Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080, vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
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
231
164
156
120
253
180
159
120
The Witcher 3
248
214
157
81
270
255
184
93
Counter-Strike 2
312
227
166
84
324
232
169
87
Far Cry 6
182
160
145
90
209
187
168
106
Hogwarts Legacy
164
137
106
61
171
143
110
63
COD Modern Warfare 3
215
211
172
115
256
254
188
132
Ghost of Tsushima
145
126
109
69
170
142
124
79
Cyberpunk 2077
198
171
122
57
206
180
126
59
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
287
267
200
108
293
275
207
113
Avg FPS
1080p High220239
1080p Ultra186205
1440p Ultra148159
4K Ultra8795
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
30217
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
29862
Time Spy2817030610
Solar Bay136727121915
Port Royal1795916607
Fire Strike6470373014
Night Raid183971182333
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
217712
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
224686
Background Blur250.4 frames/s423.9 frames/s
Face Detection190 frames/s270.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection9.56 Gpix/sec9.23 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection12.8 Gpix/sec13.7 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur15.3 Gpix/sec11.1 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.97 Gpix/sec1.74 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1130 Gpix/sec871 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics28795.5 fps29891.2 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
34516
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
31104
G2D Mark12361252
DirectX 11316 fps357 fps
DirectX 12131 fps128 fps
GPU Compute20847 Ops/s18188 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
320.9 fps
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
405.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1476.2 fps1822 fps
Car Chase1250 fps1721.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1062.9 fps1382 fps
T-Rex5492.1 fps5784.5 fps
ALU 29330.7 fps10100.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2291.3 fps326.5 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation9274.88087.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 20, 2022 November, 3, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Ada Lovelace RDNA 3.0
Codename AD103 Navi 31
Price 1199 999

GPU

GPU Frequency 2205 MHz 1929 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2505 MHz 2498 MHz
Shader Units 9728 6144
TMUs 304 384
ROPs 112 192
Execution Units 76 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 76 96
Tensor Cores 304 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 256 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 281 Gpix/sec 480 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 762 GTex/s 959 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 61.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 320 W 355 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 379 mm² 529 mm²
Transistor count 45 billion 57 billion
Transistor density 118.73 MTr/mm² 107.75 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1400 MHz 2500 MHz
Bus 256 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 22400 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
716.8 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
960 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.9 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 No

Results

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