AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 9070 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 9070

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 9070

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 47% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Around 22% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2944
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 12 nm
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1276 vs 908
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 24879 vs 18750
Around 31% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 138234 vs 105219
3.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 6290 vs 1752

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Mar 2025 vs 20 September 2018
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Pipelines	3584 vs 2944
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1276 vs 908
PassMark - G3D Mark	24879 vs 18750
Geekbench - OpenCL	138234 vs 105219
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6290 vs 1752

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1515 MHz vs 1330 MHz
Around 2% lower typical power consumption: 215 Watt vs 220 Watt
5.6x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2518 MHz, 20.1 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	1515 MHz vs 1330 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	215 Watt vs 220 Watt
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 2518 MHz, 20.1 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 9070
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1276

908

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

24879

18750

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

138234

105219

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

6290

1752

Name	AMD Radeon RX 9070	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
PassMark - G2D Mark	1276	908
PassMark - G3D Mark	24879	18750
Geekbench - OpenCL	138234	105219
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6290	1752
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3938.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1506.874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		6293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		6293

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 9070	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 4.0	Turing
Code name	Navi 48	TU104
Launch date	6 Mar 2025	20 September 2018
Place in performance rating	31	105
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Price now		$749.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		32.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz	1710 MHz
Compute units	56
Core clock speed	1330 MHz	1515 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	12 nm
Pipelines	3584	2944
Pixel fill rate	322.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	564.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt	215 Watt
Transistor count	53900 million	13,600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 5.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.8
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	644.6 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2518 MHz, 20.1 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6