AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
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
231
164
156
120
The Witcher 3
252
224
162
88
248
214
157
81
Counter-Strike 2
318
217
157
83
312
227
166
84
Far Cry 6
191
171
153
97
182
160
145
90
Hogwarts Legacy
147
125
101
54
164
137
106
61
COD Modern Warfare 3
225
223
163
109
215
211
172
115
Ghost of Tsushima
151
127
107
70
145
126
109
69
Cyberpunk 2077
179
158
108
48
198
171
122
57
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
267
256
196
100
287
267
200
108
Avg FPS
1080p High218220
1080p Ultra185186
1440p Ultra143148
4K Ultra8487
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
24670
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
30217
Time Spy2693628170
Solar Bay103478136727
Port Royal1424517959
Fire Strike6726864703
Night Raid171243183971
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
203754
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
217712
Background Blur419.8 frames/s250.4 frames/s
Face Detection240.5 frames/s190 frames/s
Horizon Detection8.72 Gpix/sec9.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection12 Gpix/sec12.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.88 Gpix/sec15.3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.71 Gpix/sec1.97 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching701.7 Gpix/sec1130 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics26631.4 fps28795.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
28850
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
34516
G2D Mark12141236
DirectX 11339 fps316 fps
DirectX 12108 fps131 fps
GPU Compute17495 Ops/s20847 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
323.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
320.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.2 fps1476.2 fps
Car Chase1525.6 fps1250 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1206.5 fps1062.9 fps
T-Rex5517 fps5492.1 fps
ALU 28007.7 fps9330.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2340 fps291.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6975.19274.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 13, 2023 September, 20, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 3.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename Navi 31 AD103
Price 899 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 1387 MHz 2205 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2394 MHz 2505 MHz
Shader Units 5376 9728
TMUs 336 304
ROPs 192 112
Execution Units n/a 76
Ray Tracing Cores 84 76
Tensor Cores n/a 304
L1 cache 256 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 6000 KB/core 64 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 460 Gpix/sec 281 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 804 GTex/s 762 GTex/s
FLOPS 51.5 TFLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 300 W 320 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 529 mm² 379 mm²
Transistor count 57 billion 45 billion
Transistor density 107.75 MTr/mm² 118.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2500 MHz 1400 MHz
Bus 320 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20000 MB/s 22400 MB/s
Memory Size 20 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
800 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
716.8 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

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