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

XFX Radeon RX 7900 XTX
XFX Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB GDDR6 · 2.50 GHz · 355 W Speed index 51/100
In the gpu comparison between the XFX 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 XFX Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 9.2 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition.

XFX Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition
Speed index
51/100
47/100
FP32
61.44 TFLOPS
56.28 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.50 GHz
2.62 GHz
Memory Size
24 GB GDDR6
16 GB GDDR7
Memory bandwidth
960 GB/s
960 GB/s
TDP
355 W
360 W
Launch Price
999 $
1,169 $

GPU

GPUXFX Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition
Based onAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
GPU ChipNavi 31GB203-400-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors9684
Shader614410752
Render Output Units192128
Texture Units384336
Raytracing Cores9684
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The XFX 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

MemoryXFX Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition
Memory Size24 GB16 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR7
Memory Clock2.500 GHz1.875 GHz
Memory Speed20.0 Gbps30.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth960 GB/s960 GB/s
Memory Interface384 bit256 bit
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The XFX 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 SpeedsXFX Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition
Base Clock1.900 GHz2.295 GHz
Boost Clock2.500 GHz2.617 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.30 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The XFX 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 DesignXFX Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition
TDP355 W360 W
Tjunction max97 °C88 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin1 x 16-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the XFX Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 355 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 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 & FansXFX Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 13 x 90 mm2 x 110 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The XFX 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

ConnectivityXFX Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.1b
DisplayPort2x DP 2.13x DP 2.1b
USB-C1--
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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 XFX Radeon RX 7900 XTX.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetXFX Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The XFX 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 CodecsXFX Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
AV1Decode / EncodeDecode / 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

DimensionsXFX Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition
Length287 mm304 mm
Height123 mm137 mm
Width51 mm48 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots3 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoYes
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The XFX Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 287 mm long, 123 mm high and 51 mm wide.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition is 304 mm long, 137 mm high and 48 mm wide.

Additional data

Additional dataXFX Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition
GPU InterfacePCIe 4 x 16PCIe 5 x 16
Release dateQ4/2022Q1/2025
Launch Price999 $1,169 $
Structure size5 nm5 nm
Part-noRX-79XMBABF9--
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The XFX Radeon RX 7900 XTX was released in Q4/2022 at a price of 999 $.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition was introduced in Q1/2025 at a price of 1,169 $.

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. 14,216
  2. 16,059

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

  1. no data
  2. 34,689

Steel Nomad Graphics score

  1. no data
  2. 8,099

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

  1. 15,913
  2. 21,967

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

  1. 5,907
  2. 8,943

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 151,286

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. 60 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 122 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 176 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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. 52 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 95 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 142 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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. 196,758
  2. no data

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

  1. 211,455
  2. no data

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