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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition vs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

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 9070 XT
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.97 GHz · 304 W Speed index 40/100

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT has 4096 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.97 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 48.66 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition is 16 % faster than the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Speed index
47/100
40/100
FP32
56.28 TFLOPS
48.66 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.62 GHz
2.97 GHz
Memory Size
16 GB GDDR7
16 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
960 GB/s
645 GB/s
TDP
360 W
304 W
Launch Price
1,169 $
599 $
1,280 pts
881 pts

GPU

GPUNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Based onNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPU ChipGB203-400-A1Navi 48 XTX
Streaming Multiprocessors8464
Shader107524096
Render Output Units128128
Texture Units336256
Raytracing Cores8464
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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 9070 XT is based on the RDNA 4 architecture and is equipped with 64 execution units.

Memory

MemoryNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Memory Size16 GB16 GB
Memory TypeGDDR7GDDR6
Memory Clock1.875 GHz2.518 GHz
Memory Speed30.0 Gbps20.1 Gbps
Memory bandwidth960 GB/s645 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 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 9070 XT has a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.518GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Base Clock2.295 GHz1.660 GHz
Boost Clock2.617 GHz2.970 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--2.40 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 9070 XT is 2.970 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
TDP360 W304 W
Tjunction max88 °C92 °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 9070 XT is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 92 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 110 mm3 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 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 9070 XT is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.1b1x HDMI 2.1b
DisplayPort3x DP 2.1b3x DP 2.1a
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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 9070 XT supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNon addressable LED
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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 9070 XT supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
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 9070 XT
Length304 mm--
Height137 mm--
Width48 mm--
Width (Slots)3 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyYesNo
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition is 48 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is 48 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPU InterfacePCIe 5 x 16PCIe 5 x 16
Release dateQ1/2025Q2/2025
Launch Price1,169 $599 $
Structure size5 nm4 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 9070 XT published in Q2/2025 is manufactured with a structure width of 4 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

  1. 16,059
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Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

  1. 34,689
  2. no data

Steel Nomad Graphics score

  1. 8,099
  2. no data

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. 21,967
  2. no data

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. 8,943
  2. no data

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

  1. 151,286
  2. no data

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