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

N/A Jan 2022 View Details

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

4096

Cores

644.6 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 9070 XT

$599.99 Mar 2025 View Details

$599.99

$629.99

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

12GB GDDR6X 350W N/A 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 (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 XT (+40%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

1440p

| high

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+38%)

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

2160p

| high

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+16%)

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

Winner

Loser

PRAGMATA SKETCHBOOK - DEMO

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

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+45%)

AVG 122 FPS

MIN 110 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+43%)

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+40%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 58 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 XT (+53%)

AVG 161 FPS

MIN 143 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+56%)

AVG 137 FPS

MIN 122 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+55%)

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 80 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

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+9%)

AVG 202 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 185 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1440p

| high

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+26%)

AVG 167 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 133 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

2160p

| high

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+27%)

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 19 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 (+14%)

AVG 151 FPS

MIN 131 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 133 FPS

MIN 110 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+13%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

Winner

Loser

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

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Wins!

Based on 229 benchmarks across 66 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

+29.1%

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT