NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB VS AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6X
Memory8960
Cores912.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
VS
amd
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory5120
Cores576 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 7900 GRE
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
12GB GDDR6X 350W N/A Jan 2022
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
$799 • Jan 2022
VS
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
$ • Jul 2023
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
16GB GDDR6 260W N/A Jul 2023
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB | AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 350 W | 260 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1710 MHz | 2245 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 912.4 GB/s | 576 GB/s |
| Process Size | 8nm | 5nm |
| Architecture | Ampere | RDNA 3.0 |
| Shading Units | 8960 | 5120 |
| RT Cores | 70 | 80 |
| TMUs | 280 | 320 |
| ROPs | 96 | 160 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1188 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 164.2 GPixel/s | 359.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 912.4 GTexel/s | 576 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 30.64 GFLOPS | 45.98 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 5.00 MB | 6.00 MB |
| Die Size | 628 mm² | 529 mm² |
| Transistors | 28300 Million | 57700 Million |
| Required PSU | 750 W | 600 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 12-pin | 2x 8-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 | Samsung | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
20091
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
21425 (+7%)
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
173382 (+1%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
172224
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
211.5 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
279.4 FPS (+32%)
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
26575
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
27080 (+2%)
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
Game Benchmarks Comparison (280 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 7900 GRE (+3%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+4%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+7%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
PRAGMATA SKETCHBOOK - DEMO
8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 GRE (+13%)
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 86 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 GRE (+6%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+5%)
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 39 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 GRE (+7%)
AVG 112 FPS
MIN 97 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 105 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
Radeon RX 7900 GRE (+5%)
AVG 92 FPS
MIN 83 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 88 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
Radeon RX 7900 GRE (+3%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 54 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 (+23%)
AVG 185 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
AVG 151 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+6%)
AVG 133 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
AVG 126 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+3%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
Of Ash and Steel
8.7 2025 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG Fire & Frost
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+29%)
AVG 151 FPS
MIN 131 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
AVG 117 FPS
MIN 105 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+34%)
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 83 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 65 FPS
Winner
Loser
Where Winds Meet
8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play Everstone Studio
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 GRE (+11%)
AVG 119 FPS
MIN 105 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 107 FPS
MIN 96 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 GRE (+13%)
AVG 96 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 85 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE Wins!
Based on 280 benchmarks across 80 games
67
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
VS
+1.4%
68
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6X
111
Wins
67
Avg FPS
55
Min FPS
40%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
142
Wins
68
Avg FPS
57
Min FPS
51%
Win Rate
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