NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 vs AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 and AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
1525.9x more texture fill rate: 465.1 GTexel/s vs 304.8 GT/s
Around 25% higher maximum memory size: 10 GB vs 8 GB
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25146 vs 16357
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1053 vs 921
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 167014 vs 77476
Around 81% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 457.414 vs 252.601
Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 6022.79 vs 3949.565
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 51.221 vs 24.769
Around 80% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2381.93 vs 1322.129
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 34537 vs 14699
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 34537 vs 14699
2.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4420 vs 2134

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Sep 2020 vs 7 July 2019
Texture fill rate	465.1 GTexel/s vs 304.8 GT/s
Maximum memory size	10 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	25146 vs 16357
PassMark - G2D Mark	1053 vs 921
Geekbench - OpenCL	167014 vs 77476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	457.414 vs 252.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	6022.79 vs 3949.565
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	51.221 vs 24.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2381.93 vs 1322.129
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	34537 vs 14699
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	34537 vs 14699
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4420 vs 2134

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1605 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1905 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 320 Watt
Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 254.777 vs 175.219

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1605 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Boost clock speed	1905 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 320 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	254.777 vs 175.219
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3720 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3369 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3720 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3369 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

25146

16357

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1053

921

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

167014

77476

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

457.414

252.601

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6022.79

3949.565

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

51.221

24.769

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

175.219

254.777

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2381.93

1322.129

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

34537

14699

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3716

3720

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3369

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

34537

14699

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3716

3720

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3369

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4420

2134

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080	AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	25146	16357
PassMark - G2D Mark	1053	921
Geekbench - OpenCL	167014	77476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	457.414	252.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	6022.79	3949.565
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	51.221	24.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	175.219	254.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2381.93	1322.129
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	34537	14699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716	3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3369
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	34537	14699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716	3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3369
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4420	2134

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080	AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA
Code name	GA102	Navi 10
Launch date	1 Sep 2020	7 July 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	$400
Place in performance rating	56	162
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz	1905 MHz
Core clock speed	1440 MHz	1605 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	465.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	29.77 TFLOPS (1:1)	19.51 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	29.77 TFLOPS	9.75 TFLOPs
Pipelines	8704
Pixel fill rate	164.2 GPixel/s	121.9 GP/s
Texture fill rate	465.1 GTexel/s	304.8 GT/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	320 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	10.3 B
Compute units		40
Render output units		64
Stream Processors		2560
Texture Units		160
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1 x 8-pin and 1x6 pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	10 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	760.3 GB/s	448 GB/s
Memory bus width	320 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
TrueAudio
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready