NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB VS AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6X

Memory

8960

Cores

912.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$329.99 Jan 2022 View Details

$329.99

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

4096

Cores

644.6 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 9070 XT

$599.99 Mar 2025 View Details

$629.99

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

12GB GDDR6X 350W $329.99 Jan 2022

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 • Jan 2022

Radeon RX 9070 XT

$599 • Mar 2025

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

16GB GDDR6 304W $599.99 Mar 2025

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Memory Size	12 GB	16 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6X	GDDR6
TDP	350 W	304 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1710 MHz	2970 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	912.4 GB/s	644.6 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	4nm
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 4.0
Shading Units	8960	4096
RT Cores	70	64
TMUs	280	256
ROPs	96	128
Memory Bus	384-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	1188 MHz	2518 MHz
Pixel Rate	164.2 GPixel/s	380.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	912.4 GTexel/s	760.3 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	30.64 GFLOPS	48.66 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	5.00 MB	8.00 MB
Die Size	628 mm²	357 mm²
Transistors	28300 Million	53900 Million
Required PSU	750 W	700 W
Power Connectors	1x 12-pin	2x 8-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 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

26809 (+33%)

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

173382

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

182816 (+5%)

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

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

313.3 FPS (+48%)

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

26575

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

26815 (+1%)

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

Game Benchmarks Comparison (280 benchmarks)

Gears of War: E-Day Beta

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • The Coalition

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+14%)

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+16%)

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+20%)

AVG 12 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 10 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

Winner

Loser

Beast of Reincarnation

7.6 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • GAME FREAK inc.

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+51%)

AVG 139 FPS

MIN 129 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+43%)

AVG 106 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+35%)

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

Winner

Loser

Halo: Campaign Evolved

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Halo Studios

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+24%)

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+33%)

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+32%)

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 28 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

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+66%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+59%)

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+56%)

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+60%)

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 82 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+50%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+53%)

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

007 First Light

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

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+44%)

AVG 122 FPS

MIN 105 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+50%)

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+48%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+87%)

AVG 166 FPS

MIN 144 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+96%)

AVG 135 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+69%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 40 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

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+18%)

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+21%)

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+26%)

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Wins!

Based on 283 benchmarks across 78 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

+32.5%

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT