AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile 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 RX 7800 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

Around 46% higher boost clock speed: 2430 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Around 51% higher texture fill rate: 583.2 GTexel/s vs 386.3 GTexel/s
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
Around 22% higher memory clock speed: 2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1123 vs 962
Around 6% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 20025 vs 18975

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1295 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Boost clock speed	2430 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Texture fill rate	583.2 GTexel/s vs 386.3 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1123 vs 962
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	20025 vs 18975

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 93% higher pipelines: 7424 vs 3840
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 263 Watt
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25630 vs 23966
Around 16% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 161403 vs 139316

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 25 Aug 2023
Pipelines	7424 vs 3840
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 263 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	25630 vs 23966
Geekbench - OpenCL	161403 vs 139316

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1123

962

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

23966

25630

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

139316

161403

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

20025

18975

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	1123	962
PassMark - G3D Mark	23966	25630
Geekbench - OpenCL	139316	161403
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	20025	18975

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ada Lovelace
Code name	Navi 32	AD104
Launch date	25 Aug 2023	2023
Place in performance rating	26	29
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2430 MHz	1665 MHz
Compute units	60
Core clock speed	1295 MHz	1290 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	3840	7424
Pixel fill rate	233.3 GPixel/s	133.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	583.2 GTexel/s	386.3 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	263 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	28100 million	35800 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		386.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		24.72 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		24.72 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	IGP
Height	50 mm, 2 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None
Width	111 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	384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6