AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
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
186
129
117
86
The Witcher 3
198
179
128
67
202
173
123
67
Counter-Strike 2
289
202
145
79
272
215
154
85
Far Cry 6
164
141
126
75
152
144
126
77
Hogwarts Legacy
121
102
80
42
132
106
85
47
COD Modern Warfare 3
170
167
118
82
166
158
123
80
Ghost of Tsushima
123
104
88
53
116
99
81
51
Cyberpunk 2077
133
117
79
37
146
130
89
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
214
200
150
76
236
220
169
92
Avg FPS
1080p High179179
1080p Ultra150153
1440p Ultra114119
4K Ultra6670
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
18126
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
Time Spy2009819630
Solar Bay7836896489
Port Royal1085513261
Fire Strike4998447892
Night Raid158067143788
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
148335
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
Background Blur300.7 frames/s239.8 frames/s
Face Detection200.5 frames/s156.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.77 Gpix/sec10.8 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.05 Gpix/sec14.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.44 Gpix/sec11.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.25 Gpix/sec1.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching566.4 Gpix/sec889.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics20533.6 fps26054.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
24202
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
G2D Mark11671088
DirectX 11249 fps223 fps
DirectX 1293 fps111 fps
GPU Compute13685 Ops/s15428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
230.1 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
227.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1300.3 fps1039 fps
Car Chase1191.7 fps860.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)955.3 fps743.2 fps
T-Rex3854.1 fps3834.2 fps
ALU 26542.4 fps6702 fps
Driver Overhead 2284.8 fps296.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation5363.26622.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 6, 2023 January, 3, 2021
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 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 1295 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2430 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 3840 10240
TMUs 240 320
ROPs 96 112
Execution Units n/a 80
Ray Tracing Cores 60 80
Tensor Cores n/a 320
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 233 Gpix/sec 186 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 583 GTex/s 533 GTex/s
FLOPS 37.3 TFLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 263 W 350 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 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19500 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
624.1 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
912 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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Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
5 (62.5%)
3 (37.5%)
Total Votes: 8

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