SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7600 vs MSI GeForce RTX 3080. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7600 and MSI GeForce RTX 3080, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 7600 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
• GPU Chip
  Navi 33 XL (RDNA 3) GA102 (Ampere)
• Streaming Multiprocessors
  32 70
• Shader
  2048 8960
• Render Output Units
  64 112
• Texture Units
  128 280
• Raytracing Cores
  32 70

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

• Memory Size
  8 GB 12 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6X
• Memory Clock
  2.250 GHz 1.188 GHz
• Memory Speed
  18 Gbps 19 Gbps
• Memory bandwidth
  288 GB/s 912 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  128 bit 384 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7600 and MSI GeForce RTX 3080. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.770 GHz+ 3 % 1.260 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.755 GHz+ 4 % 1.905 GHz+ 11 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.355 GHz+ 5 % 1.890 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  185 W+ 12 % 390 W+ 11 %
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  -- 93 °C
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 3 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7600 and MSI GeForce RTX 3080.

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

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1a 1x HDMI v2.1
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4 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 (Ultimate) 12_2 (Ultimate)
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes Yes
• LED
  No LED lighting MSI Mystic Light

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  240 mm 336 mm
• Height
  107 mm 140 mm
• Width
  44 mm 61 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 1903 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3080 and SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7600.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4 x 8 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q2/2023 Q1/2022
• Launch Price
  269 $ (Reference) 699 $ (Reference)
• Structure size
  6 nm 8 nm
• Part-no
  11324-01-20G --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet