Radeon RX 9070 GRE vs GeForce RTX 3080

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking36not rated
Place by popularity64not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation45.46no data
Power efficiency13.80no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)RDNA 4.0 (2025)
GPU code nameGA102Navi 48
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 September 2020 (4 years ago)8 May 2025
Launch price (MSRP)$699 $549

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores87043072
Core clock speed1440 MHz1330 MHz
Boost clock speed1710 MHz2790 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million53,900 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)320 Watt220 Watt
Texture fill rate465.1535.7
Floating-point processing power29.77 TFLOPS34.28 TFLOPS
ROPs9696
TMUs272192
Tensor Cores27296
Ray Tracing Cores6848

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Length285 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pin2x 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 typeGDDR6XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount10 GB16 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1188 MHz2518 MHz
Memory bandwidth760.3 GB/s644.6 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR++

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a
HDMI++

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.2
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.5-
DLSS++

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2020 8 May 2025
Maximum RAM amount 10 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 320 Watt 220 Watt

RX 9070 GRE has an age advantage of 4 years, a 60% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 45.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3080 and Radeon RX 9070 GRE. We've got no test results to judge.

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