Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 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
228
165
158
124
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
241
218
152
83
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
310
225
168
86
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
181
161
148
92
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
161
133
109
62
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
219
215
169
114
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
152
122
110
71
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
201
178
120
56
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
265
205
107
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High219155
1080p Ultra187127
1440p Ultra14994
4K Ultra8855
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
30716
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy2830216983
Solar Bay13844664114
Port Royal183129710
Fire Strike6372539013
Night Raid179276155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
250691
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur279.5 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection220.1 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection11 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur16.2 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.08 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1370 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics37199.7 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
34311
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark12671191
DirectX 11303 fps187 fps
DirectX 12133 fps57 fps
GPU Compute19970 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
326.9 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1384.7 fpsn/a
Car Chase1210.8 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)998.7 fpsn/a
T-Rex5172 fpsn/a
ALU 29885.2 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2282.1 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation9573.9n/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 31, 2024 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace RDNA 4.0
Codename AD103 Navi 44
Price 999 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2550 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 10240 2048
TMUs 320 128
ROPs 112 64
Execution Units 80 32
Ray Tracing Cores 80 32
Tensor Cores 320 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 286 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 816 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 52.2 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 320 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 379 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 45 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 118.73 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1438 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 23000 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
736.3 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 8.9 No
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER the clear winner in this comparison.

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