Left · Nvidia
GeForce RTX 3080
Spec score
Spec score 49
$699
typical price
GeForce RTX 3080 against Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB leads on the overall index. The price beside each button is the Amazon US reading where ScoutPrices has one; the comparison below is worked on typical prices.
Right · AMD
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB
Spec score
Spec score 67
$900
Amazon US, Oct 24
Which one for what
Office & everyday
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GBright
54 vs 69 for snappy single-core speed, quiet running, and a card that drives two or three screens without fuss.
Coding & development
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GBright
50 vs 60 for cores for builds and containers, plenty of memory, fast storage, and a card for several screens or a local model.
Light gaming
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GBright
55 vs 77 for 1080p frame rates per dollar.
Gaming
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GBright
49 vs 70 for 1440p frame rates, with a CPU that will not hold the card back.
Heavy gaming
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GBright
40 vs 59 for the strongest graphics card the budget allows.
Content creation
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GBright
50 vs 58 for export times: many cores, a card with good encoders, lots of memory.
3D & rendering
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GBright
50 vs 56 for all-core throughput and render speed.
Gaming & streaming
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GBright
49 vs 64 for frame rates with headroom for the encoder and the chat.
AI & local models
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GBright
44 vs 54 for video memory first, then card speed, then system memory.
Head to head
Scores
Indices out of 100 on ScoutSpecs' own scale, one per kind of work. They are not frames per second and not a measurement of any one sample.
Spec score
GeForce RTX 3080: 49
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 67
18 ptsto the right
Games at 1080p
GeForce RTX 3080: 55
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 77
22 ptsto the right
Games at 1440p
GeForce RTX 3080: 49
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 70
21 ptsto the right
Games at 4K
GeForce RTX 3080: 40
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 59
19 ptsto the right
Rendering and video
GeForce RTX 3080: 50
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 50
level
Price and value
Worked on typical prices, the figures the comparison is built on.
Value, points per $100
GeForce RTX 3080: 7
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 9.3
33%to the right
Typical price
GeForce RTX 3080: $699
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: $720
$21to the left
From the spec sheets
Video memory
GeForce RTX 3080: 10 GB
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 16 GB
60%to the right
Board power
GeForce RTX 3080: 320 W
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 304 W
5%to the right
Length
GeForce RTX 3080: 313 mm
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 320 mm
2%to the left
The verdict
- The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB is 43% faster at 1440p.
- At 4K the gap is 48% in the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB's favour.
- Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB carries 16 GB of video memory against 10 GB.
- The RTX 3080 typically costs $21 less.
- Per dollar, the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB is the better buy: 9.3 points per $100 against 7.
Specifications
| Spec | GeForce RTX 3080 | Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB |
|---|---|---|
| Video memory | 10 GB | 16 GB (better) |
| Board power | 320 W | 304 W (better) |
| Length | 313 mm (better) | 320 mm |
| Power connector | PCIe 8-pin | PCIe 8-pin |
| Brand | Nvidia | AMD |
| Released | 2020 | 2025 (better) |
| Typical price | $699 (better) | $720 |
The better figure of each pair is in green, with a tick.