AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 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
186
129
117
86
The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
202
173
123
67
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
272
215
154
85
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
152
144
126
77
Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
132
106
85
47
COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
166
158
123
80
Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
116
99
81
51
Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
146
130
89
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
236
220
169
92
Avg FPS
1080p High225179
1080p Ultra187153
1440p Ultra146119
4K Ultra8670
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
Time Spy3026819630
Solar Bay11900796489
Port Royal1871513261
Fire Strike6605147892
Night Raid199232143788
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
Background Blur427.4 frames/s239.8 frames/s
Face Detection251 frames/s156.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/sec10.8 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/sec14.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/sec11.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/sec1.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/sec889.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics23630 fps26054.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
G2D Mark13471088
DirectX 11294 fps223 fps
DirectX 1280 fps111 fps
GPU Compute15847 Ops/s15428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
227.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.8 fps1039 fps
Car Chase1403.1 fps860.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1113.5 fps743.2 fps
T-Rex4704.1 fps3834.2 fps
ALU 28678.1 fps6702 fps
Driver Overhead 2313.1 fps296.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6928.56622.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 3, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 48 GA102
Price 599 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 1660 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 4096 10240
TMUs 256 320
ROPs 128 112
Execution Units 64 80
Ray Tracing Cores 64 80
Tensor Cores 128 320
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 380 Gpix/sec 186 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 533 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 304 W 350 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 357 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 150.98 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 256 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
644.6 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
912 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

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Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
3 (33.33%)
6 (66.67%)
Total Votes: 9

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