Home GPU comparison Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT - Which is better?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

84 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
VS
54 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 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 6900 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 6900 XT

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
257
182
175
135
213
142
118
87
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
208
183
139
72
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
302
208
149
81
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
172
148
133
83
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
130
105
83
46
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
183
177
130
84
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
131
111
91
55
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
148
129
87
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
225
205
156
82
Avg FPS
1080p High238190
1080p Ultra203156
1440p Ultra163121
4K Ultra9770
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
20263
Time Spy3305720781
Solar Bay15490886741
Port Royal2316310519
Fire Strike7499457323
Night Raid200409159759
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
124121
Background Blur319.6 frames/s231.6 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s152.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec4.26 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec5.75 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec5.87 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec1.12 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec618.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps17973.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
26727
G2D Mark13961051
DirectX 11322 fps278 fps
DirectX 12148 fps113 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s14962 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
305.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fps1379.6 fps
Car Chasen/a1317.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a1205.3 fps
T-Rexn/a4360 fps
ALU 2n/a6645 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a325.2 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a3954.8
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
AMD Radeon RX 6900 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 6900 XT
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 December, 8, 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 999

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1825 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 2250 MHz
Shader Units 10752 5120
TMUs 336 320
ROPs 112 128
Execution Units 84 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 84 80
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 720 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 23 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 6900 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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