NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 vs ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7900 XT. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 and ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7900 XT, chip, information processing units.

• Architecture
  Blackwell RDNA 3
• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
• CUDA Cores
  10752 -
• Shader
  10752 5376
• Execution Units
  - 84
• GPU Chip
  - Navi 31
• Render Output Units
  - 192
• RT Cores
  - 84
• Texture Units
  - 336

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

• Memory Bandwidth
  960 GB/s 800 GB/s
• Memory Bus
  256 bit 320 bit
• Memory Size
  16 GB 20 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR7 GDDR6
• Memory Clock
  - 2500 MHz
• Memory Data Rate
  - 20 Gbps

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

• Base Clock
  2300 MHz 1500 MHz
• Boost Clock
  2620 MHz 2450 MHz + 2%
• Game Clock
  - 2075 MHz
• Overclocking
  - Yes

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

• Maximum GPU Temperature
  88 °C -
• System Power Supply
  850 W (System power requirement) -
• TDP
  360 W 300 W
• Maximum Junction Temperature
  - -
• TDP (up)
  - -

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 and ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7900 XT.

• Cooler-Type
  - Air cooling
• Fan-Type
  - Axial
• Fan 1
  - 3 x 110 mm
• Fan 2
  - -
• Noise (Idle)
  - 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  - -

Connectivity and connections.

• PCIe Interface
  5.0 PCIe 4.0 x16
• DisplayPort Ports
  - 3 × DisplayPort 2.1
• DVI Ports
  - -
• HDCP Version
  - 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  - 1 × HDMI 2.1
• Max. Displays
  - 4
• Power Connectors
  - 3 x 8-Pin
• USB-C Ports
  - -
• VGA Ports
  - -

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

• DirectX
  - 12_2 (Ultimate)
• DLSS / FSR
  - Yes
• LED
  - ASUS Aura Sync
• Max. resolution
  - 7680 × 4320
• Raytracing
  - Yes

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Height
  - 158 mm
• Length
  - 353 mm
• Slot Size
  - 4 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  - -
• Width
  - 73 mm

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7900 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080.

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