Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 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
231
164
156
120
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
248
214
157
81
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
312
227
166
84
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
182
160
145
90
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
164
137
106
61
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
215
211
172
115
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
145
126
109
69
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
198
171
122
57
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
287
267
200
108
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High220155
1080p Ultra186127
1440p Ultra14894
4K Ultra8755
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
30217
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy2817016983
Solar Bay13672764114
Port Royal179599710
Fire Strike6470339013
Night Raid183971155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
217712
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur250.4 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection190 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection9.56 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection12.8 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur15.3 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.97 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1130 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics28795.5 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
34516
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark12361191
DirectX 11316 fps187 fps
DirectX 12131 fps57 fps
GPU Compute20847 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
320.9 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1476.2 fpsn/a
Car Chase1250 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1062.9 fpsn/a
T-Rex5492.1 fpsn/a
ALU 29330.7 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2291.3 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation9274.8n/a

Blender

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

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 20, 2022 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 1199 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 2205 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2505 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 9728 2048
TMUs 304 128
ROPs 112 64
Execution Units 76 32
Ray Tracing Cores 76 32
Tensor Cores 304 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 281 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 762 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 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 1400 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 22400 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
716.8 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 the clear winner in this comparison.

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