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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition 16 GB GDDR7 · 2.62 GHz · 360 W Speed index 47/100

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition has 10752 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.62 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 56.28 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 9.2 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Speed index
47/100
51/100
FP32
56.28 TFLOPS
61.44 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.62 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 $
1,280 pts
993 pts

GPU

GPUNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders EditionAMD 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition 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

MemoryNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders EditionAMD 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition 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 SpeedsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Base Clock2.295 GHz1.900 GHz
Boost Clock2.617 GHz2.500 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--2.30 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition has a turbo clock of 2.617 GHz. The turbo frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 2.500 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
TDP360 W355 W
Tjunction max88 °C97 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 16-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition 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 & FansNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition are cooled with a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

ConnectivityNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.1b1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 2.1b2x DP 2.1
USB-C--1
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition 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

FeaturesetNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition 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 CodecsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders EditionAMD 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

DimensionsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Length304 mm287 mm
Height137 mm123 mm
Width48 mm51 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots3 Slots
SFF-ReadyYesNo
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition is 48 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 48 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders EditionAMD 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, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition +13.0 %

  1. 16,059
  2. 14,216

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

  1. 34,689
  2. no data

Steel Nomad Graphics score

  1. 8,099
  2. no data

Port Royal (Raytracing) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition +38.0 %

  1. 21,967
  2. 15,913

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition +51.4 %

  1. 8,943
  2. 5,907

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

  1. 151,286
  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)

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

  1. no data
  2. 196,758

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

  1. no data
  2. 211,455

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