NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 leads on gaming, scoring 86.4 — about 20% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 comes out ahead in 3 of the 4 uses we score. On today's street prices the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is the cheaper of the two: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 costs around 94% more. For bang for your buck, the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is the stronger value pick. It's a split call: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is faster, but the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT gives more performance for the money.
| GeForce RTX 5080NVIDIAour pick | Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance scores | ||
| Gaming | 86.4 ★ | 72.1 |
| 3D Modelling | 74.2 | 74.2 |
| AI | 72.5 ★ | 41.4 |
| VR | 85.6 ★ | 72.4 |
| Value scores | ||
| Gaming | 27.9 | 45.1 ★ |
| 3D Modelling | 23.9 | 46.4 ★ |
| AI | 23.4 | 25.9 ★ |
| VR | 27.6 | 45.3 ★ |
| Specifications | ||
| steam_share_pct | 1.55 ★ | 0.34 |
| UserBenchmark Speed | 139 ★ | 92.8 |
| FP32 Compute | 56.3 TFLOPS ★ | 51.6 TFLOPS |
| AI Throughput | 900 TOPS ★ | 103 TOPS |
| VRAM | 16 GB | 20 GB ★ |
| Mem Bandwidth | 960 GB/s ★ | 800 GB/s |
| TDP | 360 W | 315 W ★ |
| RRP | $999 | $899 ★ |
★ marks the winner on each row (for TDP, latency and price, lower is better). Ties unmarked. Scores are our own absolute figures; specs and prices are facts from their sources.
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