AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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).

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1295 MHz vs 1260 MHz
Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 2430 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Around 22% higher texture fill rate: 583.2 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 33% lower typical power consumption: 263 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1169 vs 1087

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 Aug 2023 vs 11 Jan 2022
Core clock speed	1295 MHz vs 1260 MHz
Boost clock speed	2430 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Texture fill rate	583.2 GTexel/s vs 478.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	263 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1169 vs 1087

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

2.3x more pipelines: 8960 vs 3840
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26568 vs 24198
4.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 18806 vs 4157

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	8960 vs 3840
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	26568 vs 24198
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	18806 vs 4157

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1169

1087

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

24198

26568

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4157

18806

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	1169	1087
PassMark - G3D Mark	24198	26568
Geekbench - OpenCL	140136
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4157	18806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	500.918
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	43.482
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	530.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2259.753

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 32	GA102
Launch date	25 Aug 2023	11 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	24	5
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2430 MHz	1710 MHz
Compute units	60
Core clock speed	1295 MHz	1260 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	3840	8960
Pixel fill rate	233.3 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	583.2 GTexel/s	478.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	263 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	28100 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	1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1	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)	600 Watt	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	111 mm, 4.4 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	16 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	624.1 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X