AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
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
189
134
125
96
The Witcher 3
237
213
157
82
206
183
130
71
Counter-Strike 2
315
214
160
80
288
210
158
83
Far Cry 6
191
168
147
94
158
146
128
79
Hogwarts Legacy
143
121
95
55
134
109
86
50
COD Modern Warfare 3
222
211
156
105
176
167
128
85
Ghost of Tsushima
146
125
109
66
121
101
85
51
Cyberpunk 2077
171
154
107
47
153
137
95
45
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
266
242
186
98
252
236
180
98
Avg FPS
1080p High214186
1080p Ultra178158
1440p Ultra139124
4K Ultra8173
DeviationLowMedium

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
22542
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
22374
Time Spy2700421794
Solar Bay10507892888
Port Royal1615814027
Fire Strike6055946885
Night Raid170494175963
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
149949
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
190326
Background Blur377.5 frames/s194.4 frames/s
Face Detection221.3 frames/s165.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.4 Gpix/sec8.61 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.99 Gpix/sec12.2 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.52 Gpix/sec11.5 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.7 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching606 Gpix/sec1060 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8521.2 fps27590.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070
24877
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
28502
G2D Mark12741139
DirectX 11281 fps254 fps
DirectX 1272 fps116 fps
GPU Compute14704 Ops/s12703 Ops/s
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
37056
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
25636
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
54866
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
42495
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070
29946
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
19809
Image Classification (SP)1537510192
Image Segmentation (HP)3783423343
Horizon Detection4391031132
Face Detection (HP)6785846322
Pose Estimation (Q)172939134037
Text Classification (SP)44693319
Machine Translation (HP)84994696
Object Detection (SP)1539313038
Depth Estimation (Q)6689052089
Style Transfer (SP)365633248270
FrameworkONNXONNX
BackendDirectMLDirectML

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
AMD Radeon RX 9070
2688.73
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
6817.09

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 7, 2025
Form Factor PC use Laptop 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 975 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 1500-2410 MHz
Shader Units 3584 7680
TMUs 224 240
ROPs 128 96
Execution Units 56 60
Ray Tracing Cores 56 60
Tensor Cores 112 240
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 144-231 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 564 GTex/s 360-578 GTex/s
FLOPS 36.1 TFLOPS 23-37 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 220 W 80-175 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 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 28000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070
640 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
896 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA No 10.1
DisplayPort 2.1a 2.1b
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 4

Results

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

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
4 (66.67%)
2 (33.33%)
Total Votes: 6

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