AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

5120

Cores

576 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 6950 XT

$749.99 May 2022 View Details

$829.99

$749.99

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 6950 XT

16GB GDDR6 335W $749.99 May 2022

Radeon RX 6950 XT

$1099 • May 2022

GeForce RTX 5080

$999 • Jan 2025

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

16GB GDDR7 360W $999.99 Jan 2025

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
Memory Size	16 GB	16 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR7
TDP	335 W	360 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2310 MHz	2617 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	576 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	2250 MHz	1875 MHz
Pixel Rate	295.7 GPixel/s	293.1 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	576 GTexel/s	879.3 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	23.65 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

21011

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

36148 (+72%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

189857

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

297747 (+57%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

305.6 FPS

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

410.9 FPS (+34%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

28129

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

36508 (+30%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (234 benchmarks)

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora From The Ashes

7.6 2025 • Action, Adventure • Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft Studio, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Reflections

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 5080 (+68%)

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 5080 (+70%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 5080 (+79%)

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Winner

Loser

PRAGMATA SKETCHBOOK - DEMO

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+44%)

AVG 130 FPS

MIN 120 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+46%)

AVG 104 FPS

MIN 95 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+66%)

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 37 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 (+34%)

AVG 160 FPS

MIN 138 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 119 FPS

MIN 102 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 5080 (+38%)

AVG 138 FPS

MIN 122 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 5080 (+52%)

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 58 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 (+63%)

AVG 276 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 169 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 5080 (+53%)

AVG 217 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 142 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 5080 (+59%)

AVG 119 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

Winner

Loser

Of Ash and Steel

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+64%)

AVG 260 FPS

MIN 217 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 159 FPS

MIN 142 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+70%)

AVG 225 FPS

MIN 188 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 132 FPS

MIN 118 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+75%)

AVG 145 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

Winner

Loser

Where Winds Meet

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+84%)

AVG 184 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+68%)

AVG 146 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+59%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 54 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 6950 XT

+55.3%

102

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5080