Home GPU comparison AMD Radeon RX 9070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 - Which is better?

AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080

62 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 9070
VS
59 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
AMD Radeon RX 9070
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 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
Processors:
AMD Radeon RX 9070
vs
GeForce RTX 3080

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
235
158
133
102
168
118
106
78
The Witcher 3
237
213
157
82
195
162
116
61
Counter-Strike 2
315
214
160
80
275
206
150
83
Far Cry 6
191
168
147
94
150
136
114
71
Hogwarts Legacy
143
121
95
55
119
96
76
41
COD Modern Warfare 3
222
211
156
105
153
147
108
72
Ghost of Tsushima
146
125
109
66
109
90
72
43
Cyberpunk 2077
171
154
107
47
133
121
80
36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
266
242
186
98
207
196
151
81
Avg FPS
1080p High214168
1080p Ultra178141
1440p Ultra139108
4K Ultra8163
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
22542
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
19022
Time Spy2700417662
Solar Bay10507885932
Port Royal1615811595
Fire Strike6055942429
Night Raid170494132288
Sources: 3DMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
149949
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
161903
Background Blur377.5 frames/s217.3 frames/s
Face Detection221.3 frames/s141.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.4 Gpix/sec8.19 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.99 Gpix/sec11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.52 Gpix/sec8.43 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.29 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching606 Gpix/sec780.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8521.2 fps22538.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070
24877
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
25149
G2D Mark12741052
DirectX 11281 fps207 fps
DirectX 1272 fps100 fps
GPU Compute14704 Ops/s14559 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
211.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a950.5 fps
Car Chasen/a809.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a705.4 fps
T-Rexn/a3525.4 fps
ALU 2n/a6005.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a283.8 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a6034.6
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
37056
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
54866
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070
29946
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
n/a
Image Classification (SP)15375n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)37834n/a
Horizon Detection43910n/a
Face Detection (HP)67858n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)172939n/a
Text Classification (SP)4469n/a
Machine Translation (HP)8499n/a
Object Detection (SP)15393n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)66890n/a
Style Transfer (SP)365633n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 9070]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
AMD Radeon RX 9070
2688.73
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 September, 1, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 48 XL GA102
Price n/a 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1330 MHz 1440 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 1710 MHz
Shader Units 3584 8704
TMUs 224 272
ROPs 128 96
Execution Units 56 68
Ray Tracing Cores 56 68
Tensor Cores 112 272
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 5000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 323 Gpix/sec 164 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 564 GTex/s 465 GTex/s
FLOPS 36.1 TFLOPS 29.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 220 W 320 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 356.5 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 151.19 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 256 bit 320 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 10 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070
640 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 No 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

No clear favorite identified yet; updates may follow as new data arrives.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
5 (100%)
0 (0%)
Total Votes: 5

User comments

Share your opinion or ask questions below