AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

3840

Cores

624.1 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 7800 XT

$459.99 Aug 2023 View Details

$459.99

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6X

Memory

8960

Cores

912.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$329.99 Jan 2022 View Details

$329.99

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

16GB GDDR6 263W $459.99 Aug 2023

Radeon RX 7800 XT

$499 • Aug 2023

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 • Jan 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

12GB GDDR6X 350W $329.99 Jan 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Memory Size	16 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	263 W	350 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2430 MHz	1710 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	624.1 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Process Size	5nm	8nm
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ampere
Shading Units	3840	8960
RT Cores	60	70
TMUs	240	280
ROPs	96	96
Memory Bus	256-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	2438 MHz	1188 MHz
Pixel Rate	233.3 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	624.1 GTexel/s	912.4 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	37.32 GFLOPS	30.64 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	5.00 MB
Die Size	346 mm²	628 mm²
Transistors	28100 Million	28300 Million
Required PSU	600 W	750 W
Power Connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	Samsung

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

18126

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

20091 (+11%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

148335

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

173382 (+17%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

230.1 FPS (+9%)

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

211.5 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

24222

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

26575 (+10%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Game Benchmarks Comparison (340 benchmarks)

Gears of War: E-Day Beta

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • The Coalition

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+32%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+36%)

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 11 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+43%)

AVG 10 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 7 FPS

MIN 5 FPS

Winner

Loser

Beast of Reincarnation

7.6 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • GAME FREAK inc.

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7800 XT (+10%)

AVG 101 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7800 XT (+0%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+0%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+5%)

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

Winner

Loser

Halo: Campaign Evolved

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Halo Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+3%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+4%)

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+15%)

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Background

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft India, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Shanghai

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 7800 XT (+6%)

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 7800 XT (+3%)

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 7800 XT (+0%)

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+0%)

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+2%)

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 57 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+6%)

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+12%)

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

Winner

Loser

007 First Light

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • IO Interactive A/S

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7800 XT (+8%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7800 XT (+8%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7800 XT (+3%)

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7800 XT (+33%)

AVG 118 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7800 XT (+39%)

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 82 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7800 XT (+22%)

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

Winner

Loser

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Background

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

7.8 2026 • Action, Adventure • TT Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+14%)

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+14%)

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+15%)

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB Wins!

Based on 340 benchmarks across 94 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

+6.4%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB