AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
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
201
136
113
85
168
118
106
78
The Witcher 3
198
179
128
67
195
162
116
61
Counter-Strike 2
289
202
145
79
275
206
150
83
Far Cry 6
164
141
126
75
150
136
114
71
Hogwarts Legacy
121
102
80
42
119
96
76
41
COD Modern Warfare 3
170
167
118
82
153
147
108
72
Ghost of Tsushima
123
104
88
53
109
90
72
43
Cyberpunk 2077
133
117
79
37
133
121
80
36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
214
200
150
76
207
196
151
81
Avg FPS
1080p High179168
1080p Ultra150141
1440p Ultra114108
4K Ultra6663
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
18126
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
19022
Time Spy2009817662
Solar Bay7836885932
Port Royal1085511595
Fire Strike4998442429
Night Raid158067132288
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
148335
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
161903
Background Blur300.7 frames/s217.3 frames/s
Face Detection200.5 frames/s141.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.77 Gpix/sec8.19 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.05 Gpix/sec11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.44 Gpix/sec8.43 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.25 Gpix/sec1.29 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching566.4 Gpix/sec780.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics20533.6 fps22538.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
24202
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
25149
G2D Mark11671052
DirectX 11249 fps207 fps
DirectX 1293 fps100 fps
GPU Compute13685 Ops/s14559 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
230.1 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
211.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1300.3 fps950.5 fps
Car Chase1191.7 fps809.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)955.3 fps705.4 fps
T-Rex3854.1 fps3525.4 fps
ALU 26542.4 fps6005.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2284.8 fps283.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation5363.26034.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 6, 2023 September, 1, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 3.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 32 GA102
Price 499 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1295 MHz 1440 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2430 MHz 1710 MHz
Shader Units 3840 8704
TMUs 240 272
ROPs 96 96
Execution Units n/a 68
Ray Tracing Cores 60 68
Tensor Cores n/a 272
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 5000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 233 Gpix/sec 164 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 583 GTex/s 465 GTex/s
FLOPS 37.3 TFLOPS 29.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 263 W 320 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 346 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 80.92 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2438 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 256 bit 320 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19500 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 10 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
624.1 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
760.3 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

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