AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 92% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 80% higher boost clock speed: 2245 MHz vs 1245 MHz
  • 3x more texture fill rate: 718.4 GTexel/s vs 239.0 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1162 vs 641
  • Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 27005 vs 16407
  • Around 62% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 167089 vs 103038
  • Around 82% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4814 vs 2644
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 Jul 2023 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed 2245 MHz vs 1245 MHz
Texture fill rate 718.4 GTexel/s vs 239.0 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1162 vs 641
PassMark - G3D Mark 27005 vs 16407
Geekbench - OpenCL 167089 vs 103038
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4814 vs 2644

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 6144 vs 5120
  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 260 Watt
Pipelines 6144 vs 5120
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 260 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1162
641
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
27005
16407
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
167089
103038
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4814
2644
Name AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark 1162 641
PassMark - G3D Mark 27005 16407
Geekbench - OpenCL 167089 103038
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4814 2644
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 3.0 Ampere
Code name Navi 31 GA104
Launch date 27 Jul 2023 12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating 33 137
Type Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2245 MHz 1245 MHz
Compute units 80
Core clock speed 1500 MHz 780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 8 nm
Pipelines 5120 6144
Pixel fill rate 431.0 GPixel/s 119.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 718.4 GTexel/s 239.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 260 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 57700 million 17400 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 239.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 15.30 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 15.30 TFLOPS

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Height 51 mm, 2 inches
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 276 mm, 10.9 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin None
Width 110 mm, 4.3 inches
Laptop size large

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 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 576.0 GB/s 384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready