AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

amd

Brand

20GB GDDR6

Memory

5376

Cores

800 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 7900 XT

$580.61 Nov 2022 View Details

$580.61

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 7900 XT

20GB GDDR6 300W $580.61 Nov 2022

Radeon RX 7900 XT

$899 • Nov 2022

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 7900 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Memory Size	20 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	300 W	350 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2394 MHz	1710 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	800 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Process Size	5nm	8nm
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ampere
Shading Units	5376	8960
RT Cores	84	70
TMUs	336	280
ROPs	192	96
Memory Bus	320-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	2500 MHz	1188 MHz
Pixel Rate	459.6 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	800 GTexel/s	912.4 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	51.48 GFLOPS	30.64 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	6.00 MB	5.00 MB
Die Size	529 mm²	628 mm²
Transistors	57700 Million	28300 Million
Required PSU	700 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

24671 (+23%)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

20091

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

203754 (+18%)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

173382

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)

323.2 FPS (+53%)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 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

28872 (+9%)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

26575

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Game Benchmarks Comparison (534 benchmarks)

Gears of War: E-Day Beta

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • The Coalition

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+4%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+6%)

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+11%)

AVG 10 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 9 FPS

MIN 7 FPS

Winner

Loser

Beast of Reincarnation

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

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+37%)

AVG 126 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+27%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+21%)

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

Winner

Loser

Halo: Campaign Evolved

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Halo Studios

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+21%)

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+21%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+13%)

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 28 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 7900 XT (+34%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+28%)

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+28%)

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+22%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+19%)

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+16%)

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

007 First Light

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

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+35%)

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+37%)

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+30%)

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+66%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 129 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+77%)

AVG 122 FPS

MIN 104 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+55%)

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 67 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

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+10%)

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+12%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+13%)

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Wins!

Based on 534 benchmarks across 153 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

+18.1%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB