Sapphire Radeon RX 6700 XT PULSE vs MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X OC
            Sapphire Radeon RX 6700 XT PULSE
            
                $410
            
        
    
            MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X OC
            
                $380
            
        
    | 
                             2560 Shaders 
                            12GB GDDR6 
                            2581MHz 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             3584 Shaders 
                            12GB GDDR6 
                            1807MHz 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             Peak AI Performance 
                            26.43 TFLOPS 
                            FP16 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             Peak AI Performance 
                            414.48 TOPS 
                            INT4 Tensor Sparse 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             FP32 
                            13.22 TFLOPS 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             FP32 
                            12.95 TFLOPS 
                         | 
                    
                
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                             FP16 
                            26.43 TFLOPS 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             FP16 
                            12.95 TFLOPS 
                         | 
                    
                
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                             Form Factor 
                            PCIe Card 
                            2.4-Slots 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             Form Factor 
                            PCIe Card 
                            2.1-Slots 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             TDP 
                            230W 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             TDP 
                            170W 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             Power Connectors 
                            1x 6-Pin 
                            1x 8-Pin 
                            - 
                            - 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             Power Connectors 
                            - 
                            1x 8-Pin 
                            - 
                            - 
                         | 
                    
                
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                                         GB6 OpenCL N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         GB6 OpenCL N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
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| 
                                         GB6 Metal N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         GB6 Metal N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
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                                         GB6 Vulkan N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         GB6 Vulkan N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         GB5 OpenCL 98,870 
                                            32% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         GB5 OpenCL 98,090 
                                            32% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         GB5 CUDA N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         GB5 CUDA 100,785 
                                            28% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         GB5 Metal N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 Metal N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         GB5 Vulkan 70,555 
                                            34% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         GB5 Vulkan 77,125 
                                            38% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         OCT 2020.1 N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         OCT 2020.1 310 
                                            41% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         OCT Metal 245 
                                            41% 
                                            
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                                         OCT Metal N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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| 
                                         Peak AI
                                            Performance 
                                        
                                            26.43 TFLOPS
                                         
                                        
                                            FP16
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Peak AI
                                            Performance 
                                        
                                            414.48 TOPS
                                         
                                        
                                            INT4 Tensor Sparse
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
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| 
                                         
                                            FP16
                                         
                                        
                                            26.43 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
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                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            FP16
                                         
                                        
                                            12.95 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            51.81 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            103.62 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            25.91 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            51.81 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            FP32
                                         
                                        
                                            13.22 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            FP32
                                         
                                        
                                            12.95 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            FP64
                                         
                                        
                                            830 GFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            FP64
                                         
                                        
                                            200 GFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            BF16
                                         
                                        
                                            12.95 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            25.91 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            51.81 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            -
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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                                            TF32
                                         
                                        
                                            12.95 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            25.91 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            -
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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                                            INT4
                                         
                                        
                                            207.24 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            414.48 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            -
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
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                                            INT8
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            103.62 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            207.24 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            -
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            INT32
                                         
                                        
                                            6.48 TOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            -
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            Ray Tracing
                                         
                                        
                                            19.5 TOPS
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            165.184 GPixel/s
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            86.736 GPixel/s
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            -
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            -
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                         
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| 
                                         Texture
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            412.96 GTexel/s
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Texture
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            202.384 GTexel/s
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            Sapphire
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            MSI
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Chip Designer 
                                        
                                            AMD
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Chip Designer 
                                        
                                            NVIDIA
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            RDNA 2
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Ampere
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Family 
                                        
                                            Radeon RX 6000
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Family 
                                        
                                            GeForce 30
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Codename 
                                        Navy Flounder 
                                        Navi 22 
                                        Variant 
                                        Navi 22 XT 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Codename 
                                        NV176 
                                        GA106 
                                        Variant 
                                        GA106-300-A1 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Market Segment 
                                        Desktop 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Market Segment 
                                        Desktop 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Release Date 
                                        3/18/2021 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Release Date 
                                        2/25/2021 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Foundry 
                                        TSMC 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Foundry 
                                        Samsung 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Fabrication Node 
                                        N7 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Fabrication Node 
                                        8N 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Die Size 
                                        335 mm² 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Die Size 
                                        276 mm² 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Transistor Count 
                                        17.2 Billion 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Transistor Count 
                                        13.3 Billion 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Transistor Density 
                                        51.34M/mm² 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Transistor Density 
                                        48.01M/mm² 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Form 
                                        PCIe Card 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Form 
                                        PCIe Card 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Shading Units 
                                        2560 Shaders 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Shading Units 
                                        3584 Shaders 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Texture Mapping Units 
                                        160 TMUs 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Texture Mapping Units 
                                        112 TMUs 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Render Output Units 
                                        64 ROPs 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Render Output Units 
                                        48 ROPs 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Tensor Cores 
                                        112 T-Cores 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Ray-Tracing Cores 
                                        40 RT-Cores 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Ray-Tracing Cores 
                                        28 RT-Cores 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Streaming Multiprocessors 
                                        28 SMs 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Compute Units 
                                        40 CUs 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Graphics Processing Clusters 
                                        2 GPCs 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Graphics Processing Clusters 
                                        3 GPCs 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        2457MHz Base 
                                        2581MHz 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        1320MHz Base 
                                        1807MHz 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         L0 
                                        32KB/WGP 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         L1 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        128KB/Array 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L1 
                                        64KB/SM Tex 
                                        128KB/SM 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         L2 
                                        3MB Shared 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L2 
                                        3MB Shared 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         L3 
                                        96MB Shared 
                                        1.25TB/s 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         12GB 
                                        GDDR6 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         12GB 
                                        GDDR6 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Bus Width 
                                        192Bit 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bus Width 
                                        192Bit 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Clock 
                                        2000MHz 
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        16GT/s 
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        384GB/s 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Clock 
                                        1875MHz 
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        15GT/s 
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        360GB/s 
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| 
                                         TDP 
                                        230W 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         TDP 
                                        170W 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Temp 
                                        110°C Max 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Temp 
                                        93°C Max 
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                                        3x DisplayPort 1.4 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        1x HDMI 2.1 
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                                        3x DisplayPort 1.4 
                                        - 
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                                        1x HDMI 2.1 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
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                                         Max Resolution 
                                        7680x4320 
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                                         Max Resolution 
                                        7680x4320 
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| 
                                         Max Resolution Refresh Rate 
                                        120Hz 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Max Resolution Refresh Rate 
                                        60Hz 
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| 
                                         Variable Refresh Rate 
                                        - 
                                        FreeSync 
                                        - 
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                                         Variable Refresh Rate 
                                        G-Sync 
                                        FreeSync 
                                        - 
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                                         Display Stream Compression (DSC) 
                                        Supported 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Display Stream Compression (DSC) 
                                        Supported 
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                                         Multi Monitor Support 
                                        4 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Multi Monitor Support 
                                        4 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Content Protection 
                                        HDCP 2.3 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Content Protection 
                                        HDCP 2.3 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Model 
                                        VCN 3.0 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Model 
                                        NVENC 7 
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                                         Codec 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        AVC (H.264) 
                                        HEVC (H.265) 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         Codec 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        AVC (H.264) 
                                        HEVC (H.265) 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         Model 
                                        VCN 3.0 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Model 
                                        NVDEC 5 
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                                         Codec 
                                        MPEG-1 
                                        MPEG-2 
                                        MPEG-4 
                                        JPEG 
                                        VC-1 
                                        - 
                                        VP9 
                                        - 
                                        AVC (H.264) 
                                        HEVC (H.265) 
                                        - 
                                        AV1 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         Codec 
                                        MPEG-1 
                                        MPEG-2 
                                        MPEG-4 
                                        - 
                                        VC-1 
                                        VP8 
                                        VP9 
                                        - 
                                        AVC (H.264) 
                                        HEVC (H.265) 
                                        - 
                                        AV1 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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| 
                                         Direct X 
                                        12 
                                        Direct 3D 
                                        12_2 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Direct X 
                                        12 
                                        Direct 3D 
                                        12_2 
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| 
                                         OpenGL 
                                        4.6 
                                        OpenCL 
                                        2.1 
                                        Vulkan 
                                        1.2 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         OpenGL 
                                        4.6 
                                        OpenCL 
                                        3.0 
                                        Vulkan 
                                        1.2 
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                                         Shader Model 
                                        6.5 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        GFX 
                                        10.3 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         Shader Model 
                                        6.6 
                                        CUDA 
                                        8.6 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        PureVideo HD 
                                        VP11 
                                        VDPAU 
                                        Feature Set K 
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| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        2x Fans 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        2x Fans 
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                                         Power Connectors 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        1x 6-Pin 
                                        1x 8-Pin 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Power Connectors 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        1x 8-Pin 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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| 
                                         Slots Required 
                                        2.4 
                                        PCIe Version 
                                        4.0 
                                        PCIe Lanes 
                                        16 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Slots Required 
                                        2.1 
                                        PCIe Version 
                                        4.0 
                                        PCIe Lanes 
                                        16 
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                                         Multi GPU Support 
                                        Supported 
                                        Type 
                                        Bridgeless 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         Height 
                                        119.9 mm (4.72 in) 
                                        Width 
                                        260 mm (10.24 in) 
                                        Depth 
                                        49 mm (1.93 in) 
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                                         Height 
                                        124 mm (4.88 in) 
                                        Width 
                                        235 mm (9.25 in) 
                                        Depth 
                                        42 mm (1.65 in) 
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