AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 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 7700 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Around 49% higher boost clock speed: 2544 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 549.5 GTexel/s vs 465.1 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
Around 31% lower typical power consumption: 245 Watt vs 320 Watt
Around 20% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 10 GB
Around 89% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1150 vs 1053

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 Aug 2023 vs 1 Sep 2020
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Boost clock speed	2544 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Texture fill rate	549.5 GTexel/s vs 465.1 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	245 Watt vs 320 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 10 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1150 vs 1053

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

2.5x more pipelines: 8704 vs 3456
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25146 vs 22445
Around 31% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 167014 vs 127132
Around 33% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4420 vs 3316

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	8704 vs 3456
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	25146 vs 22445
Geekbench - OpenCL	167014 vs 127132
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4420 vs 3316

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1150

1053

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22445

25146

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

127132

167014

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

3316

4420

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
PassMark - G2D Mark	1150	1053
PassMark - G3D Mark	22445	25146
Geekbench - OpenCL	127132	167014
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3316	4420
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		457.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		6022.79
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		51.221
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		175.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2381.93
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 32	GA102
Launch date	25 Aug 2023	1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating	53	56
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2544 MHz	1710 MHz
Compute units	54
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	3456	8704
Pixel fill rate	244.2 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	549.5 GTexel/s	465.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	245 Watt	320 Watt
Transistor count	28100 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		465.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		29.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		29.77 TFLOPS
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	50 mm, 2 inches	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	700 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	2.2	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	10 GB
Memory bandwidth	432.0 GB/s	760.3 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	320 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X