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AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB GDDR6 · 2.50 GHz · 355 W Speed index 51/100
In the gpu comparison between the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR), we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 106 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR).

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR)
Speed index
51/100
25/100
FP32
61.44 TFLOPS
29.77 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.50 GHz
1.71 GHz
Memory Size
24 GB GDDR6
10 GB GDDR6X
Memory bandwidth
960 GB/s
760 GB/s
TDP
355 W
320 W
Launch Price
999 $
699 $

GPU

GPUAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR)
Based onAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 LHR
GPU ChipNavi 31GA102-202-K1-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors9668
Shader61448704
Render Output Units19296
Texture Units384272
Raytracing Cores9668
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The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is based on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and has 6144 texture shaders and 96 execution units.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 LHR, which has 8704 shaders and 68 execution units.

Memory

MemoryAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR)
Memory Size24 GB10 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6X
Memory Clock2.500 GHz1.188 GHz
Memory Speed20.0 Gbps19.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth960 GB/s760 GB/s
Memory Interface384 bit320 bit
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The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX has 24 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 960 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) can access 10 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 760 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR)
Base Clock1.900 GHz1.440 GHz
Boost Clock2.500 GHz1.710 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.30 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX clocks in the base with up to 1.900 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) is 1.440 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR)
TDP355 W320 W
TDP (up)--370 W
Tjunction max97 °C93 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 355 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) has a TDP of 320 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR)
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 13 x 90 mm2 x 85 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)40 dB43 dB
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The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR)
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort2x DP 2.13x DP 1.4a
USB-C1--
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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 7900 XTX.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR)
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR)
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 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR)
Length287 mm285 mm
Height123 mm110 mm
Width51 mm--
Width (Slots)3 Slots2 Slots
Weight--1,350 g
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 287 mm long, 123 mm high and 51 mm wide.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) is 285 mm long, 110 mm high and -- wide.

Additional data

Additional dataAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR)
GPU InterfacePCIe 4 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ4/2022Q3/2021
Launch Price999 $699 $
Structure size5 nm8 nm
Documentsdata sheet--
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The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX was released in Q4/2022 at a price of 999 $.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) was introduced in Q3/2021 at a price of 699 $.

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 AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX +62.1 %

  1. 14,216
  2. 8,769

Port Royal (Raytracing) AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX +38.2 %

  1. 15,913
  2. 11,517

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX +27.1 %

  1. 5,907
  2. 4,647

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) AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX +1.7 %

  1. 60 fps (avg)
  2. 59 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX +74.3 %

  1. 122 fps (avg)
  2. 70 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX +69.2 %

  1. 176 fps (avg)
  2. 104 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) AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX +44.4 %

  1. 52 fps (avg)
  2. 36 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX +31.9 %

  1. 95 fps (avg)
  2. 72 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX +18.3 %

  1. 142 fps (avg)
  2. 120 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. 102 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 175 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 199 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 AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX +17.6 %

  1. 196,758
  2. 167,346

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX +45.1 %

  1. 211,455
  2. 145,761

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