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

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

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
• GPU Chip
  Navi 31 (RDNA 3) AD103 (Ada Lovelace)
• Execution units
  84 76
• Shader
  5376 9728
• Render Output Units
  192 96
• Texture Units
  336 304
• Raytracing Cores
  84 76

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

• Memory Size
  20 GB 16 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6X
• Memory Clock
  2.500 GHz 1.400 GHz
• Memory Speed
  20 Gbps 22.4 Gbps
• Memory Bandwith
  800 GB/s 736 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  320 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT and MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM X. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.500 GHz 2.205 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.400 GHz 2.640 GHz+ 5 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.000 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  300 W 320 W
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  -- 90 °C
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 1 x 16-Pin

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

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

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
  2x DP v2.1 3x DP v1.4a
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  1 --

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

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

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  276 mm 336 mm
• Height
  113 mm 142 mm
• Width
  51 mm 78 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 2364 g

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

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q4/2022
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  5 nm 4 nm
• Part-no
  -- --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet