AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
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
231
164
156
120
The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
248
214
157
81
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
312
227
166
84
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
182
160
145
90
Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
164
137
106
61
COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
215
211
172
115
Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
145
126
109
69
Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
198
171
122
57
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
287
267
200
108
Avg FPS
1080p High225220
1080p Ultra187186
1440p Ultra146148
4K Ultra8687
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
30217
Time Spy3026828170
Solar Bay119007136727
Port Royal1871517959
Fire Strike6605164703
Night Raid199232183971
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
217712
Background Blur427.4 frames/s250.4 frames/s
Face Detection251 frames/s190 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/sec9.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/sec12.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/sec15.3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/sec1.97 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/sec1130 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics23630 fps28795.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
34516
G2D Mark13471236
DirectX 11294 fps316 fps
DirectX 1280 fps131 fps
GPU Compute15847 Ops/s20847 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
320.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.8 fps1476.2 fps
Car Chase1403.1 fps1250 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1113.5 fps1062.9 fps
T-Rex4704.1 fps5492.1 fps
ALU 28678.1 fps9330.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2313.1 fps291.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6928.59274.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 September, 20, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename Navi 48 AD103
Price 599 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 1660 MHz 2205 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 2505 MHz
Shader Units 4096 9728
TMUs 256 304
ROPs 128 112
Execution Units 64 76
Ray Tracing Cores 64 76
Tensor Cores 128 304
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 380 Gpix/sec 281 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 762 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 304 W 320 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 357 mm² 379 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 45 billion
Transistor density 150.98 MTr/mm² 118.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 1400 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 22400 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
644.6 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
716.8 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 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 the clear winner in this comparison.

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