AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 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).

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 47% higher core clock speed: 1855 MHz vs 1260 MHz
Around 46% higher boost clock speed: 2499 MHz vs 1710 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 959.6 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
2x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 12 GB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1255 vs 1087
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 31122 vs 26568

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Nov 2022 vs 11 Jan 2022
Core clock speed	1855 MHz vs 1260 MHz
Boost clock speed	2499 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Texture fill rate	959.6 GTexel/s vs 478.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1255 vs 1087
PassMark - G3D Mark	31122 vs 26568

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Around 46% higher pipelines: 8960 vs 6144
Around 1% lower typical power consumption: 350 Watt vs 355 Watt
2.7x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 18806 vs 6841

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	8960 vs 6144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt vs 355 Watt
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	18806 vs 6841

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1255

1087

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

31122

26568

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

6841

18806

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	1255	1087
PassMark - G3D Mark	31122	26568
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6841	18806
Geekbench - OpenCL	189258
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	492.964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	14101.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	65.586
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	461.69
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2659.85

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 31	GA102
Launch date	3 Nov 2022	11 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	9	5
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2499 MHz	1710 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	1855 MHz	1260 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	3.838 TFLOPS (1:16)	478.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	122.8 TFLOPS (2:1)	30.64 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	61.42 TFLOPS	30.64 TFLOPS
Pipelines	6144	8960
Pixel fill rate	479.8 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	959.6 GTexel/s	478.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	355 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	57700 million	28300 million
Video outputs and ports
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
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	287 mm, 11.3 inches	285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	750 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
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
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	960.0 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X