AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core Processor vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core Processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core Processor

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1236 vs 599
20x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 34500 vs 1729

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1236 vs 599
PassMark - G3D Mark	34500 vs 1729

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core Processor
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

599

1236

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1729

34500

Name	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core Processor	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
PassMark - G2D Mark	599	1236
PassMark - G3D Mark	1729	34500
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		6567
Geekbench - OpenCL		240557
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		722.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		72.795
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		272.641

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core Processor	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
Essentials
Place in performance rating	226	14
Architecture		Ada Lovelace
Code name		AD103
Launch date		20 Sep 2022
Technical info
Boost clock speed		2505 MHz
Core clock speed		2205 MHz
Manufacturing process technology		4 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		761.5 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		48.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		48.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines		9728
Pixel fill rate		280.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		761.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		320 Watt
Transistor count		45900 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor		Triple-slot
Height		61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface		PCIe 4.0 x16
Length		310 mm, 12.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		1x 16-pin
Width		140 mm, 5.5 inches
API support
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL		3.0
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		16 GB
Memory bandwidth		716.8 GB/s
Memory bus width		256 bit
Memory clock speed		1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective
Memory type		GDDR6X