Radeon RX 7800 XT vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Place in the ranking	25	30
Place by popularity	not in top-100	40
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	40.94	68.04
Power efficiency	13.55	16.47
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code name	GA102	Navi 32
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	11 January 2022 (2 years ago)	25 August 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$799	$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 7800 XT has 66% better value for money than RTX 3080 12 GB.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	8960	3840
Core clock speed	1260 MHz	1295 MHz
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz	2430 MHz
Number of transistors	28,300 million	28,100 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	263 Watt
Texture fill rate	478.8	583.2
Floating-point processing power	30.64 TFLOPS	37.32 TFLOPS
ROPs	96	96
TMUs	280	240
Tensor Cores	280	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	70	60

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	285 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	2x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1188 MHz	2438 MHz
Memory bandwidth	912.4 GB/s	624.1 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1
HDMI	+	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.6	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	2.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	8.6	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 3080 12 GB 69.14
+9.5%

RX 7800 XT 63.15

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX 3080 12 GB 26649
+9.5%

RX 7800 XT 24343

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 3080 12 GB 217116
+231%

RX 7800 XT 65611

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RTX 3080 12 GB 44533

RX 7800 XT 134322
+202%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 3080 12 GB 35922

RX 7800 XT 49707
+38.4%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 3080 12 GB 549644
+171%

RX 7800 XT 202773

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 3080 12 GB 51

RX 7800 XT 745990
+1468384%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	186 −16.1%	216 +16.1%
1440p	119 −2.5%	122 +2.5%
4K	82 +17.1%	70 −17.1%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	4.30	2.31
1440p	6.71	4.09
4K	9.74	7.13

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

130−140

−92.5%

258
+92.5%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	140−150 −25.4%	178 +25.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	120−130 −79%	222 +79%
Battlefield 5	220−230 +11.1%	190−200 −11.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 +4.4%	110−120 −4.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	130−140 −44%	193 +44%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +3.5%	110−120 −3.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	160−170 +11.9%	150−160 −11.9%
Forza Horizon 4	230−240 +3%	230−240 −3%
Hitman 3	120−130 +4%	120−130 −4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	250−260 +8.2%	230−240 −8.2%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 +2.5%	110−120 −2.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	290−300 +13.3%	250−260 −13.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	150−160 +1.3%	150−160 −1.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	140−150 −83.8%	261 +83.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	120−130 −46%	181 +46%
Battlefield 5	220−230 +11.1%	190−200 −11.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 +4.4%	110−120 −4.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	130−140 −20.1%	161 +20.1%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +3.5%	110−120 −3.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	160−170 +11.9%	150−160 −11.9%
Forza Horizon 4	230−240 +3%	230−240 −3%
Hitman 3	120−130 +4%	120−130 −4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	250−260 +8.2%	230−240 −8.2%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 +2.5%	110−120 −2.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	356 −11.8%	398 +11.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	140−150 +12.1%	130−140 −12.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	150−160 +1.3%	150−160 −1.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	140−150 +9.2%	130 −9.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	120−130 −27.4%	158 +27.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 +4.4%	110−120 −4.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	130−140 −10.4%	148 +10.4%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +3.5%	110−120 −3.5%
Forza Horizon 4	230−240 +6.8%	222 −6.8%
Hitman 3	120−130 +4%	120−130 −4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	263 −4.2%	274 +4.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	314 −8.3%	340 +8.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	165 −21.2%	200 +21.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	95 −52.6%	145 +52.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130
+2.5%

110−120

−2.5%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	160−170 +17.9%	140−150 −17.9%
Far Cry New Dawn	110−120 +12.2%	95−100 −12.2%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85 −46.9%	119 +46.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	85−90 −40.9%	124 +40.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +9.5%	70−75 −9.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	70−75 −32.9%	97 +32.9%
Far Cry 5	80−85 +11%	70−75 −11%
Forza Horizon 4	270−280 +0%	270−280 +0%
Hitman 3	100−110 +12.2%	90−95 −12.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn	206 −5.3%	217 +5.3%
Metro Exodus	116 −27.6%	148 +27.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	236 −3%	243 +3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	120−130 −18.5%	147 +18.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	230−240 +1.7%	230−240 −1.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

110−120
+8.6%

100−110

−8.6%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 +19.2%	70−75 −19.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 +13.1%	60−65 −13.1%
Hitman 3	78 +44.4%	50−55 −44.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	220−230 +1.3%	220−230 −1.3%
Metro Exodus	100−110 +16%	90−95 −16%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	132 +11.9%	118 −11.9%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60 −56.1%	89 +56.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	50−55 −33.3%	72 +33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +13.3%	45−50 −13.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 −29.4%	44 +29.4%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +16.3%	40−45 −16.3%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −37.8%	164 +37.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	142 +9.2%	130 −9.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55 −21.8%	67 +21.8%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

70−75
+15.6%

60−65

−15.6%

This is how RTX 3080 12 GB and RX 7800 XT compete in popular games:

RX 7800 XT is 16% faster in 1080p
RX 7800 XT is 3% faster in 1440p
RTX 3080 12 GB is 17% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Hitman 3, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3080 12 GB is 44% faster.
in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the RX 7800 XT is 93% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3080 12 GB is ahead in 43 tests (60%)
RX 7800 XT is ahead in 26 tests (36%)
there's a draw in 3 tests (4%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	69.14	63.15
Recency	11 January 2022	25 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	8 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	263 Watt

RTX 3080 12 GB has a 9.5% higher aggregate performance score.

RX 7800 XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 33.1% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB and Radeon RX 7800 XT.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.