AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
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
158
133
102
228
165
158
124
The Witcher 3
237
213
157
82
241
218
152
83
Counter-Strike 2
315
214
160
80
310
225
168
86
Far Cry 6
191
168
147
94
181
161
148
92
Hogwarts Legacy
143
121
95
55
161
133
109
62
COD Modern Warfare 3
222
211
156
105
219
215
169
114
Ghost of Tsushima
146
125
109
66
152
122
110
71
Cyberpunk 2077
171
154
107
47
201
178
120
56
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
266
242
186
98
279
265
205
107
Avg FPS
1080p High214219
1080p Ultra178187
1440p Ultra139149
4K Ultra8188
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
22542
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
30716
Time Spy2700428302
Solar Bay105078138446
Port Royal1615818312
Fire Strike6055963725
Night Raid170494179276
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
149949
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
250691
Background Blur377.5 frames/s279.5 frames/s
Face Detection221.3 frames/s220.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.4 Gpix/sec11 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.99 Gpix/sec15.2 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.52 Gpix/sec16.2 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec2.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching606 Gpix/sec1370 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8521.2 fps37199.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070
24877
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
34311
G2D Mark12741267
DirectX 11281 fps303 fps
DirectX 1272 fps133 fps
GPU Compute14704 Ops/s19970 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
326.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1384.7 fps
Car Chasen/a1210.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a998.7 fps
T-Rexn/a5172 fps
ALU 2n/a9885.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a282.1 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a9573.9
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
37056
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
54866
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070
29946
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
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

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
AMD Radeon RX 9070
2688.73
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 31, 2024
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 999

GPU

GPU Frequency 1330 MHz 2295 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 2550 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 64 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 323 Gpix/sec 286 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 564 GTex/s 816 GTex/s
FLOPS 36.1 TFLOPS 52.2 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 1438 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 23000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070
640 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
736.3 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 SUPER the clear winner in this comparison.

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