AMD Radeon RX 9070 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

3584

Cores

644.6 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 9070

$509.99 Mar 2025 View Details

$509.99

$539.99

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6X

Memory

8960

Cores

912.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$329.99 Jan 2022 View Details

$1,320.00

$329.99

AMD Radeon RX 9070

16GB GDDR6 220W $509.99 Mar 2025

Radeon RX 9070

$549 • Mar 2025

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 9070	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Memory Size	16 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	220 W	350 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2520 MHz	1710 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	644.6 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Process Size	4nm	8nm
Architecture	RDNA 4.0	Ampere
Shading Units	3584	8960
RT Cores	56	70
TMUs	224	280
ROPs	128	96
Memory Bus	256-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	2518 MHz	1188 MHz
Pixel Rate	322.6 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	564.5 GTexel/s	912.4 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	36.13 GFLOPS	30.64 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	8.00 MB	5.00 MB
Die Size	357 mm²	628 mm²
Transistors	53900 Million	28300 Million
Required PSU	550 W	750 W
Power Connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 5.0 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

22616 (+13%)

AMD Radeon RX 9070

20091

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

149949

AMD Radeon RX 9070

173382 (+16%)

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)

FPS

AMD Radeon RX 9070

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

25414

AMD Radeon RX 9070

26575 (+5%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Game Benchmarks Comparison (226 benchmarks)

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 9070 (+22%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

1440p

| high

Radeon RX 9070 (+20%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

2160p

| high

Radeon RX 9070 (+0%)

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+0%)

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

Winner

Loser

PRAGMATA SKETCHBOOK - DEMO

8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+26%)

AVG 106 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+25%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+20%)

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories Background

Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories

8 2025 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Bordeaux

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

Radeon RX 9070 (+33%)

AVG 140 FPS

MIN 124 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

Radeon RX 9070 (+35%)

AVG 119 FPS

MIN 106 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

Radeon RX 9070 (+34%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

Winner

Loser

Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy Background

Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy

8.5 2025 • Action, Strategy • Relic Entertainment

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+5%)

AVG 185 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 176 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

1440p

| high

Radeon RX 9070 (+9%)

AVG 145 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 133 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

2160p

| high

Radeon RX 9070 (+10%)

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

Winner

Loser

Of Ash and Steel

8.7 2025 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG • Fire & Frost

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+30%)

AVG 151 FPS

MIN 131 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+32%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

Winner

Loser

Where Winds Meet

8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play • Everstone Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 (+28%)

AVG 137 FPS

MIN 121 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+27%)

AVG 108 FPS

MIN 98 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

AMD Radeon RX 9070 Wins!

Based on 226 benchmarks across 66 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 9070

+13.5%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB