Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 and AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
168
118
106
78
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
195
162
116
61
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
275
206
150
83
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
150
136
114
71
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
119
96
76
41
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
153
147
108
72
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
109
90
72
43
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
133
121
80
36
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
207
196
151
81
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High168155
1080p Ultra141127
1440p Ultra10894
4K Ultra6355
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
19022
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy1766216983
Solar Bay8593264114
Port Royal115959710
Fire Strike4242939013
Night Raid132288155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
161903
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur217.3 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection141.9 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection8.19 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection11 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.43 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.29 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching780.7 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics22538.5 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
25149
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark10521191
DirectX 11207 fps187 fps
DirectX 12100 fps57 fps
GPU Compute14559 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
211.5 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)950.5 fpsn/a
Car Chase809.5 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)705.4 fpsn/a
T-Rex3525.4 fpsn/a
ALU 26005.6 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2283.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation6034.6n/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 1, 2020 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ampere RDNA 4.0
Codename GA102 Navi 44
Price 699 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1440 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1710 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 8704 2048
TMUs 272 128
ROPs 96 64
Execution Units 68 32
Ray Tracing Cores 68 32
Tensor Cores 272 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 5000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 164 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 465 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 29.8 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 320 W 160 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 628 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 44.59 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1188 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 320 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19000 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 10 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
760.3 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 No
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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