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AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.43 GHz · 263 W Speed index 31/100
In the gpu comparison between the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition is 31 % faster than the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT.

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition
Speed index
31/100
40/100
FP32
37.32 TFLOPS
48.74 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.43 GHz
2.51 GHz
Memory Size
16 GB GDDR6
16 GB GDDR6X
Memory bandwidth
624 GB/s
736 GB/s
TDP
263 W
320 W
Launch Price
499 $
1,199 $
627 pts
970 pts

GPU

GPUAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition
Based onAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
GPU ChipNavi 32 XTAD103-300-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors6076
Shader38409728
Render Output Units96112
Texture Units240304
Raytracing Cores6076
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The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and has 3840 texture shaders and 60 execution units.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, which has 9728 shaders and 76 execution units.

Memory

MemoryAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition
Memory Size16 GB16 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6X
Memory Clock2.438 GHz1.400 GHz
Memory Speed19.5 Gbps22.4 Gbps
Memory bandwidth624 GB/s736 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 624 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition can access 16 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 736 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition
Base Clock1.800 GHz2.205 GHz
Boost Clock2.430 GHz2.505 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.12 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT clocks in the base with up to 1.800 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition is 2.205 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition
TDP263 W320 W
Tjunction max96 °C90 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin1 x 16-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT is 263 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition has a TDP of 320 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 90 mm2 x 110 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)--38 dB
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The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.1a1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 2.13x DP 1.4a
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDAddressable LEDNo LED lighting
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The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode
AV1Decode / EncodeDecode
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Dimensions

DimensionsAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition
Length267 mm304 mm
Height135 mm137 mm
Width50 mm61 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots3 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT is 267 mm long, 135 mm high and 50 mm wide.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition is 304 mm long, 137 mm high and 61 mm wide.

Additional data

Additional dataAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition
GPU InterfacePCIe 4 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ3/2023Q4/2022
Launch Price499 $1,199 $
Structure size5 nm5 nm
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT was released in Q3/2023 at a price of 499 $.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition was introduced in Q4/2022 at a price of 1,199 $.

Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition +46.1 %

  1. 9,438
  2. 13,789

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

  1. no data
  2. 29,602

Steel Nomad Graphics score

  1. no data
  2. 7,069

Port Royal (Raytracing) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition +73.6 %

  1. 10,409
  2. 18,067

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition +94.3 %

  1. 3,748
  2. 7,281

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 137,601

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition +89.5 %

  1. 38 fps (avg)
  2. 72 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition +46.3 %

  1. 82 fps (avg)
  2. 120 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition +42.9 %

  1. 126 fps (avg)
  2. 180 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition +31.7 %

  1. 41 fps (avg)
  2. 54 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition +28.6 %

  1. 84 fps (avg)
  2. 108 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition +12.1 %

  1. 132 fps (avg)
  2. 148 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. no data
  2. 140 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 200 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 200 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition +81.5 %

  1. 132,588
  2. 240,618

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition +42.0 %

  1. 146,797
  2. 208,497

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