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AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

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

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. 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 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
Processors:
AMD Radeon RX 9070
vs
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
235
158
133
102
186
129
117
86
The Witcher 3
237
213
157
82
202
173
123
67
Counter-Strike 2
315
214
160
80
272
215
154
85
Far Cry 6
191
168
147
94
152
144
126
77
Hogwarts Legacy
143
121
95
55
132
106
85
47
COD Modern Warfare 3
222
211
156
105
166
158
123
80
Ghost of Tsushima
146
125
109
66
116
99
81
51
Cyberpunk 2077
171
154
107
47
146
130
89
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
266
242
186
98
236
220
169
92
Avg FPS
1080p High214179
1080p Ultra178153
1440p Ultra139119
4K Ultra8170
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
22542
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
Time Spy2700419630
Solar Bay10507896489
Port Royal1615813261
Fire Strike6055947892
Night Raid170494143788
Sources: 3DMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
149949
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
Background Blur377.5 frames/s239.8 frames/s
Face Detection221.3 frames/s156.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.4 Gpix/sec10.8 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.99 Gpix/sec14.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.52 Gpix/sec11.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching606 Gpix/sec889.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8521.2 fps26054.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070
24877
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
G2D Mark12741088
DirectX 11281 fps223 fps
DirectX 1272 fps111 fps
GPU Compute14704 Ops/s15428 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
227.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1039 fps
Car Chasen/a860.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a743.2 fps
T-Rexn/a3834.2 fps
ALU 2n/a6702 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a296.1 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a6622.8
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
37056
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
54866
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070
29946
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
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 Ti
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 3, 2021
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 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 1330 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 3584 10240
TMUs 224 320
ROPs 128 112
Execution Units 56 80
Ray Tracing Cores 56 80
Tensor Cores 112 320
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 323 Gpix/sec 186 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 564 GTex/s 533 GTex/s
FLOPS 36.1 TFLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 220 W 350 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 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070
640 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 No 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

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Survey

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