AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 7900 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
235
160
141
106
168
118
106
78
The Witcher 3
252
224
162
88
195
162
116
61
Counter-Strike 2
318
217
157
83
275
206
150
83
Far Cry 6
191
171
153
97
150
136
114
71
Hogwarts Legacy
147
125
101
54
119
96
76
41
COD Modern Warfare 3
225
223
163
109
153
147
108
72
Ghost of Tsushima
151
127
107
70
109
90
72
43
Cyberpunk 2077
179
158
108
48
133
121
80
36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
267
256
196
100
207
196
151
81
Avg FPS
1080p High218168
1080p Ultra185141
1440p Ultra143108
4K Ultra8463
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
24670
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
19022
Time Spy2693617662
Solar Bay10347885932
Port Royal1424511595
Fire Strike6726842429
Night Raid171243132288
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
203754
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
161903
Background Blur419.8 frames/s217.3 frames/s
Face Detection240.5 frames/s141.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection8.72 Gpix/sec8.19 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection12 Gpix/sec11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.88 Gpix/sec8.43 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.71 Gpix/sec1.29 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching701.7 Gpix/sec780.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics26631.4 fps22538.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
28850
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
25149
G2D Mark12141052
DirectX 11339 fps207 fps
DirectX 12108 fps100 fps
GPU Compute17495 Ops/s14559 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
323.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
211.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.2 fps950.5 fps
Car Chase1525.6 fps809.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1206.5 fps705.4 fps
T-Rex5517 fps3525.4 fps
ALU 28007.7 fps6005.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2340 fps283.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6975.16034.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 13, 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 31 GA102
Price 899 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1387 MHz 1440 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2394 MHz 1710 MHz
Shader Units 5376 8704
TMUs 336 272
ROPs 192 96
Execution Units n/a 68
Ray Tracing Cores 84 68
Tensor Cores n/a 272
L1 cache 256 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 6000 KB/core 5000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 460 Gpix/sec 164 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 804 GTex/s 465 GTex/s
FLOPS 51.5 TFLOPS 29.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 300 W 320 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 529 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 57 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 107.75 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2500 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 320 bit 320 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 20 GB 10 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
800 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

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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