AMD Radeon PRO W7900 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon PRO W7900 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 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 - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon PRO W7900

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon PRO W7900

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 26% higher texture fill rate: 958.1 GTexel/s vs 761.5 GTexel/s
Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 295 Watt vs 320 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 16 GB
Around 61% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective

Launch date	13 Apr 2023 vs 20 Sep 2022
Texture fill rate	958.1 GTexel/s vs 761.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	295 Watt vs 320 Watt
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 16 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Around 19% higher core clock speed: 2205 MHz vs 1855 MHz
Around 58% higher pipelines: 9728 vs 6144
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1234 vs 1152
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 34586 vs 28976
Around 25% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 239948 vs 192097

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2205 MHz vs 1855 MHz
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz vs 2495 MHz
Pipelines	9728 vs 6144
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1234 vs 1152
PassMark - G3D Mark	34586 vs 28976
Geekbench - OpenCL	239948 vs 192097

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon PRO W7900
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1152

1234

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

28976

34586

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

192097

239948

Name	AMD Radeon PRO W7900	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
PassMark - G2D Mark	1152	1234
PassMark - G3D Mark	28976	34586
Geekbench - OpenCL	192097	239948
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		28194
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		722.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		72.795
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		272.641

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon PRO W7900	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ada Lovelace
Code name	Navi 31	AD103
Launch date	13 Apr 2023	20 Sep 2022
Launch price (MSRP)	$3999
Place in performance rating	12	9
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2495 MHz	2505 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	1855 MHz	2205 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	6144	9728
Pixel fill rate	479.0 GPixel/s	280.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	958.1 GTexel/s	761.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	295 Watt	320 Watt
Transistor count	57700 million	45900 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		761.5 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		48.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		48.74 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	Triple-slot
Height	51 mm, 2 inches	61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	280 mm, 11 inches	310 mm, 12.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 16-pin
Width	110 mm, 4.3 inches	140 mm, 5.5 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	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	864.0 GB/s	716.8 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X