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GeForce RTX 5080 vs Radeon RX 9070 XT

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Key Differences

  • GeForce RTX 5080 has more Memory bandwidth (960 GB/s vs 644.6 GB/s).
  • Boost clock: GeForce RTX 5080 has 2,617 MHz; Radeon RX 9070 XT has 2,970 MHz.
  • TDP / TBP / board power: GeForce RTX 5080 has 360 W; Radeon RX 9070 XT has 304 W.
  • Architecture: GeForce RTX 5080 has Blackwell 2.0; Radeon RX 9070 XT has RDNA 4.0.
  • Launch date: GeForce RTX 5080 has 2025-01-30; Radeon RX 9070 XT has 2025-03-06.
  • GeForce RTX 5080 has more RT units (84 vs 64).
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Muted cells indicate unavailable, not applicable, or not directly comparable specifications.
Spec GeForce RTX 5080 Radeon RX 9070 XT AMD
Overview
Product name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 RDNA 4.0
Generation / family GeForce RTX 50 Series Radeon RX 9000 Series
GPU codename GB203 Unknown
Launch date 2025-01-30 2025-03-06
Market segment Desktop, High End in GeForce RTX 50 Series Gaming
Board type / entry type Reference GPU Reference GPU
GPU
Process node TSMC 5 nm TSMC 4 nm
Die size 378 mm² 357 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 53.9 billion
GPU chip GB203 Navi 48
SM / multiprocessor count 84 Unknown
Shader processors Raw counts do not scale linearly across architectures or generations. 10752 CUDA Cores 4096 Stream Processors
AI units Dedicated AI silicon differs significantly across vendors. Not directly comparable. 336 Tensor Cores Unknown AI Accelerators
RT units Dedicated RT unit counts do not scale the same way across vendors. 84 RT Cores 64 Ray Accelerators
ROPs 112 128
TMUs 336 256
Clocks
Base / Core clock 2,295 MHz 1,660 MHz
Boost clock 2,617 MHz 2,970 MHz
Memory clock 1,875 MHz 2,518 MHz
Memory
Memory size 16 GB 16 GB
Memory type GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory bus width 256-bit 256-bit
Memory bandwidth 960 GB/s 644.6 GB/s
Bus / Interface
Bus interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
AGP / PCI / PCIe distinction PCIe PCIe
Power
TDP / TBP / board power 360 W 304 W
Recommended PSU 750 W 700 W
Power connectors 1x 16-pin Unknown
Slot width Dual-slot, 304 mm length, 40 mm width Dual-slot
Display / Media
Display outputs 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a
Features
DirectX support DirectX 12.2 DirectX 12.2
OpenGL support OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan support Vulkan 1.4 Vulkan 1.4
CUDA support 12.0 Not applicable
Shader Model 6.8 6.8
Ray tracing support Hardware RT units present Hardware RT units present
Performance / Benchmarks
FP32 throughput 56.28 TFLOPS 48.66 TFLOPS
FP16 throughput 56.28 TFLOPS 97.32 TFLOPS

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