NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 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, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 24% higher core clock speed: 2295 MHz vs 1855 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 2550 MHz vs 2499 MHz
Around 67% higher pipelines: 10240 vs 6144
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 320 Watt vs 355 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1256 vs 1234
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 34241 vs 31033
Around 31% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 247320 vs 189024

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 Jan 2024 vs 3 Nov 2022
Core clock speed	2295 MHz vs 1855 MHz
Boost clock speed	2550 MHz vs 2499 MHz
Pipelines	10240 vs 6144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	320 Watt vs 355 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1256 vs 1234
PassMark - G3D Mark	34241 vs 31033
Geekbench - OpenCL	247320 vs 189024

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 959.6 GTexel/s vs 816.0 GTexel/s
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 16 GB
Around 74% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1438 MHz, 23 Gbps effective
Around 10% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 31008 vs 28310

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	959.6 GTexel/s vs 816.0 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 16 GB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1438 MHz, 23 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	31008 vs 28310

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1256

1234

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

34241

31033

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

247320

189024

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

28310

31008

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
PassMark - G2D Mark	1256	1234
PassMark - G3D Mark	34241	31033
Geekbench - OpenCL	247320	189024
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	28310	31008
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		492.964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		14101.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		65.586
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		461.69
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2659.85

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	RDNA 3.0
Code name	AD103	Navi 31
Launch date	8 Jan 2024	3 Nov 2022
Place in performance rating	3	6
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2550 MHz	2499 MHz
Core clock speed	2295 MHz	1855 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	5 nm
Pipelines	10240	6144
Pixel fill rate	285.6 GPixel/s	479.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	816.0 GTexel/s	959.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	320 Watt	355 Watt
Transistor count	45900 million	57700 million
Compute units		96
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		3.838 TFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		122.8 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		61.42 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Triple-slot	Dual-slot
Height	61 mm, 2.4 inches	51 mm, 2 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	310 mm, 12.2 inches	287 mm, 11.3 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	140 mm, 5.5 inches	135 mm, 5.3 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	736.3 GB/s	960.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1438 MHz, 23 Gbps effective	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6