Home GPU comparison Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE - Which is better?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

84 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
VS
62 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE. 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 7900 GRE
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 7900 GRE

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
257
182
175
135
220
144
126
92
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
226
194
144
75
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
302
218
154
81
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
178
158
141
88
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
133
109
87
50
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
199
189
141
95
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
135
116
99
63
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
155
137
95
44
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
236
225
168
89
Avg FPS
1080p High238198
1080p Ultra203166
1440p Ultra163128
4K Ultra9775
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
21425
Time Spy3305722504
Solar Bay15490889271
Port Royal2316312400
Fire Strike7499456290
Night Raid200409166170
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
172224
Background Blur319.6 frames/s352.4 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s229 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec6.42 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec8.86 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec7.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec1.5 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec662.8 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps24012 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
26987
G2D Mark13961161
DirectX 11322 fps301 fps
DirectX 12148 fps104 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s15279 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
279.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fps1464.9 fps
Car Chasen/a1386.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a1048.6 fps
T-Rexn/a4513.8 fps
ALU 2n/a8242.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a294.3 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a6574.7
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
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 7900 GRE
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 n/a
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 31
Price n/a 649

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1287 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 2245 MHz
Shader Units 10752 5120
TMUs 336 320
ROPs 112 160
Execution Units 84 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 84 80
Tensor Cores 336 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 256 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 293 Gpix/sec 359 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 718 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 46 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 360 W 260 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 529 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 57 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 107.75 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 2250 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 MB/s 18000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
576 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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