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
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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 (486 benchmarks)
Styx: Blades of Greed
7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure Cyanide Studio
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+39%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+46%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+28%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
CODE VEIN II DEMO
7.8 2026 • Action, RPG Bandai Namco Studios Inc.
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+27%)
AVG 104 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+25%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+17%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
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
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+16%)
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+12%)
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+9%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Winner
Loser
PRAGMATA SKETCHBOOK - DEMO
8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+29%)
AVG 108 FPS
MIN 98 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+23%)
AVG 85 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+11%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
Winner
Loser
Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories
8 2025 • Action, Adventure Ubisoft Bordeaux
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+21%)
AVG 127 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 105 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+22%)
AVG 107 FPS
MIN 97 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 88 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+22%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
Winner
Loser
Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy
8.5 2025 • Action, Strategy Relic Entertainment
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+8%)
AVG 185 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XT
AVG 172 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+11%)
AVG 147 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 133 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+14%)
AVG 83 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Wins!
Based on 486 benchmarks across 143 games
89
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XT
VS
+17.7%
75
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
AMD • 20GB GDDR6
425
Wins
89
Avg FPS
75
Min FPS
87%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6X
47
Wins
75
Avg FPS
63
Min FPS
10%
Win Rate
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