AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
- Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
- Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1260 MHz
- Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 2394 MHz vs 1710 MHz
- Around 68% higher texture fill rate: 804.4 GTexel/s vs 478.8 GTexel/s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
- Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 350 Watt
- Around 67% higher maximum memory size: 20 GB vs 12 GB
- 2.1x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
- Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1181 vs 1085
- Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 28851 vs 26655
- Around 44% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 27044 vs 18842
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 3 Nov 2022 vs 11 Jan 2022 |
Core clock speed | 1500 MHz vs 1260 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 2394 MHz vs 1710 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 804.4 GTexel/s vs 478.8 GTexel/s |
Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm vs 8 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 300 Watt vs 350 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 20 GB vs 12 GB |
Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 1181 vs 1085 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 28851 vs 26655 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 27044 vs 18842 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
- Around 67% higher pipelines: 8960 vs 5376
Pipelines | 8960 vs 5376 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
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PassMark - G3D Mark |
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3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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Name | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 1181 | 1085 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 28851 | 26655 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 27044 | 18842 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 169570 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 343.519 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 12483.531 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 60.185 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 320.733 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 2714.187 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | RDNA 3.0 | Ampere |
Code name | Navi 31 | GA102 |
Launch date | 3 Nov 2022 | 11 Jan 2022 |
Place in performance rating | 17 | 16 |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 2394 MHz | 1710 MHz |
Compute units | 84 | |
Core clock speed | 1500 MHz | 1260 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 8 nm |
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 3.218 TFLOPS (1:16) | 478.8 GFLOPS (1:64) |
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 103.0 TFLOPS (2:1) | 30.64 TFLOPS (1:1) |
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 51.48 TFLOPS | 30.64 TFLOPS |
Pipelines | 5376 | 8960 |
Pixel fill rate | 459.6 GPixel/s | 164.2 GPixel/s |
Texture fill rate | 804.4 GTexel/s | 478.8 GTexel/s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 300 Watt | 350 Watt |
Transistor count | 57700 million | 28300 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Form factor | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
Height | 51 mm, 2 inches | 40 mm, 1.6 inches |
Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
Length | 276 mm, 10.9 inches | 285 mm, 11.2 inches |
Recommended system power (PSU) | 700 Watt | 750 Watt |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 12-pin |
Width | 135 mm, 5.3 inches | 112 mm, 4.4 inches |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.7 |
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Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 20 GB | 12 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 800.0 GB/s | 912.4 GB/s |
Memory bus width | 320 bit | 384 bit |
Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective | 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective |
Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6X |