AMD Radeon RX 9070
vs
EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the AMD Radeon RX 9070 and the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 9070 and has 3584 texture shaders and 56 execution units.

EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, which has 8704 shaders and 68 execution units.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 GPU EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING
AMD Radeon RX 9070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Navi 48 XT GPU Chip GA102-200-K1-A1
RDNA 4 Architecture Ampere
56 Streaming Multiprocessors 68
3584 Shader 8704
128 Render Output Units 96
224 Texture Units 272
56 Raytracing Cores 68

Memory

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 645 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING can access 10 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 760 GB/s.

16 GB Memory Size 10 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6X
2.518 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
20.1 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
645 GB/s Memory bandwidth 760 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 320 bit

Clock Speeds

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 clocks in the base with up to 1.330 GHz. The base frequency of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING is 1.440 GHz.

1.330 GHz Base Clock 1.440 GHz
2.520 GHz Boost Clock 1.710 GHz
2.07 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the AMD Radeon RX 9070 is 220 W (Reference). The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING has a TDP of 320 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

220 W (Reference) TDP 320 W
-- TDP (up) 370 W
85 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 41-42 dB

Connectivity

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 9070.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v2.1a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Non addressable LED LED Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING is 285 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

-- Length 285 mm
-- Height 111 mm
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 5 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 was released in Q2/2025 at a price of 549 $ (Reference).

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 819 $.

-- Part-no 10G-P5-3883-KR
Q2/2025 Release date Q4/2020
549 $ (Reference) Launch Price 819 $
4 nm Structure size 8 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

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)

EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING
10 GB GDDR6X
59 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING
10 GB GDDR6X
70 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING
10 GB GDDR6X
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)

EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING
10 GB GDDR6X
36 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING
10 GB GDDR6X
72 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING
10 GB GDDR6X
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)

EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING
10 GB GDDR6X
102 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING
10 GB GDDR6X
175 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING
10 GB GDDR6X
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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

AMD Radeon RX 9070 AMD Radeon RX 9070
16 GB GDDR6
36.13
EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING
10 GB GDDR6X
29.77

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