Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, vs AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and AMD Radeon RX 7700 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
257
182
175
135
181
118
100
73
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
179
153
116
58
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
274
195
134
76
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
150
129
109
64
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
109
91
69
39
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
147
139
99
66
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
108
90
73
42
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
115
101
68
29
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
191
175
128
64
Avg FPS
1080p High238162
1080p Ultra203132
1440p Ultra163100
4K Ultra9757
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
14982
Time Spy3305717110
Solar Bay15490863280
Port Royal231639055
Fire Strike7499442666
Night Raid200409144957
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
132843
Background Blur319.6 frames/s285.8 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s181.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec4.9 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec6.66 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec5.68 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec1.18 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec493 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps19410.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
22467
G2D Mark13961150
DirectX 11322 fps233 fps
DirectX 12148 fps77 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s13108 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
174.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fps1178.6 fps
Car Chasen/a1007.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a806.1 fps
T-Rexn/a3466.6 fps
ALU 2n/a5953.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a280.3 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a4717
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
AMD Radeon RX 7700 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

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
9041.36
AMD Radeon RX 7700 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 PC 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 449

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1435 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 2544 MHz
Shader Units 10752 3456
TMUs 336 216
ROPs 112 96
Execution Units 84 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 84 54
Tensor Cores 336 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 293 Gpix/sec 244 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 550 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 35.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 360 W 245 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 1875 MHz 2250 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 MB/s 18000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
432 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 2.1
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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