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AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080

62 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 9070
VS
84 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
AMD Radeon RX 9070
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080. 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 5080
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 5080

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
235
158
133
102
257
182
175
135
The Witcher 3
237
213
157
82
270
243
168
91
Counter-Strike 2
315
214
160
80
317
236
175
87
Far Cry 6
191
168
147
94
194
173
160
97
Hogwarts Legacy
143
121
95
55
181
154
122
69
COD Modern Warfare 3
222
211
156
105
247
234
192
136
Ghost of Tsushima
146
125
109
66
165
141
129
80
Cyberpunk 2077
171
154
107
47
213
189
135
62
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
266
242
186
98
302
273
213
114
Avg FPS
1080p High214238
1080p Ultra178203
1440p Ultra139163
4K Ultra8197
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
22542
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
Time Spy2700433057
Solar Bay105078154908
Port Royal1615823163
Fire Strike6055974994
Night Raid170494200409
Sources: 3DMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
149949
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
Background Blur377.5 frames/s319.6 frames/s
Face Detection221.3 frames/s225 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.4 Gpix/sec13.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.99 Gpix/sec19.5 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.52 Gpix/sec20.4 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec2.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching606 Gpix/sec1750 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8521.2 fps43676.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070
24877
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
G2D Mark12741396
DirectX 11281 fps322 fps
DirectX 1272 fps148 fps
GPU Compute14704 Ops/s21623 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1955.9 fps
APIn/aVulkan
OSn/aWindows
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
37056
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
54866
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070
29946
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
Image Classification (SP)1537515441
Image Segmentation (HP)3783447173
Horizon Detection4391043223
Face Detection (HP)6785892863
Pose Estimation (Q)172939202202
Text Classification (SP)44693701
Machine Translation (HP)84997905
Object Detection (SP)1539320955
Depth Estimation (Q)6689069068
Style Transfer (SP)365633349205
FrameworkONNXONNX
BackendDirectMLDirectML
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
AMD Radeon RX 9070
2688.73
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
9041.36

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 7, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Blackwell 2.0
Codename Navi 48 XL GB203-400

GPU

GPU Frequency 1330 MHz 2295 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 2617 MHz
Shader Units 3584 10752
TMUs 224 336
ROPs 128 112
Execution Units 56 84
Ray Tracing Cores 56 84
Tensor Cores 112 336
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 293 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 564 GTex/s 879 GTex/s
FLOPS 36.1 TFLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 220 W 360 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 356.5 mm² 378 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 45.6 billion
Transistor density 151.19 MTr/mm² 120.63 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 1875 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 30000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070
640 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA No 12.0
DisplayPort 2.1a 2.1b
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 4

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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