Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT vs Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro OC. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT and Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro OC, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
• GPU Chip
  Navi 21 XT AD104-250 / AD104-251 (Ada Lovelace)
• Shader
  4608 5888
• Render Output Units
  128 64
• Texture Units
  288 184

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  16 GB 12 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6X
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 21 Gbps
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 192 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT and Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro OC. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.875 GHz+ 3 % 1.920 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.310 GHz+ 3 % 2.595 GHz+ 5 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.065 GHz+ 2 % --
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  300 W 215 W+ 8 %
• TDP (up)
  345 W --
• Tjunction max
  96 °C 90 °C
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT and Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro OC.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  3 x 90 mm 3 x 100 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  36-37 dB --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 1x HDMI v2.1a
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4a 3x DP v1.4a
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

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

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

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  313 mm 329 mm
• Height
  135 mm 133 mm
• Width
  53 mm 64 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 4 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro OC and Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q2/2023
• Structure size
  7 nm 4 nm
• Part-no
  11304-03-20G NED4070H19K9-1043A
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet