AMD Radeon PRO W7900 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon PRO W7900 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 W7900

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon PRO W7900

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: 2495 MHz vs 1710 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 958.1 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 19% lower typical power consumption: 295 Watt vs 350 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 12 GB
Around 89% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1156 vs 1084
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 29356 vs 26633

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 Apr 2023 vs 11 Jan 2022
Core clock speed	1855 MHz vs 1260 MHz
Boost clock speed	2495 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Texture fill rate	958.1 GTexel/s vs 478.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	295 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1156 vs 1084
PassMark - G3D Mark	29356 vs 26633

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Around 46% higher pipelines: 8960 vs 6144

Pipelines	8960 vs 6144

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon PRO W7900
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1156

1084

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

29356

26633

Name	AMD Radeon PRO W7900	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	1156	1084
PassMark - G3D Mark	29356	26633
Geekbench - OpenCL	191447
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		18842

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon PRO W7900	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)	$3999
Place in performance rating	13	16
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2495 MHz	1710 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	1855 MHz	1260 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	6144	8960
Pixel fill rate	479.0 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	958.1 GTexel/s	478.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	295 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	Triple-slot	Dual-slot
Height	51 mm, 2 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	48 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	864.0 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X