AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

4608

Cores

512 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 6800 XT

N/A Oct 2020 View Details

nvidia

Brand

16GB GDDR7

Memory

10752

Cores

960 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 5080

$999.99 Jan 2025 View Details

$1,319.99

$999.99

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

16GB GDDR6 300W N/A Oct 2020

Radeon RX 6800 XT

$649 • Oct 2020

GeForce RTX 5080

$999 • Jan 2025

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

16GB GDDR7 360W $999.99 Jan 2025

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
Memory Size	16 GB	16 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR7
TDP	300 W	360 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2250 MHz	2617 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	512 GB/s	960 GB/s
Process Size	7nm	5nm
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Blackwell 2.0
Shading Units	4608	10752
RT Cores	72	84
TMUs	288	336
ROPs	128	112
Memory Bus	256-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	2000 MHz	1875 MHz
Pixel Rate	288 GPixel/s	293.1 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	512 GTexel/s	879.3 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	20.74 GFLOPS	56.28 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	64.00 MB
Die Size	520 mm²	378 mm²
Transistors	26800 Million	45600 Million
Required PSU	700 W	750 W
Power Connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 16-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

17608

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

36148 (+105%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

138858

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

297747 (+114%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

264.2 FPS

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

410.9 FPS (+56%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

24994

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

36508 (+46%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (234 benchmarks)

PRAGMATA SKETCHBOOK - DEMO

8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+63%)

AVG 130 FPS

MIN 120 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+68%)

AVG 104 FPS

MIN 95 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+94%)

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories Background

Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories

8 2025 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Bordeaux

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 5080 (+52%)

AVG 160 FPS

MIN 138 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 5080 (+57%)

AVG 138 FPS

MIN 122 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 5080 (+80%)

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

Winner

Loser

Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy Background

Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy

8.5 2025 • Action, Strategy • Relic Entertainment

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 5080 (+85%)

AVG 276 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 149 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 5080 (+74%)

AVG 217 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 125 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 5080 (+86%)

AVG 119 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

Winner

Loser

Of Ash and Steel

8.7 2025 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG • Fire & Frost

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+86%)

AVG 260 FPS

MIN 217 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 140 FPS

MIN 125 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+94%)

AVG 225 FPS

MIN 188 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 104 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+104%)

AVG 145 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

Winner

Loser

Where Winds Meet

8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play • Everstone Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+109%)

AVG 184 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+90%)

AVG 146 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+88%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assetto Corsa Rally

8.1 2025 • Racing • Supernova Games Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+79%)

AVG 143 FPS

MIN 124 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+77%)

AVG 108 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+86%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Wins!

Based on 234 benchmarks across 68 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

+76.5%

102

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5080