AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER Comparison

Where Each One Wins

The recorded data splits these two cards cleanly across use cases, but not in the way the raw product positioning might suggest. The AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE holds a significant advantage in general-purpose compute workloads as measured by the Geekbench OpenCL test, where it posts a score of 83,109. That result places it in the 83rd percentile of all GPUs in the database, a strong showing for a card that targets mainstream rasterization tasks. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER, by contrast, has no recorded OpenCL benchmark result in the database, so the compute comparison is one-sided.

The NVIDIA card wins the only directly comparable benchmark, the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test, with a score of 3075 against 2336 for the AMD card, a delta of 24 percent in NVIDIA's favor. That single result defines the DX12 gaming workload picture in the database. The RTX 5080 SUPER also carries the higher average benchmark score overall, 3075 versus 42,723 for the AMD card, though that comparison is complicated by the fact that the NVIDIA card has only one recorded benchmark entry while the AMD card has two. The percentile rankings reflect this: the NVIDIA card sits at the 19th percentile of all GPUs, while the AMD card sits at the 83rd. On the basis of recorded data, the AMD card is the stronger all-round performer across multiple benchmark types, while the NVIDIA card dominates the specific DX12 test it was measured on.

The database's nearest-rival comparisons reinforce this split. The RX 7650 GRE's average score of 42,723 places it within 1.2 to 1.3 percent of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER, the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile, and the NVIDIA Quadro M6000. The RTX 5080 SUPER's average score of 3075 lands it between the NVIDIA GeForce 820A at 2983 and the Intel Arc Pro B60 at 3182, with deltas of 3.1 percent and negative 3.4 percent respectively. Those rival clusters indicate that the AMD card competes in a much higher performance tier than the NVIDIA card, despite the latter's newer architecture and larger memory pool.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs represent fundamentally different design philosophies and market positions. The AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE uses the Navi 33 chip built on RDNA 3.0 architecture, with the codename Hotpink Bonefish, and belongs to the Navi III generation of the RX 7000 series. It is manufactured on a 6 nm process at TSMC, with 13,300 million transistors packed into a 204 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 65.2 million transistors per square millimeter. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER uses the GB203 chip built on Blackwell 2.0 architecture and belongs to the GeForce 50 series. It is manufactured on a 5 nm process at TSMC, with 45,600 million transistors on a 378 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 120.6 million transistors per square millimeter. The NVIDIA chip packs more than three times the transistor count into a die that is about 85 percent larger, and its density advantage of nearly two-to-one reflects the tighter process node.

The memory subsystems diverge sharply. The AMD card uses 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, with memory clocked at 2250 MHz or 18 Gbps effective, producing 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The NVIDIA card uses 24 GB of GDDR7 on a 256-bit bus, with memory clocked at 2000 MHz or 32 Gbps effective, producing 1.02 TB/s of bandwidth. That is a threefold capacity advantage and a roughly 3.5-fold bandwidth advantage for the NVIDIA card. The bus width difference of 128 bits versus 256 bits is the structural reason for the bandwidth gap.

Compute resources also favor the NVIDIA card heavily. The RTX 5080 SUPER has 10,752 shading units, 336 texture mapping units, 112 render output units, 84 ray tracing cores, and 336 tensor cores. The RX 7650 GRE has 2,048 shading units, 128 TMUs, 64 ROPs, and 32 ray tracing cores, with no tensor cores listed. The NVIDIA card's FP32 throughput is 56.28 TFLOPS, and its FP16 throughput matches at 56.28 TFLOPS with a 1:1 ratio. The AMD card delivers 22.08 TFLOPS in both FP32 and FP16, also at a 1:1 ratio. The NVIDIA card's pixel rate is 293.1 GPixel/s and its texture rate is 879.3 GTexel/s, versus 172.5 GPixel/s and 345.0 GTexel/s for the AMD card.

Clock behavior differs in an interesting way. The AMD card has a base clock of 1720 MHz, a boost clock of 2695 MHz, and a game clock of 2350 MHz. The NVIDIA card has a base clock of 2295 MHz and a boost clock of 2617 MHz, with no game clock listed. The AMD card actually boosts higher than the NVIDIA card despite its slower base, which suggests different power and thermal management strategies. The power envelopes are far apart: the AMD card is rated at 170 W TDP with a single 8-pin connector and a suggested 450 W power supply, while the NVIDIA card is rated at 415 W TDP with a single 16-pin connector and no suggested PSU listed. Both cards are dual-slot designs. The AMD card measures 204 mm in length and 115 mm in height, while the NVIDIA card is considerably larger at 304 mm in length, 137 mm in height, and 40 mm in width.

Interface and display support also differ. The AMD card uses PCIe 4.0 x8, while the NVIDIA card uses PCIe 5.0 x16, a doubling of both the generation and the lane count. Both cards support DirectX 12 Ultimate at the 12_2 feature level, OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The AMD card outputs to 1x HDMI 2.1a and 3x DisplayPort 2.1, while the NVIDIA card outputs to 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b. The AMD card was released on February 6, 2025, while the NVIDIA card's release date is recorded as December 31, 2025. The AMD card's predecessor is listed as Navi II and its successor as Navi IV; the NVIDIA card has no predecessor or successor listed in the database.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The only head-to-head benchmark recorded in the database is the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER scores 3075, and the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE scores 2336. The delta is negative 24 percent from the AMD card's perspective, meaning the NVIDIA card finishes 24 percent ahead. That is a decisive margin in a modern DirectX 12 workload, and it aligns with the NVIDIA card's much larger compute resource pool and memory bandwidth.

The broader benchmark records tell a more nuanced story. The AMD card's Geekbench OpenCL score of 83,109 is its other recorded result, and it is the higher of its two scores. The NVIDIA card has no equivalent entry, so the database cannot show a direct compute comparison. The average benchmark scores reflect this imbalance: the AMD card averages 42,723 across its two recorded tests, while the NVIDIA card averages 3075 across its single recorded test. The percentile ranks are equally lopsided in the other direction: the AMD card sits at the 83rd percentile of all GPUs, while the NVIDIA card sits at the 19th.

The nearest-rival data adds context. The AMD card's average score of 42,723 is within 1.2 percent of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER at 43,223 and within 1.3 percent of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile at 43,268. Those are modern gaming GPUs, and the AMD card is effectively tied with them in average performance. The NVIDIA card's average score of 3075 is 3.1 percent above the NVIDIA GeForce 820A at 2983 and 3.6 percent above the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M at 2967, but 2.8 percent below the NVIDIA Quadro P1000 at 3163 and 3.4 percent below the Intel Arc Pro B60 at 3182. Those rivals are older or lower-tier parts, which indicates that the RTX 5080 SUPER's single recorded benchmark result is not representative of a high-end position in the database's overall rankings.

The 3DMark Steel Nomad score differential is the only place where both cards have a shared measurement, and it is the number that should drive any direct comparison. A 24 percent gap in a DX12 GPU workload is substantial, and it matches the architectural gulf between the two cards in shading units, ray tracing cores, texture units, and memory bandwidth. The AMD card's 83rd percentile overall rank, however, suggests that its strong OpenCL result compensates for its lower DX12 score in the aggregate database metrics. The data does not support a single "winner" across all workloads; it supports a workload-dependent verdict.

The Verdict

The recorded data points to a clear split based on workload type. For DirectX 12 gaming workloads as measured by 3DMark Steel Nomad, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER is the stronger card, finishing 24 percent ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE. Its 24 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus with 1.02 TB/s of bandwidth, combined with 10,752 shading units and 336 ray tracing cores, gives it a structural advantage in heavy graphics workloads that the benchmark confirms. The NVIDIA card uses the Blackwell 2.0 architecture on a 5 nm process with 45,600 million transistors, which is a much larger and denser chip than the AMD card's Navi 33.

For general compute workloads, the AMD card is the better choice according to the database. Its Geekbench OpenCL score of 83,109 and 83rd percentile ranking across all GPUs indicate strong raw compute performance for its class. The RX 7650 GRE also has the advantage of a far lower power draw at 170 W TDP versus 415 W TDP, a smaller physical footprint at 204 mm versus 304 mm in length, and a single 8-pin power connector instead of a 16-pin connector. The AMD card's 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth are modest by comparison, but its average benchmark score of 42,723 places it alongside much more expensive NVIDIA parts like the RTX 4070 SUPER, within 1.2 percent.

The NVIDIA card's launch MSRP is 999 USD. The AMD card's launch MSRP is 279 USD. The data does not include any other price information.

The RTX 5080 SUPER's single benchmark entry and 19th percentile rank mean that its database profile is incomplete relative to the AMD card. The only shared test, 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, favors NVIDIA, but the absence of a compute benchmark for NVIDIA and the absence of additional gaming benchmarks for both cards limits the scope of any final judgment. The data supports selecting the NVIDIA card for DX12 gaming scenarios that resemble the Steel Nomad workload, and the AMD card for compute-oriented tasks or for users who prioritize power efficiency and compact dimensions.

FAQ

Q: Which card has the higher average benchmark score in the database?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE has an average benchmark score of 42,723 across two recorded tests, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER has an average score of 3075 across one recorded test.

Q: How large is the performance gap in the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER scores 3075, and the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE scores 2336. The NVIDIA card is 24 percent ahead.

Q: What are the memory capacities and types of the two cards?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE uses 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER uses 24 GB of GDDR7 on a 256-bit bus with 1.02 TB/s of bandwidth.

Q: Which card has the higher transistor density?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER has a transistor density of 120.6 million transistors per square millimeter on a 5 nm process. The AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE has a density of 65.2 million transistors per square millimeter on a 6 nm process.

Q: What are the power connector requirements for each card?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE uses a single 8-pin power connector with a 170 W TDP and a suggested 450 W power supply. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER uses a single 16-pin power connector with a 415 W TDP and no suggested power supply listed.

Q: How do the two cards rank among all GPUs in the database?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE ranks in the 83rd percentile of all GPUs, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER ranks in the 19th percentile.