NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 VS AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
nvidia
Brand10GB GDDR6X
Memory8704
Cores760.3 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3080
amd
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory4096
Cores644.6 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 9070 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
GeForce RTX 3080
$699 • Aug 2020
Radeon RX 9070 XT
$599 • Mar 2025
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 | AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 10 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 320 W | 304 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1710 MHz | 2970 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 760.3 GB/s | 644.6 GB/s |
| Process Size | 8nm | 4nm |
| Architecture | Ampere | RDNA 4.0 |
| Shading Units | 8704 | 4096 |
| RT Cores | 68 | 64 |
| TMUs | 272 | 256 |
| ROPs | 96 | 128 |
| Memory Bus | 320-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1188 MHz | 2518 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 164.2 GPixel/s | 380.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 760.3 GTexel/s | 760.3 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 29.77 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 | 700 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
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
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)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Game Benchmarks Comparison (14 benchmarks)
Of Ash and Steel
Where Winds Meet
Dying Light The Beast
Borderlands 4
METAL GEAR SOLID Δ SNAKE EATER
Battlefield 6
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Wins!
Based on 14 benchmarks across 6 games
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
NVIDIA • 10GB GDDR6X
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
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