AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

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

16GB GDDR7

Memory

10752

Cores

960 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 5080

$999.99 Jan 2025 View Details

$999.99

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

20GB GDDR6 300W $580.61 Nov 2022

Radeon RX 7900 XT

$899 • Nov 2022

GeForce RTX 5080

$999 • Jan 2025

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

16GB GDDR7 360W $999.99 Jan 2025

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
Memory Size	20 GB	16 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR7
TDP	300 W	360 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2394 MHz	2617 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	800 GB/s	960 GB/s
Process Size	5nm	5nm
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Blackwell 2.0
Shading Units	5376	10752
RT Cores	84	84
TMUs	336	336
ROPs	192	112
Memory Bus	320-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	2500 MHz	1875 MHz
Pixel Rate	459.6 GPixel/s	293.1 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	800 GTexel/s	879.3 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	51.48 GFLOPS	56.28 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	6.00 MB	64.00 MB
Die Size	529 mm²	378 mm²
Transistors	57700 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

24671

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

36148 (+47%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

203754

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

297747 (+46%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

323.2 FPS

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

410.9 FPS (+27%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

28872

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

36508 (+26%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (294 benchmarks)

Gears of War: E-Day Beta

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • The Coalition

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+75%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+78%)

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+78%)

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 14 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

GeForce RTX 5080 (+16%)

AVG 146 FPS

MIN 123 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 126 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+19%)

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 99 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+31%)

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

Winner

Loser

Halo: Campaign Evolved

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Halo Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+29%)

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 104 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+30%)

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+37%)

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 31 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

GeForce RTX 5080 (+30%)

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5080 (+36%)

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5080 (+34%)

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5080 (+39%)

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5080 (+48%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5080 (+52%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

Winner

Loser

007 First Light

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+13%)

AVG 130 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+10%)

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+21%)

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+7%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 129 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 138 FPS

MIN 123 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+18%)

AVG 122 FPS

MIN 104 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+3%)

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 64 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 5080 (+51%)

AVG 136 FPS

MIN 107 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+48%)

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+57%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Wins!

Based on 294 benchmarks across 81 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

+33.9%

101

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5080