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AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080

62 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 9070
VS
77 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
AMD Radeon RX 9070
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080. 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 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
Processors:
AMD Radeon RX 9070
vs
GeForce RTX 4080

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
235
158
133
102
231
164
156
120
The Witcher 3
237
213
157
82
248
214
157
81
Counter-Strike 2
315
214
160
80
312
227
166
84
Far Cry 6
191
168
147
94
182
160
145
90
Hogwarts Legacy
143
121
95
55
164
137
106
61
COD Modern Warfare 3
222
211
156
105
215
211
172
115
Ghost of Tsushima
146
125
109
66
145
126
109
69
Cyberpunk 2077
171
154
107
47
198
171
122
57
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
266
242
186
98
287
267
200
108
Avg FPS
1080p High214220
1080p Ultra178186
1440p Ultra139148
4K Ultra8187
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
22542
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
30217
Time Spy2700428170
Solar Bay105078136727
Port Royal1615817959
Fire Strike6055964703
Night Raid170494183971
Sources: 3DMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
149949
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
217712
Background Blur377.5 frames/s250.4 frames/s
Face Detection221.3 frames/s190 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.4 Gpix/sec9.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.99 Gpix/sec12.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.52 Gpix/sec15.3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.97 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching606 Gpix/sec1130 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8521.2 fps28795.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070
24877
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
34516
G2D Mark12741236
DirectX 11281 fps316 fps
DirectX 1272 fps131 fps
GPU Compute14704 Ops/s20847 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
320.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1476.2 fps
Car Chasen/a1250 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a1062.9 fps
T-Rexn/a5492.1 fps
ALU 2n/a9330.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a291.3 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a9274.8
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
37056
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
54866
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070
29946
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
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 4080
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 September, 20, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename Navi 48 XL AD103
Price n/a 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 1330 MHz 2205 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 2505 MHz
Shader Units 3584 9728
TMUs 224 304
ROPs 128 112
Execution Units 56 76
Ray Tracing Cores 56 76
Tensor Cores 112 304
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 64 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 323 Gpix/sec 281 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 564 GTex/s 762 GTex/s
FLOPS 36.1 TFLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 220 W 320 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 356.5 mm² 379 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 45 billion
Transistor density 151.19 MTr/mm² 118.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 1400 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 22400 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070
640 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 No 8.9
DisplayPort 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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