Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop vs AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop, vs AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop and AMD Radeon RX 7800 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
189
134
125
96
201
136
113
85
The Witcher 3
206
183
130
71
198
179
128
67
Counter-Strike 2
288
210
158
83
289
202
145
79
Far Cry 6
158
146
128
79
164
141
126
75
Hogwarts Legacy
134
109
86
50
121
102
80
42
COD Modern Warfare 3
176
167
128
85
170
167
118
82
Ghost of Tsushima
121
101
85
51
123
104
88
53
Cyberpunk 2077
153
137
95
45
133
117
79
37
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
252
236
180
98
214
200
150
76
Avg FPS
1080p High186179
1080p Ultra158150
1440p Ultra124114
4K Ultra7366
DeviationMediumLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
22374
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
18126
Time Spy2179420098
Solar Bay9288878368
Port Royal1402710855
Fire Strike4688549984
Night Raid175963158067
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
190326
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
148335
Background Blur194.4 frames/s300.7 frames/s
Face Detection165.6 frames/s200.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection8.61 Gpix/sec5.77 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection12.2 Gpix/sec8.05 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.5 Gpix/sec6.44 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.7 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1060 Gpix/sec566.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27590.4 fps20533.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
28502
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
24202
G2D Mark11391167
DirectX 11254 fps249 fps
DirectX 12116 fps93 fps
GPU Compute12703 Ops/s13685 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
230.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1300.3 fps
Car Chasen/a1191.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a955.3 fps
T-Rexn/a3854.1 fps
ALU 2n/a6542.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a284.8 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a5363.2
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
25636
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
42495
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
19809
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
n/a
Image Classification (SP)10192n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)23343n/a
Horizon Detection31132n/a
Face Detection (HP)46322n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)134037n/a
Text Classification (SP)3319n/a
Machine Translation (HP)4696n/a
Object Detection (SP)13038n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)52089n/a
Style Transfer (SP)248270n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
6817.09
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 September, 6, 2023
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 RDNA 3.0
Codename GB203-400 Navi 32
Price n/a 499

GPU

GPU Frequency 975 MHz 1295 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1500-2410 MHz 2430 MHz
Shader Units 7680 3840
TMUs 240 240
ROPs 96 96
Execution Units 60 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 60 60
Tensor Cores 240 n/a
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 144-231 Gpix/sec 233 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 360-578 GTex/s 583 GTex/s
FLOPS 23-37 TFLOPS 37.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 80-175 W 263 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 346 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 80.92 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2438 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 19500 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
896 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
624.1 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 10.1 n/a
DisplayPort 2.1b 2.1
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

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