AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE 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.

AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1260 MHz
Around 31% higher boost clock speed: 2245 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 718.4 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 35% lower typical power consumption: 260 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
Around 89% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1137 vs 1088
Around 18% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 22150 vs 18770

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 Jul 2023 vs 11 Jan 2022
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1260 MHz
Boost clock speed	2245 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Texture fill rate	718.4 GTexel/s vs 478.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	260 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1137 vs 1088
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	22150 vs 18770

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Around 75% higher pipelines: 8960 vs 5120
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26715 vs 26343

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	8960 vs 5120
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	26715 vs 26343

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1137

1088

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

26343

26715

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

22150

18770

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	1137	1088
PassMark - G3D Mark	26343	26715
Geekbench - OpenCL	162411
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	22150	18770

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 31	GA102
Launch date	27 Jul 2023	11 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	20	18
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2245 MHz	1710 MHz
Compute units	80
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	1260 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	5120	8960
Pixel fill rate	431.0 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	718.4 GTexel/s	478.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	260 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	57700 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, 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	51 mm, 2 inches	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	276 mm, 10.9 inches	285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	110 mm, 4.3 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	16 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	576.0 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X