Home GPU comparison Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT - Which is better?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

84 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
VS
44 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and AMD Radeon RX 9060 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 9060 XT

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
257
182
175
135
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High238155
1080p Ultra203127
1440p Ultra16394
4K Ultra9755
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy3305716983
Solar Bay15490864114
Port Royal231639710
Fire Strike7499439013
Night Raid200409155523
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur319.6 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark13961191
DirectX 11322 fps187 fps
DirectX 12148 fps57 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fpsn/a
APIVulkann/a
OSWindowsn/a
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
AMD Radeon RX 9060 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 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 RDNA 4.0
Codename GB203-400 Navi 44

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 10752 2048
TMUs 336 128
ROPs 112 64
Execution Units 84 32
Ray Tracing Cores 84 32
Tensor Cores 336 64
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 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 360 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12.2
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 No
DisplayPort 2.1b 2.1a
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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