR6

Clock frequency

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

Base Clock

1850 MHz + 9% 1500 MHz
Boost Clock

2190 MHz + 4% 1935 MHz + 12%
Game Clock

1980 MHz + 9% 1905 MHz
Overclocking

Yes Yes

Thermal Management

Graphics card power limits and recommended system power supply describe different specifications.

Maximum Junction Temperature

- 93 °C
TDP

250 W 280 W+ 27 %
TDP (up)

285 W 350 W+ 46 %

Cooler & Fans type

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 and ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3070 OC.

Cooler-Type

Air cooling Air cooling
Fan-Type

Axial Axial
Fan 1

2 x 100 mm 3 x 100 mm
Fan 2

1 x 90 mm -
Noise (Idle)

0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
Noise (Load)

37 dB 42-45 dB

Interfaces

Connectivity and connections.

DisplayPort Ports

3 × DisplayPort 1.4a 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a
DVI Ports

- -
HDCP Version

2.3 2.3
HDMI Ports

1 × HDMI 2.1 2 × HDMI 2.1
Max. Displays

4 4
PCIe Interface

PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Power Connectors

2 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin
USB-C Ports

- -
VGA Ports

- -

Technical data

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

DirectX

12_2 12_2
DLSS / FSR

No Yes
LED

Addressable LED ASUS Aura Sync
Max. resolution

7680 × 4320 7680 × 4320
Raytracing

Yes Yes

Supported Video Codecs

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

AV1

Decode Decode
h264

Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC

Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
VP8

Decode / Encode Decode
VP9

Decode / Encode Decode

Dimensions

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

Height

134 mm 140 mm
Length

310 mm 319 mm
Slot Size

3 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
Weight

- 1750 g
Width

55 mm 58 mm

More information

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3070 OC and Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800.

Documents

data sheet data sheet
Launch Price (historical)

739 $ 749 $
Part Number

11305-01-20G ROG-STRIX-RTX3070-O8G-GAMING
Process Technology

7 nm 8 nm
Release date

Q4/2020 Q4/2020

Benchmarks

Performance tests GPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 195

Game frame rates

Each row uses one game, resolution, test suite and graphics mode.

Test and settings	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800	ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3070 OC	Result difference¹
Gaming suite 2023 / A Plague Tale: Requiem / 1920x1080 / Ultra / Ultra Quality / RT off	101 FPS Base GPU test: AMD Radeon RX 6800 Settings: Ultra-Preset, Auflösungsoptimierung „Ultra-Quality“VRAM: 16 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DSystem RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000 30-38-38-96OS: Windows 11 22H2Driver: 23.4.1Resizable BAR: enabledHVCI: enabled	92.3 FPS Base GPU test: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Settings: Ultra-Preset, Auflösungsoptimierung „Ultra-Quality“VRAM: 8 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DSystem RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000 30-38-38-96OS: Windows 11 22H2Driver: 531.41Resizable BAR: enabledHVCI: enabled	Complete test conditions unreported
Gaming suite 2023 / A Plague Tale: Requiem / 2560x1440 / Ultra / Ultra Quality / RT off	66.5 FPS Base GPU test: AMD Radeon RX 6800 Settings: Ultra-Preset, Auflösungsoptimierung „Ultra-Quality“VRAM: 16 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DSystem RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000 30-38-38-96OS: Windows 11 22H2Driver: 23.4.1Resizable BAR: enabledHVCI: enabled	64.7 FPS Base GPU test: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Settings: Ultra-Preset, Auflösungsoptimierung „Ultra-Quality“VRAM: 8 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DSystem RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000 30-38-38-96OS: Windows 11 22H2Driver: 531.41Resizable BAR: enabledHVCI: enabled	Complete test conditions unreported
Gaming suite 2023 / Atomic Heart / 1920x1080 / Atomic / Rendering unreported / RT off	80.3 FPS Base GPU test: AMD Radeon RX 6800 Settings: Atomic-PresetVRAM: 16 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DSystem RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000 30-38-38-96OS: Windows 11 22H2Driver: 23.4.1Resizable BAR: enabledHVCI: enabled	84.3 FPS Base GPU test: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Settings: Atomic-PresetVRAM: 8 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DSystem RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000 30-38-38-96OS: Windows 11 22H2Driver: 531.41Resizable BAR: enabledHVCI: enabled	Complete test conditions unreported
Gaming suite 2023 / Atomic Heart / 2560x1440 / Atomic / Rendering unreported / RT off	64.5 FPS Base GPU test: AMD Radeon RX 6800 Settings: Atomic-PresetVRAM: 16 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DSystem RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000 30-38-38-96OS: Windows 11 22H2Driver: 23.4.1Resizable BAR: enabledHVCI: enabled	67.8 FPS Base GPU test: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Settings: Atomic-PresetVRAM: 8 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DSystem RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000 30-38-38-96OS: Windows 11 22H2Driver: 531.41Resizable BAR: enabledHVCI: enabled	Complete test conditions unreported
Gaming suite 2023 / Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 / 1920x1080 / Ultra / Rendering unreported / RT off	119.6 FPS Base GPU test: AMD Radeon RX 6800 Settings: Ultra-Preset, Tessellation „Alle“, Shadow-Maps „Extra“, Wetter „Ultra“VRAM: 16 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DSystem RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000 30-38-38-96OS: Windows 11 22H2Driver: 23.4.1Resizable BAR: enabledHVCI: enabled	93.9 FPS Base GPU test: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Settings: Ultra-Preset, Tessellation „Alle“, Shadow-Maps „Extra“, Wetter „Ultra“VRAM: 8 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DSystem RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000 30-38-38-96OS: Windows 11 22H2Driver: 531.41Resizable BAR: enabledHVCI: enabled	Complete test conditions unreported
Gaming suite 2023 / Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 / 2560x1440 / Ultra / Rendering unreported / RT off	82.1 FPS Base GPU test: AMD Radeon RX 6800 Settings: Ultra-Preset, Tessellation „Alle“, Shadow-Maps „Extra“, Wetter „Ultra“VRAM: 16 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DSystem RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000 30-38-38-96OS: Windows 11 22H2Driver: 23.4.1Resizable BAR: enabledHVCI: enabled	64 FPS Base GPU test: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Settings: Ultra-Preset, Tessellation „Alle“, Shadow-Maps „Extra“, Wetter „Ultra“VRAM: 8 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DSystem RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000 30-38-38-96OS: Windows 11 22H2Driver: 531.41Resizable BAR: enabledHVCI: enabled	Complete test conditions unreported
Gaming suite 2023 / Company of Heroes 3 / 1920x1080 / Maximum / Rendering unreported / RT off	111.1 FPS Base GPU test: AMD Radeon RX 6800 Settings: Maximale GrafikdetailsVRAM: 16 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DSystem RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000 30-38-38-96OS: Windows 11 22H2Driver: 23.4.1Resizable BAR: enabledHVCI: enabled	99.3 FPS Base GPU test: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Settings: Maximale GrafikdetailsVRAM: 8 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DSystem RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000 30-38-38-96OS: Windows 11 22H2Driver: 531.41Resizable BAR: enabledHVCI: enabled	Complete test conditions unreported
Gaming suite 2023 / Company of Heroes 3 / 2560x1440 / Maximum / Rendering unreported / RT off	87.5 FPS Base GPU test: AMD Radeon RX 6800 Settings: Maximale GrafikdetailsVRAM: 16 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DSystem RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000 30-38-38-96OS: Windows 11 22H2Driver: 23.4.1Resizable BAR: enabledHVCI: enabled	73.8 FPS Base GPU test: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Settings: Maximale GrafikdetailsVRAM: 8 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DSystem RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000 30-38-38-96OS: Windows 11 22H2Driver: 531.41Resizable BAR: enabledHVCI: enabled	Complete test conditions unreported
Gaming suite 2023 / Cyberpunk 2077 / 1920x1080 / Ultra / Rendering unreported / RT off	88.5 FPS Base GPU test: AMD Radeon RX 6800 Settings: Ultra-PresetVRAM: 16 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DSystem RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000 30-38-38-96OS: Windows 11 22H2Driver: 23.4.1Resizable BAR: enabledHVCI: enabled	83.1 FPS Base GPU test: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Settings: Ultra-PresetVRAM: 8 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DSystem RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000 30-38-38-96OS: Windows 11 22H2Driver: 531.41Resizable BAR: enabledHVCI: enabled	Complete test conditions unreported
Gaming suite 2023 / Cyberpunk 2077 / 2560x1440 / Ultra / Rendering unreported / RT off	59.2 FPS Base GPU test: AMD Radeon RX 6800 Settings: Ultra-PresetVRAM: 16 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DSystem RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000 30-38-38-96OS: Windows 11 22H2Driver: 23.4.1Resizable BAR: enabledHVCI: enabled	57.9 FPS Base GPU test: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Settings: Ultra-PresetVRAM: 8 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DSystem RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000 30-38-38-96OS: Windows 11 22H2Driver: 531.41Resizable BAR: enabledHVCI: enabled	Complete test conditions unreported
Gaming suite 2023 / Cyberpunk 2077 / 1920x1080 / Ultra / Rendering unreported / RT on	35.1 FPS Base GPU test: AMD Radeon RX 6800 Settings: Ultra-Preset; RT: GI „Mittel“, Schatten „Ein“VRAM: 16 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DSystem RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000 30-38-38-96OS: Windows 11 22H2Driver: 23.4.1Resizable BAR: enabledHVCI: enabled	48 FPS Base GPU test: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Settings: Ultra-Preset; RT: GI „Mittel“, Schatten „Ein“VRAM: 8 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DSystem RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000 30-38-38-96OS: Windows 11 22H2Driver: 531.41Resizable BAR: enabledHVCI: enabled	Complete test conditions unreported
Gaming suite 2023 / Cyberpunk 2077 / 2560x1440 / Ultra / Rendering unreported / RT on	22.1 FPS Base GPU test: AMD Radeon RX 6800 Settings: Ultra-Preset; RT: GI „Mittel“, Schatten „Ein“VRAM: 16 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DSystem RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000 30-38-38-96OS: Windows 11 22H2Driver: 23.4.1Resizable BAR: enabledHVCI: enabled	25.1 FPS Base GPU test: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Settings: Ultra-Preset; RT: GI „Mittel“, Schatten „Ein“VRAM: 8 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DSystem RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000 30-38-38-96OS: Windows 11 22H2Driver: 531.41Resizable BAR: enabledHVCI: enabled	Complete test conditions unreported

More tests: 183

¹ Difference of the second result relative to the first in that row. No percentage is calculated for different upscaling algorithms. This compares published results, not a universal performance index.

A base GPU test is a reference for cards using that GPU and the same memory capacity. Board overclocking, cooling and power limits can change the result.

Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800

Gaming suite 2022 / Doom Eternal / 3840x2160 / Ultra-Albtraum-Preset; RT „Ein“ / Rendering unreported 52.1 FPS Base GPU test: AMD Radeon RX 6800 VRAM: 16 GBTest CPU: Intel Core i9-12900KSystem RAM: 32 GB DDR5-5400OS: Windows 11 21H2Graphics API: VulkanDriver: 21.12.1

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3070 OC

3DMark – Time Spy — Graphics Score / DirectX 12 13854 points Base GPU test: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 VRAM: 8 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DOS: Windows 11Graphics API: DirectX 12HVCI: enabledApplication version unreported
3DMark – Steel Nomad — Steel Nomad Score / DirectX 12 3170 points Base GPU test: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 VRAM: 8 GBOS: Windows 11Graphics API: DirectX 12HVCI: enabledApplication version unreported

Based on the results of several popular benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the performance difference between Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 and ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3070 OC.

Compare synthetic benchmarks and choose the best graphics card for you!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Game frame rates

Archived results. The original measurement method and test conditions have not been verified.

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

Benchmark FP32 is a 32-bit floating point calculation for the GPU which is required for 3D gaming

Higher values are better in this metric.

16.82 TFLOPS

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800

22.79 TFLOPS

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3070 OC

3DMark Benchmark

3DMark is designed for gamers, overclockers and system builders who want to get the most out of their hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

15245

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800

14715

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3070 OC

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a realistic game, with a built-in benchmark, very suitable as a test for graphics cards

Higher values are better in this metric.

91 fps

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800

86 fps

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3070 OC

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Shadow of the Tomb Raider has a built-in benchmark, based on the Crystal Dynamics Foundation engine

Higher values are better in this metric.

65 fps

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800

54 fps

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3070 OC

Crypto-Mining Ethereum Hashrate (MH/s)

Ethash is an algorithm for mining Ethereum cryptocurrency that makes the most of the GPU

Higher values are better in this metric.

58 MH/s

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800

62 MH/s

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3070 OC

Crypto-Mining Ergo Hashrate (MH/s)

The Autolykos algorithm, on which Ergo cryptocurrency is based, allows not only modern GPUs to be used for mining, but also the past generation of GPUs

Higher values are better in this metric.

111 MH/s

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800

165 MH/s

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3070 OC

Crypto-Mining Ravencoin Hashrate (MH/s)

Hashrate mining Ravencoin cryptocurrency on the KawPoW algorithm is fastest on modern video cards

Higher values are better in this metric.

28 MH/s

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800

30 MH/s

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3070 OC

Crypto-Mining Vertcoin Hashrate (MH/s)

VertCoin cryptocurrency can be mined on both Nvidia and AMD and is interesting because it mines perfectly on old GPUs like GTX1050, R9 290 and even GTX970

Higher values are better in this metric.

0.85 MH/s

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800

1.25 MH/s

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3070 OC