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ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT vs MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO

ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT
ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 GB GDDR6 · 2.40 GHz · 300 W Speed index 43/100

The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT has 5376 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.40 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 51.61 TFLOPS.

MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO
MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO 16 GB GDDR6X · 2.52 GHz · 320 W Speed index 41/100

The MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO has 9728 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.52 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 49.03 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT is 5.3 % faster than the MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO.

ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTMSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO
Speed index
43/100
41/100
FP32
51.61 TFLOPS
49.03 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.40 GHz
2.52 GHz
Memory Size
20 GB GDDR6
16 GB GDDR6X
Memory bandwidth
800 GB/s
736 GB/s
TDP
300 W
320 W
Launch Price
899 $
1,199 $
878 pts
969 pts

GPU

GPUASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTMSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO
Based onAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
GPU ChipNavi 31AD103-300-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors8476
Shader53769728
Render Output Units192112
Texture Units336304
Raytracing Cores8476
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The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 3 architecture, which has 84 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture and is equipped with 76 execution units.

Memory

MemoryASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTMSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO
Memory Size20 GB16 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6X
Memory Clock2.500 GHz1.400 GHz
Memory Speed20.0 Gbps22.4 Gbps
Memory bandwidth800 GB/s736 GB/s
Memory Interface320 bit256 bit
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The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT is equipped with a 20 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.500 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO has a 16 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.400GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTMSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO
Base Clock1.500 GHz2.205 GHz
Boost Clock2.400 GHz2.520 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.00 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT has a turbo clock of 2.400 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO is 2.520 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTMSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO
TDP300 W320 W
Tjunction max97 °C90 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin1 x 16-Pin
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The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 97 °C.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO is equipped with a 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 90 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTMSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 13 x 90 mm3 x 100 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTMSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.1a
DisplayPort2x DP 2.13x DP 1.4a
USB-C1--
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The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTMSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingAddressable LED
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The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTMSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode
AV1Decode / EncodeDecode
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Dimensions

DimensionsASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTMSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO
Length276 mm337 mm
Height113 mm140 mm
Width51 mm67 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots3 Slots
Weight--1,876 g
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT is 51 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO is 51 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTMSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO
GPU InterfacePCIe 4 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ4/2022Q4/2022
Launch Price899 $1,199 $
Structure size5 nm5 nm
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 5 nanometer process, ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT was released in Q4/2022.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO published in Q4/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers.

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 MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO +11.1 %

  1. 12,453
  2. 13,830

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

  1. no data
  2. 29,690

Steel Nomad Graphics score

  1. no data
  2. 7,090

Port Royal (Raytracing) MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO +29.7 %

  1. 13,969
  2. 18,121

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO +61.2 %

  1. 4,529
  2. 7,303

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 138,010

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) MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO +44.0 %

  1. 50 fps (avg)
  2. 72 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO +14.2 %

  1. 106 fps (avg)
  2. 121 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO +14.6 %

  1. 158 fps (avg)
  2. 181 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) MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO +22.7 %

  1. 44 fps (avg)
  2. 54 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO +23.9 %

  1. 88 fps (avg)
  2. 109 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO +8.0 %

  1. 138 fps (avg)
  2. 149 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. 141 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 201 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 201 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 MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO +42.3 %

  1. 170,054
  2. 242,050

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING TRIO +6.8 %

  1. 196,447
  2. 209,738

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