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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080

66 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
VS
84 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080

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

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
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
Processors:
Radeon RX 9070 XT
vs
GeForce RTX 5080

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
237
162
142
109
257
182
175
135
The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
270
243
168
91
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
317
236
175
87
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
194
173
160
97
Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
181
154
122
69
COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
247
234
192
136
Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
165
141
129
80
Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
213
189
135
62
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
302
273
213
114
Avg FPS
1080p High225238
1080p Ultra187203
1440p Ultra146163
4K Ultra8697
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
Time Spy3026833057
Solar Bay119007154908
Port Royal1871523163
Fire Strike6605174994
Night Raid199232200409
Sources: 3DMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
Background Blur427.4 frames/s319.6 frames/s
Face Detection251 frames/s225 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/sec13.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/sec19.5 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/sec20.4 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/sec2.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/sec1750 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics23630 fps43676.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
G2D Mark13471396
DirectX 11294 fps322 fps
DirectX 1280 fps148 fps
GPU Compute15847 Ops/s21623 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.8 fps1955.9 fps
Car Chase1403.1 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1113.5 fpsn/a
T-Rex4704.1 fpsn/a
ALU 28678.1 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2313.1 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLVulkan
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6928.5n/a
Sources: GFXBench 5 [AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
Image Classification (SP)n/a15441
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a47173
Horizon Detectionn/a43223
Face Detection (HP)n/a92863
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a202202
Text Classification (SP)n/a3701
Machine Translation (HP)n/a7905
Object Detection (SP)n/a20955
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a69068
Style Transfer (SP)n/a349205
Frameworkn/aONNX
Backendn/aDirectML
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
9041.36

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 7, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Blackwell 2.0
Codename Navi 48 GB203-400
Price 599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1660 MHz 2295 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 2617 MHz
Shader Units 4096 10752
TMUs 256 336
ROPs 128 112
Execution Units 64 84
Ray Tracing Cores 64 84
Tensor Cores 128 336
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 293 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 879 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 304 W 360 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 357 mm² 378 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 45.6 billion
Transistor density 150.98 MTr/mm² 120.63 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 1875 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 30000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
644.6 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 12.0
DisplayPort 2.1a 2.1b
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 4

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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