AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
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
228
165
158
124
The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
241
218
152
83
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
310
225
168
86
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
181
161
148
92
Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
161
133
109
62
COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
219
215
169
114
Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
152
122
110
71
Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
201
178
120
56
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
279
265
205
107
Avg FPS
1080p High225219
1080p Ultra187187
1440p Ultra146149
4K Ultra8688
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
30716
Time Spy3026828302
Solar Bay119007138446
Port Royal1871518312
Fire Strike6605163725
Night Raid199232179276
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
250691
Background Blur427.4 frames/s279.5 frames/s
Face Detection251 frames/s220.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/sec11 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/sec15.2 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/sec16.2 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/sec2.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/sec1370 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics23630 fps37199.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
34311
G2D Mark13471267
DirectX 11294 fps303 fps
DirectX 1280 fps133 fps
GPU Compute15847 Ops/s19970 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
326.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.8 fps1384.7 fps
Car Chase1403.1 fps1210.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1113.5 fps998.7 fps
T-Rex4704.1 fps5172 fps
ALU 28678.1 fps9885.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2313.1 fps282.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6928.59573.9

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 31, 2024
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 599 999

GPU

GPU Frequency 1660 MHz 2295 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 2550 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 64 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 380 Gpix/sec 286 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 816 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 52.2 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 1438 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 23000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
644.6 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
736.3 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 SUPER the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
2 (66.67%)
1 (33.33%)
Total Votes: 3

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