AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
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
228
165
158
124
The Witcher 3
198
179
128
67
241
218
152
83
Counter-Strike 2
289
202
145
79
310
225
168
86
Far Cry 6
164
141
126
75
181
161
148
92
Hogwarts Legacy
121
102
80
42
161
133
109
62
COD Modern Warfare 3
170
167
118
82
219
215
169
114
Ghost of Tsushima
123
104
88
53
152
122
110
71
Cyberpunk 2077
133
117
79
37
201
178
120
56
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
214
200
150
76
279
265
205
107
Avg FPS
1080p High179219
1080p Ultra150187
1440p Ultra114149
4K Ultra6688
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
18126
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
30716
Time Spy2009828302
Solar Bay78368138446
Port Royal1085518312
Fire Strike4998463725
Night Raid158067179276
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
148335
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
250691
Background Blur300.7 frames/s279.5 frames/s
Face Detection200.5 frames/s220.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.77 Gpix/sec11 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.05 Gpix/sec15.2 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.44 Gpix/sec16.2 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.25 Gpix/sec2.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching566.4 Gpix/sec1370 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics20533.6 fps37199.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
24202
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
34311
G2D Mark11671267
DirectX 11249 fps303 fps
DirectX 1293 fps133 fps
GPU Compute13685 Ops/s19970 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
230.1 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
326.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1300.3 fps1384.7 fps
Car Chase1191.7 fps1210.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)955.3 fps998.7 fps
T-Rex3854.1 fps5172 fps
ALU 26542.4 fps9885.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2284.8 fps282.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation5363.29573.9

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 6, 2023 January, 31, 2024
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 3.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename Navi 32 AD103
Price 499 999

GPU

GPU Frequency 1295 MHz 2295 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2430 MHz 2550 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 64 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 233 Gpix/sec 286 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 583 GTex/s 816 GTex/s
FLOPS 37.3 TFLOPS 52.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 263 W 320 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 346 mm² 379 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 45 billion
Transistor density 80.92 MTr/mm² 118.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2438 MHz 1438 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19500 MB/s 23000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
624.1 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
736.3 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 8.9
DisplayPort 2.1 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER the clear winner in this comparison.

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