AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 7900 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
235
160
141
106
186
129
117
86
The Witcher 3
252
224
162
88
202
173
123
67
Counter-Strike 2
318
217
157
83
272
215
154
85
Far Cry 6
191
171
153
97
152
144
126
77
Hogwarts Legacy
147
125
101
54
132
106
85
47
COD Modern Warfare 3
225
223
163
109
166
158
123
80
Ghost of Tsushima
151
127
107
70
116
99
81
51
Cyberpunk 2077
179
158
108
48
146
130
89
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
267
256
196
100
236
220
169
92
Avg FPS
1080p High218179
1080p Ultra185153
1440p Ultra143119
4K Ultra8470
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
24670
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
Time Spy2693619630
Solar Bay10347896489
Port Royal1424513261
Fire Strike6726847892
Night Raid171243143788
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
203754
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
Background Blur419.8 frames/s239.8 frames/s
Face Detection240.5 frames/s156.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection8.72 Gpix/sec10.8 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection12 Gpix/sec14.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.88 Gpix/sec11.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.71 Gpix/sec1.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching701.7 Gpix/sec889.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics26631.4 fps26054.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
28850
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
G2D Mark12141088
DirectX 11339 fps223 fps
DirectX 12108 fps111 fps
GPU Compute17495 Ops/s15428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
323.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
227.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.2 fps1039 fps
Car Chase1525.6 fps860.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1206.5 fps743.2 fps
T-Rex5517 fps3834.2 fps
ALU 28007.7 fps6702 fps
Driver Overhead 2340 fps296.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6975.16622.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 13, 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 31 GA102
Price 899 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 1387 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2394 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 5376 10240
TMUs 336 320
ROPs 192 112
Execution Units n/a 80
Ray Tracing Cores 84 80
Tensor Cores n/a 320
L1 cache 256 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 6000 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 460 Gpix/sec 186 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 804 GTex/s 533 GTex/s
FLOPS 51.5 TFLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 300 W 350 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 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 20 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
800 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

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