amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

4096

Cores

644.6 GB/s

Bandwidth

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

$599 Mar 2025 View Details

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6X

Memory

8960

Cores

912.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 Jan 2022 View Details

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

16GB GDDR6 304W $599 Mar 2025

Radeon RX 9070 XT

$599 • Mar 2025

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 • Jan 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

12GB GDDR6X 350W $799 Jan 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Memory Size	16 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	304 W	350 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2970 MHz	1710 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	644.6 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Process Size	4nm	8nm
Architecture	RDNA 4.0	Ampere
Shading Units	4096	8960
RT Cores	64	70
TMUs	256	280
ROPs	128	96
Memory Bus	256-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	2518 MHz	1188 MHz
Pixel Rate	380.2 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	760.3 GTexel/s	912.4 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	48.66 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	700 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

26809 (+33%)

AMD Radeon RX 9070 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

182816 (+5%)

AMD Radeon RX 9070 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)

313.3 FPS (+48%)

AMD Radeon RX 9070 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

26815 (+1%)

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

26575

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Game Benchmarks Comparison (206 benchmarks)

Where Winds Meet

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

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+48%)

AVG 158 FPS

MIN 139 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+46%)

AVG 124 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assetto Corsa Rally

8.1 2025 • Racing • Supernova Games Studios

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+31%)

AVG 127 FPS

MIN 112 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+31%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+34%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

Winner

Loser

Anno 117 Pax Romana

7.5 2025 • Simulation, Strategy • Ubisoft Mainz

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+25%)

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+27%)

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+24%)

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+27%)

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+27%)

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+27%)

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

Winner

Loser

Europa Universalis V

8.1 2025 • Strategy • Paradox Tinto

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+3%)

AVG 132 FPS

MIN 111 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 116 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+1%)

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+22%)

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

Jurassic World Evolution 3

8 2025 • Simulation, Strategy • Frontier Developments

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+32%)

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+30%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+31%)

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Outer Worlds 2

8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Obsidian Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+37%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+35%)

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+26%)

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+43%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+45%)

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+33%)

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

Winner

Loser

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