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ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080
ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB GDDR7 · 2.67 GHz · 360 W Speed index 48/100

The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 has 10752 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.67 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 57.42 TFLOPS.

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB GDDR6 · 2.50 GHz · 355 W Speed index 51/100

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX has 6144 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.50 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 61.44 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 7.0 % faster than the ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080.

ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Speed index
48/100
51/100
FP32
57.42 TFLOPS
61.44 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.67 GHz
2.50 GHz
Memory Size
16 GB GDDR7
24 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
960 GB/s
960 GB/s
TDP
360 W
355 W
Launch Price
1,169 $
999 $
1,308 pts
1,026 pts

GPU

GPUASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Based onNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
GPU ChipGB203-400-A1Navi 31
Streaming Multiprocessors8496
Shader107526144
Render Output Units128192
Texture Units336384
Raytracing Cores8496
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The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Blackwell architecture, which has 84 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is based on the RDNA 3 architecture and is equipped with 96 execution units.

Memory

MemoryASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Memory Size16 GB24 GB
Memory TypeGDDR7GDDR6
Memory Clock1.875 GHz2.500 GHz
Memory Speed30.0 Gbps20.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth960 GB/s960 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit384 bit
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The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR7 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.875 GHz clocks.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX has a 24 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.500GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Base Clock2.295 GHz1.900 GHz
Boost Clock2.670 GHz2.500 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--2.30 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 has a turbo clock of 2.670 GHz. The turbo frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 2.500 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
TDP360 W355 W
Tjunction max88 °C97 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 16-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 has 1 x 16-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 88 °C.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 97 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 13 x 110 mm3 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)--40 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI2x HDMI 2.1b1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 2.1b2x DP 2.1
USB-C--1
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The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDASUS Aura SyncNo LED lighting
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The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
AV1Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
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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 ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Length358 mm287 mm
Height149 mm123 mm
Width76 mm51 mm
Width (Slots)4 Slots3 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 is 76 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 76 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
GPU InterfacePCIe 5 x 16PCIe 4 x 16
Release dateQ1/2025Q4/2022
Launch Price1,169 $999 $
Structure size5 nm5 nm
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 5 nanometer process, ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 was released in Q1/2025.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 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 ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 +14.1 %

  1. 16,222
  2. 14,216

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

  1. 35,040
  2. no data

Steel Nomad Graphics score

  1. 8,181
  2. no data

Port Royal (Raytracing) ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 +39.4 %

  1. 22,189
  2. 15,913

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 +52.9 %

  1. 9,034
  2. 5,907

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

  1. 152,818
  2. no data

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)

  1. no data
  2. 60 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 122 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 176 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)

  1. no data
  2. 52 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 95 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 142 fps (avg)

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