NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
- Around 24% higher core clock speed: 2295 MHz vs 1855 MHz
- Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 2617 MHz vs 2499 MHz
- Around 75% higher pipelines: 10752 vs 6144
- Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1401 vs 1255
- Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 36147 vs 31122
- Around 39% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 263511 vs 189258
- Around 26% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8637 vs 6841
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 30 Jan 2025 vs 3 Nov 2022 |
Core clock speed | 2295 MHz vs 1855 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 2617 MHz vs 2499 MHz |
Pipelines | 10752 vs 6144 |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 1401 vs 1255 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 36147 vs 31122 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 263511 vs 189258 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 8637 vs 6841 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
- Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 959.6 GTexel/s vs 879.3 GTexel/s
- Around 1% lower typical power consumption: 355 Watt vs 360 Watt
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 16 GB
- Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz, 30 Gbps effective
Texture fill rate | 959.6 GTexel/s vs 879.3 GTexel/s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 355 Watt vs 360 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 24 GB vs 16 GB |
Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz, 30 Gbps effective |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
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3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 1401 | 1255 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 36147 | 31122 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 263511 | 189258 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 8637 | 6841 |
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 5080 | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | RDNA 3.0 |
Code name | GB203 | Navi 31 |
Launch date | 30 Jan 2025 | 3 Nov 2022 |
Place in performance rating | 6 | 9 |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 2617 MHz | 2499 MHz |
Core clock speed | 2295 MHz | 1855 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 5 nm |
Pipelines | 10752 | 6144 |
Pixel fill rate | 293.1 GPixel/s | 479.8 GPixel/s |
Texture fill rate | 879.3 GTexel/s | 959.6 GTexel/s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 360 Watt | 355 Watt |
Transistor count | 45600 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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Form factor | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
Height | 40 mm, 1.6 inches | 51 mm, 2 inches |
Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
Length | 304 mm, 12 inches | 287 mm, 11.3 inches |
Recommended system power (PSU) | 750 Watt | 750 Watt |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 16-pin | 2x 8-pin |
Width | 137 mm, 5.4 inches | 135 mm, 5.3 inches |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.1 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Shader Model | 6.8 | 6.7 |
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Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 24 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 960.0 GB/s | 960.0 GB/s |
Memory bus width | 256 bit | 384 bit |
Memory clock speed | 1875 MHz, 30 Gbps effective | 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective |
Memory type | GDDR7 | GDDR6 |