In the gpu comparison between the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 10 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX is based on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and has 6144 texture shaders and 96 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080, which has 10752 shaders and 84 execution units.
Memory
Memory
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition
Memory Size
24 GB
16 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR7
Memory Clock
2.500 GHz
1.875 GHz
Memory Speed
20.0 Gbps
30.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
960 GB/s
960 GB/s
Memory Interface
384 bit
256 bit
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX has 24 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 960 GB/s.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition can access 16 GB GDDR7 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 960 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition
Base Clock
1.900 GHz
2.295 GHz
Boost Clock
2.525 GHz
2.617 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.33 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX clocks in the base with up to 1.900 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition is 2.295 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition
TDP
370 W
360 W
Tjunction max
97 °C
88 °C
PCIe-Power
3 x 8-Pin
1 x 16-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 370 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 3 x 8-Pin connector.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition has a TDP of 360 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 90 mm
2 x 110 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX has a total of 3 Axial fans.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.1b
DisplayPort
2x DP 2.1
3x DP 2.1b
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
Addressable LED
No LED lighting
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
AV1
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition
Length
313 mm
304 mm
Height
134 mm
137 mm
Width
53 mm
48 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
3 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
Yes
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 313 mm long, 134 mm high and 53 mm wide.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition is 304 mm long, 137 mm high and 48 mm wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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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.
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.
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