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Radeon RX 9070 XT vs GeForce RTX 5080

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Key Differences

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

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