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

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

84 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
VS
71 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
257
182
175
135
235
160
141
106
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
252
224
162
88
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
318
217
157
83
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
191
171
153
97
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
147
125
101
54
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
225
223
163
109
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
151
127
107
70
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
179
158
108
48
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
267
256
196
100
Avg FPS
1080p High238218
1080p Ultra203185
1440p Ultra163143
4K Ultra9784
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
24670
Time Spy3305726936
Solar Bay154908103478
Port Royal2316314245
Fire Strike7499467268
Night Raid200409171243
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
203754
Background Blur319.6 frames/s419.8 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s240.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec8.72 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec12 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec9.88 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec1.71 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec701.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps26631.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
28850
G2D Mark13961214
DirectX 11322 fps339 fps
DirectX 12148 fps108 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s17495 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
323.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fps1653.2 fps
Car Chasen/a1525.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a1206.5 fps
T-Rexn/a5517 fps
ALU 2n/a8007.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a340 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a6975.1
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
AMD Radeon RX 7900 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 7900 XT
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 December, 13, 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 31
Price n/a 899

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1387 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 2394 MHz
Shader Units 10752 5376
TMUs 336 336
ROPs 112 192
Execution Units 84 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 84 84
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 460 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 804 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 51.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 360 W 300 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 2500 MHz
Bus 256 bit 320 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 20 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
800 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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