AMD Radeon PRO W7800 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon PRO W7800 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon PRO W7800

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon PRO W7800

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 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
Around 46% higher texture fill rate: 699.7 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 35% lower typical power consumption: 260 Watt vs 350 Watt
2.7x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 12 GB
Around 89% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1147 vs 1086
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 28601 vs 26686

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 Apr 2023 vs 11 Jan 2022
Core clock speed	1855 MHz vs 1260 MHz
Boost clock speed	2499 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Texture fill rate	699.7 GTexel/s vs 478.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	260 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1147 vs 1086
PassMark - G3D Mark	28601 vs 26686

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

2x more pipelines: 8960 vs 4480

Pipelines	8960 vs 4480

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon PRO W7800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1147

1086

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

28601

26686

Name	AMD Radeon PRO W7800	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	1147	1086
PassMark - G3D Mark	28601	26686
Geekbench - OpenCL	150579
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		18842

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon PRO W7800	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 31	GA102
Launch date	13 Apr 2023	11 Jan 2022
Launch price (MSRP)	$2499
Place in performance rating	15	16
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2499 MHz	1710 MHz
Compute units	70
Core clock speed	1855 MHz	1260 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	4480	8960
Pixel fill rate	319.9 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	699.7 GTexel/s	478.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	260 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	57700 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		478.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		30.64 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		30.64 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x mini-DisplayPort 2.1	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	280 mm, 11 inches	285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	110 mm, 4.3 inches	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.2	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	576.0 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X