AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs GeForce RTX 4080
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AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Navi 31
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
AD103
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB with 6144 shaders against the 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 XTX
- 26% higher maximum theoretical performance (61.4 vs 48.7 TFLOPS)
- Shows 7% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 159 vs 148 FPS
- Includes 8 GB more video memory
- Has 34% higher memory bandwidth: 960 vs 716.8 GB/s
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4080
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
- Has 58% more shading units (9728 vs 6144)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 253 175 156 122 |
229 170 154 120 |
| The Witcher 3 | 280 251 177 96 |
245 210 157 81 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 333 227 166 85 |
306 220 168 85 |
| Far Cry 6 | 212 181 170 109 |
181 163 143 88 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 167 143 113 64 |
162 136 109 59 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 264 251 192 128 |
217 213 167 111 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 168 140 122 77 |
148 126 109 69 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 203 181 126 59 |
192 177 119 54 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 302 274 208 112 |
290 265 204 107 |
| 1080p High | 242 | 219 |
| 1080p Ultra | 203 | 187 |
| 1440p Ultra | 159 | 148 |
| 4K Ultra | 95 | 86 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 30804 | 28155 |
| Solar Bay | 123985 | 136995 |
| Port Royal | 16759 | 17984 |
| Fire Strike | 73279 | 64637 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 58739 | 59123 |
| Night Raid | 183191 | 185072 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 423.9 img/sec | 250.4 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 270.8 img/sec | 190 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 9.23 Gpixels/sec | 9.56 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 13.7 Gpixels/sec | 12.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 11.1 Gpixels/sec | 15.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.74 Gpixels/sec | 1.97 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 871 Gpixels/sec | 1130 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 29891.2 FPS | 28795.5 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1290 | 1251 |
| DirectX 11 | 355 FPS | 313 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 134 FPS | 133 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 17777 Ops/s | 20303 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
No benchmark results yet
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) | 18608 | 13466 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 25385 | 34767 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 45641 | 42687 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 71321 | 70927 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 257258 | 239350 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 5240 | 3606 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 7425 | 6519 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 21335 | 18153 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 66140 | 65667 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 483867 | 414848 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Radeon RX 7900 XTX and GeForce RTX 4080General
| Vendor | Amd | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | November 3, 2022 | September 20, 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $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 (6th and 10th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1929 MHz | 2205 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2498 MHz | 2505 MHz |
| Shading Units | 6144 | 9728 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 384 | 304 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 192 | 112 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | - | 76 |
| Tensor Cores | - | 304 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 96 | 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 | 480 GPixel/s | 281 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 959 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 | 355 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 | 24 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2500 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 20000 Mbps | 22400 Mbps |
| Bus | 384-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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