NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition vs AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition and AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
• GPU Chip
  GA102-200-K1-A1 Navi 32 (RDNA 3)
• Shader
  8704 7680
• Render Output Units
  96 138
• Texture Units
  272 480

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  10 GB 16 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6X GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  1.188 GHz 18 Gbps
• Memory Interface
  320 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition and AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.440 GHz 1.800 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.710 GHz 2.800 GHz+ 12 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.600 GHz+ 30 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  320 W 300 W+ 20 %
• TDP (up)
  370 W --
• Tjunction max
  93 °C --
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition and AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 85 mm --
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  42.5 dB --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 1x HDMI v2.1a
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4a 3x DP v2.1
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 12_2 (Ultimate)
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes Yes
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode Decode / Encode

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  285 mm --
• Height
  110 mm --
• Width
  -- --
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots --
• Weight
  1350 g --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 4 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2020 2023
• Structure size
  8 nm 5 nm
• Part-no
  -- --
• Documents
  -- --