SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9070 GRE OC 12GB vs MSI GeForce RTX 3080. Specifications

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9070 GRE OC 12GB and MSI GeForce RTX 3080, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
• Board Manufacturer
  Sapphire -
• Board Model
  SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9070 GRE OC 12GB -
• Board SKU
  11354-01-20 -
• Compute Units
  48 CUs (3rd Gen RT + 2nd Gen AI Accelerators) -
• GPU Chip
  AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE GA102 (Ampere)
• Stream Processors
  3072 -
• Render Output Units
  - 112
• RT Cores
  - 70
• Shader
  - 8960
• Streaming Multiprocessors
  - 70
• Texture Units
  - 280

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

• Memory Bus
  192 bit 384 bit
• Memory Data Rate
  18 Gbps Effective 19 Gbps
• Memory Size
  12 GB 12 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6X
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 912 GB/s
• Memory Clock
  - 1188 MHz

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

• Boost Clock
  Up to 2920 MHz 1905 MHz + 11%
• Game Clock
  Up to 2340 MHz 1890 MHz
• Base Clock
  - 1260 MHz
• Overclocking
  - Yes

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

• System Power Supply
  650 W (PSU recommendation) -
• Total Board Power
  240W Typical Board Power -
• Maximum Junction Temperature
  - 93 °C
• TDP
  - 390 W+ 11 %
• TDP (up)
  - -

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9070 GRE OC 12GB and MSI GeForce RTX 3080.

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

Connectivity and connections.

• Other Display Outputs (unparsed)
  2x HDMI 2.1b 2x DisplayPort 2.1a -
• PCIe Interface
  PCI-Express 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• DisplayPort Ports
  - 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a
• DVI Ports
  - -
• HDCP Version
  - 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  - 1 × HDMI 2.1
• Max. Displays
  - 4
• Power Connectors
  - 3 x 8-Pin
• USB-C Ports
  - -
• VGA Ports
  - -

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

• DirectX
  - 12_2 (Ultimate)
• DLSS / FSR
  - Yes
• LED
  - MSI Mystic Light
• Max. resolution
  - 7680x4320
• Raytracing
  - Yes

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Form Factor
  2.5 slot, ATX Dimension: 280(L)X 120.25(W)X 51.5 (H)mm -
• Height
  - 140 mm
• Length
  - 336 mm
• Slot Size
  - 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  - 1903 g
• Width
  - 61 mm

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3080 and SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9070 GRE OC 12GB.

• Official source
  https://www.sapphiretech.com/en/consumer/pulse-radeon-rx-9070-gre-12g-gddr6 -
• Verified on
  2026-09-30 -
• Documents
  - data sheet
• Launch Price (historical)
  - 699 $ (Reference)
• Part Number
  - -
• Process Technology
  - 8 nm
• Release date
  - Q1/2022