Radeon 9800 XT vs GeForce RTX 3080

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	23	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	23.53	no data
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2022)	Rage 9 (2003−2008)
GPU code name	Ampere GA102	R360
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	16 September 2020 (3 years ago)	1 October 2003 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	no data
Current price	$823 (1.2x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	8704	no data
Core clock speed	1450 MHz	412 MHz
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	28,300 million	117 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	320 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	465.1	3.296

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	AGP 8x
Length	285 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1x Molex

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	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	10 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	320 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	19000 MHz	730 MHz
Memory bandwidth	760.3 GB/s	23.36 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	9.0
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
OpenCL	2.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.2	N/A
CUDA	8.5	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	16 September 2020	1 October 2003
Maximum RAM amount	10 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	8 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	320 Watt	60 Watt

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