Home GPU comparison Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT - Which is better?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

84 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
VS
51 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, vs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and AMD Radeon RX 6800 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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5080
vs
Radeon RX 6800 XT

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
257
182
175
135
196
131
112
80
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
199
176
129
65
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
284
200
144
77
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
159
143
120
75
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
116
98
76
41
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
170
164
117
79
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
122
103
81
52
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
132
117
77
34
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
204
191
144
73
Avg FPS
1080p High238176
1080p Ultra203147
1440p Ultra163111
4K Ultra9764
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
17610
Time Spy3305719340
Solar Bay15490878380
Port Royal231639690
Fire Strike7499453029
Night Raid200409155564
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
138858
Background Blur319.6 frames/s335.7 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s221.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec6.16 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec8.96 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec7.44 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec1.31 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec263 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps14755 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
24993
G2D Mark13961025
DirectX 11322 fps264 fps
DirectX 12148 fps100 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s13655 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
264.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fps1271.6 fps
Car Chasen/a1173.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a1067.6 fps
T-Rexn/a4026.9 fps
ALU 2n/a5306.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a278.9 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a3567
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
n/a
Image Classification (SP)15441n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)47173n/a
Horizon Detection43223n/a
Face Detection (HP)92863n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)202202n/a
Text Classification (SP)3701n/a
Machine Translation (HP)7905n/a
Object Detection (SP)20955n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)69068n/a
Style Transfer (SP)349205n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
9041.36
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 November, 18, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 RDNA 2.0
Codename GB203-400 Navi 21
Price n/a 649

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1825 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 2250 MHz
Shader Units 10752 4608
TMUs 336 288
ROPs 112 128
Execution Units 84 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 84 72
Tensor Cores 336 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 293 Gpix/sec 288 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 648 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 20.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 360 W 300 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 520 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 26 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 50 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
512 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 n/a
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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