AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT vs GeForce RTX 4080
VS
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Navi 31
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
AD103
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 GB with 5376 shaders against the 1 year and 3 months older GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB that utilizes 76 pipelines and 9728 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Value for money (Beta)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 7900 XT
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4080
- Performs better (up to 22%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
- Has 81% more shading units (9728 vs 5376)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 235 160 141 107 |
229 170 154 120 |
| The Witcher 3 | 249 225 160 87 |
245 210 157 81 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 311 222 157 81 |
306 220 168 85 |
| Far Cry 6 | 196 168 151 100 |
181 163 143 88 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 153 124 98 56 |
162 136 109 59 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 228 214 163 108 |
217 213 167 111 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 150 126 109 69 |
148 126 109 69 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 181 156 108 49 |
192 177 119 54 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 271 258 189 101 |
290 265 204 107 |
| 1080p High | 219 | 219 |
| 1080p Ultra | 184 | 187 |
| 1440p Ultra | 142 | 148 |
| 4K Ultra | 84 | 86 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 27106 | 28155 |
| Solar Bay | 105357 | 136995 |
| Port Royal | 14360 | 17984 |
| Fire Strike | 67227 | 64637 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 48410 | 59123 |
| Night Raid | 176232 | 185072 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 419.8 img/sec | 250.4 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 240.5 img/sec | 190 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 8.72 Gpixels/sec | 9.56 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 12 Gpixels/sec | 12.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 9.88 Gpixels/sec | 15.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.71 Gpixels/sec | 1.97 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 701.7 Gpixels/sec | 1130 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 26631.4 FPS | 28795.5 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1247 | 1250 |
| DirectX 11 | 341 FPS | 313 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 112 FPS | 133 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 16873 Ops/s | 20319 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
Radeon RX 7900 XT
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-01-01 (Mr Scare) | Cinebench 2024 | 11648 |
GeForce RTX 4080
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-05-02 (Rennsport) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 267332 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 16951 | 13466 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 23234 | 34767 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 41128 | 42687 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 67615 | 70927 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 237026 | 239350 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 4961 | 3606 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 7043 | 6519 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 18737 | 18153 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 67746 | 65667 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 457919 | 414848 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Radeon RX 7900 XT and GeForce RTX 4080General
| Vendor | Amd | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | December 13, 2023 | September 20, 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $899 | $1199 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | High-end |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.0 | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | Navi 31 | AD103 |
| Rival Equivalent | - GeForce RTX 4080 | - Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Successor | - | - GeForce RTX 5080 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i7 13700K or above | - Intel Core i7 14700K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (11th and 10th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1387 MHz | 2205 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2394 MHz | 2505 MHz |
| Shading Units | 5376 | 9728 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 336 | 304 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 192 | 112 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | - | 76 |
| Tensor Cores | - | 304 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 84 | 76 |
| L1 Cache | 256KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 6MB shared | 64MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 4 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 460 GPixel/s | 281 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 804 GTexel/s | 762 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Differences in GPUs' instructions per clock make TFLOPS values not directly comparable.
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 300 W | 320 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 529 mm² | 379 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 57 billion | 45 billion |
| Transistor Density | 107.75 MTr/mm² | 118.73 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6X |
| Memory Size | 20 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2500 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 20000 Mbps | 22400 Mbps |
| Bus | 320-bit | 256-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | DLSS 3 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1 | 1.4a |
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