Home GPU comparison Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT - Which is better?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

84 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
VS
56 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

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

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5080
vs
Radeon RX 7800 XT

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
257
182
175
135
201
136
113
85
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
198
179
128
67
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
289
202
145
79
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
164
141
126
75
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
121
102
80
42
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
170
167
118
82
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
123
104
88
53
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
133
117
79
37
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
214
200
150
76
Avg FPS
1080p High238179
1080p Ultra203150
1440p Ultra163114
4K Ultra9766
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
18126
Time Spy3305720098
Solar Bay15490878368
Port Royal2316310855
Fire Strike7499449984
Night Raid200409158067
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
148335
Background Blur319.6 frames/s300.7 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s200.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec5.77 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec8.05 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec6.44 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec566.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps20533.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
24202
G2D Mark13961167
DirectX 11322 fps249 fps
DirectX 12148 fps93 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s13685 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
230.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fps1300.3 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
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a5363.2
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
AMD Radeon RX 7800 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 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 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 499

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1295 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 2430 MHz
Shader Units 10752 3840
TMUs 336 240
ROPs 112 96
Execution Units 84 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 84 60
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 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 293 Gpix/sec 233 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 583 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 37.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 360 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 1875 MHz 2438 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 MB/s 19500 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
624.1 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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