AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
amd
Brand20GB GDDR6
Memory5376
Cores800 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 7900 XT
VS
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6X
Memory8960
Cores912.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20GB GDDR6 300W $580.61 Nov 2022
Radeon RX 7900 XT
$899 • Nov 2022
VS
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 (561 benchmarks)
SILENT HILL: Townfall
7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure Screen Burn
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+22%)
AVG 113 FPS
MIN 101 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 93 FPS
MIN 85 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+21%)
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 71 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+18%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+22%)
AVG 113 FPS
MIN 101 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 93 FPS
MIN 85 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+21%)
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 71 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+18%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
Winner
Loser
CONTROL Resonant
7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG Remedy Entertainment
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+11%)
AVG 88 FPS
MIN 82 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 72 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+10%)
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+6%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Blood of Dawnwalker
7 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG Rebel Wolves
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+33%)
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+27%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+26%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
8 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+20%)
AVG 114 FPS
MIN 101 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 85 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+17%)
AVG 83 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 65 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+12%)
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
Winner
Loser
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
7 2026 • Action, Adventure Asobo Studio
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+21%)
AVG 125 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 103 FPS
MIN 91 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+24%)
AVG 93 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+19%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
Winner
Loser
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta
8 2026 • Action Infinity Ward, Beenox, Digital Legends, Activision Shanghai, Raven Software, Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games, High Moon Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+11%)
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XT
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+4%)
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+17%)
AVG 14 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XT
AVG 12 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Wins!
Based on 561 benchmarks across 161 games
86
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XT
VS
+18%
73
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
AMD • 20GB GDDR6
493
Wins
86
Avg FPS
73
Min FPS
88%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6X
53
Wins
73
Avg FPS
61
Min FPS
9%
Win Rate
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