AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM X. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM X, chip, information processing units.

• AI Accelerators
  192 -
• Architecture
  RDNA 3 Ada Lovelace
• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
• Compute Units
  96 -
• Execution Units
  96 76
• GPU Chip
  Navi 31 AD103
• Ray Accelerators
  96 -
• Render Output Units
  192 96
• RT Cores
  96 76
• Shader
  6144 9728
• Texture Units
  384 304

Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.

• Infinity Cache
  96 MB -
• Memory Bandwidth
  960 GB/s 736 GB/s
• Memory Bus
  384 bit 256 bit
• Memory Clock
  2500 MHz 1400 MHz
• Memory Data Rate
  20 Gbps 22.4 Gbps
• Memory Size
  24 GB 16 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6X

Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.

• Base Clock
  1900 MHz 2205 MHz
• Boost Clock
  2500 MHz 2640 MHz + 5%
• Game Clock
  2300 MHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Graphics card power limits and recommended system power supply describe different specifications.

• Maximum Junction Temperature
  - 90 °C
• System Power Supply
  800 W (System power requirement) -
• TDP
  355 W 320 W
• TDP (up)
  - -
• Typical Board Power
  355 W -

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM X.

• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  3 x 90 mm 3 x 100 mm
• Fan 2
  - -
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  - -

Connectivity and connections.

• DisplayPort Ports
  2 × DisplayPort 2.1 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a
• DVI Ports
  - -
• HDCP Version
  2.3 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1 × HDMI 2.1 1 × HDMI 2.1a
• Max. Displays
  4 4
• PCIe Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
• Power Connectors
  2x8-Pin 1 x 16-Pin
• USB-C Ports
  1 × USB-C -
• VGA Ports
  - -

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

• DirectX
  12_2 (Ultimate) 12_2 (Ultimate)
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes Yes
• LED
  No LED lighting MSI Mystic Light
• Max. resolution
  7680 × 4320 7680 × 4320
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Height
  123 mm 142 mm
• Length
  287 mm 336 mm
• Slot Size
  3 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  - 2364 g
• Width
  51 mm 78 mm

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM X and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX.

• Documents
  data sheet data sheet
• Launch Price (historical)
  999 $ -
• Part Number
  - -
• Process Technology
  5 nm 4 nm
• Release date
  2022-12-13 Q4/2022