AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
237
162
142
109
152
98
87
65
The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
172
140
103
55
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
253
199
137
80
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
133
122
98
59
Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
101
83
64
34
COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
126
117
88
56
Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
93
75
61
34
Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
109
95
63
27
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
174
156
116
63
Avg FPS
1080p High225146
1080p Ultra187121
1440p Ultra14691
4K Ultra8653
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
14202
Time Spy3026814660
Solar Bay11900764266
Port Royal187159109
Fire Strike6605135668
Night Raid199232114857
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
144745
Background Blur427.4 frames/s211 frames/s
Face Detection251 frames/s141.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/sec6.24 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/sec8.1 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/sec9.22 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/sec1.46 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/sec627.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics23630 fps16980.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
21611
G2D Mark1347928
DirectX 11294 fps190 fps
DirectX 1280 fps84 fps
GPU Compute15847 Ops/s10244 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
165.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.8 fps776.4 fps
Car Chase1403.1 fps675.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1113.5 fps655.7 fps
T-Rex4704.1 fps3193.1 fps
ALU 28678.1 fps4775.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2313.1 fps278.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6928.54776.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 September, 27, 2018
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Turing
Codename Navi 48 TU102
Price 599 999

GPU

GPU Frequency 1660 MHz 1350 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 1545 MHz
Shader Units 4096 4352
TMUs 256 272
ROPs 128 88
Execution Units 64 68
Ray Tracing Cores 64 68
Tensor Cores 128 544
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 5632 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 380 Gpix/sec 136 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 420 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 13.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 304 W 250 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 357 mm² 754 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 18 billion
Transistor density 150.98 MTr/mm² 23.87 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 352 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 11 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
644.6 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
616 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 7.5
DisplayPort 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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