amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

5120

Cores

512 GB/s

Bandwidth

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

$999 Oct 2020 View Details

nvidia

Brand

16GB GDDR7

Memory

10752

Cores

960 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

$999 Jan 2025 View Details

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

16GB GDDR6 300W $999 Oct 2020

Radeon RX 6900 XT

$999 • Oct 2020

GeForce RTX 5080

$999 • Jan 2025

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

16GB GDDR7 360W $999 Jan 2025

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 6900 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	5120	10752
RT Cores	80	84
TMUs	320	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	23.04 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

20261

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

36148 (+78%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

124121

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

297747 (+140%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

305.2 FPS

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

410.9 FPS (+35%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

26744

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

36508 (+37%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (222 benchmarks)

Of Ash and Steel

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+78%)

AVG 260 FPS

MIN 217 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 146 FPS

MIN 130 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+86%)

AVG 225 FPS

MIN 188 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+93%)

AVG 145 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

Winner

Loser

Where Winds Meet

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+100%)

AVG 184 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+83%)

AVG 146 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+77%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assetto Corsa Rally

8.1 2025 • Racing • Supernova Games Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+72%)

AVG 143 FPS

MIN 124 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+69%)

AVG 108 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+76%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

Winner

Loser

Anno 117 Pax Romana

7.5 2025 • Simulation, Strategy • Ubisoft Mainz

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+66%)

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+74%)

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+96%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5080 (+117%)

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5080 (+107%)

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5080 (+106%)

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

Winner

Loser

Europa Universalis V

8.1 2025 • Strategy • Paradox Tinto

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+114%)

AVG 203 FPS

MIN 169 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+134%)

AVG 138 FPS

MIN 122 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+123%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

Winner

Loser

Jurassic World Evolution 3

8 2025 • Simulation, Strategy • Frontier Developments

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+74%)

AVG 125 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+83%)

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+103%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Wins!

Based on 222 benchmarks across 65 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

+68.7%

101

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5080