Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
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
253
180
159
120
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
270
255
184
93
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
324
232
169
87
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
209
187
168
106
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
171
143
110
63
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
256
254
188
132
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
170
142
124
79
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
206
180
126
59
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
293
275
207
113
Avg FPS
1080p High238239
1080p Ultra203205
1440p Ultra163159
4K Ultra9795
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
29862
Time Spy3305730610
Solar Bay154908121915
Port Royal2316316607
Fire Strike7499473014
Night Raid200409182333
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
224686
Background Blur319.6 frames/s423.9 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s270.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec9.23 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec13.7 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec11.1 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec1.74 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec871 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps29891.2 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
31104
G2D Mark13961252
DirectX 11322 fps357 fps
DirectX 12148 fps128 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s18188 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
405.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fps1822 fps
Car Chasen/a1721.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a1382 fps
T-Rexn/a5784.5 fps
ALU 2n/a10100.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a326.5 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a8087.1
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
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 7900 XTX
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 November, 3, 2022
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 999

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1929 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 2498 MHz
Shader Units 10752 6144
TMUs 336 384
ROPs 112 192
Execution Units 84 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 84 96
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 480 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 959 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 61.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 360 W 355 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 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
960 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

No clear favorite identified yet; updates may follow as new data arrives.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
1 (8.33%)
11 (91.67%)
Total Votes: 12

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