AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER Comparison

The Verdict

The database comparison between the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER is decisively one-sided based on the recorded measurements. The RX 9070 XT wins the only head-to-head benchmark available, the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test, with a score of 7260 against 3075 for the RTX 5080 SUPER, a 136.1% advantage. The RX 9070 XT also holds a significantly higher average benchmark score of 13543 across ten recorded tests, while the RTX 5080 SUPER has just a single benchmark entry with an average score of 3075. The RX 9070 XT sits at the 55th percentile among all GPUs in the database, whereas the RTX 5080 SUPER sits at the 19th percentile. For any user prioritizing raw rasterization performance as captured by these metrics, the AMD card is the clear selection.

The RTX 5080 SUPER does counter with structural advantages that the benchmark data alone does not capture. It offers 24 GB of GDDR7 memory compared to 16 GB of GDDR6 on the AMD card, and it includes 336 tensor cores, a feature class entirely absent from the RX 9070 XT specification. The NVIDIA card also delivers a higher FP32 compute figure at 56.28 TFLOPS against 48.66 TFLOPS, a higher texture rate at 879.3 GTexel/s versus 760.3 GTexel/s, and a higher base clock at 2295 MHz versus 1660 MHz. These figures indicate that the RTX 5080 SUPER is built for workloads that leverage its tensor core array and larger memory pool, such as AI acceleration and large dataset processing.

The verdict from the data is that the RX 9070 XT wins decisively in the recorded gaming and DirectX 12 benchmark, while the RTX 5080 SUPER wins on memory capacity, tensor compute resources, and raw shader throughput. Users whose workflow depends on tensor cores or requires 24 GB of VRAM should favor the NVIDIA card. Users whose priority is the measured 3DMark Steel Nomad performance should choose the AMD card.

Architecture Differences

The two cards come from different architectural generations and foundry processes. The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT uses the Navi 48 chip built on RDNA 4.0 architecture, fabricated on a 4 nm process at TSMC. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER uses the GB203 chip built on Blackwell 2.0 architecture, fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC. The AMD chip packs 53,900 million transistors into a 357 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 151.0 million transistors per square millimeter. The NVIDIA chip contains 45,600 million transistors on a slightly larger 378 mm² die, producing a lower density of 120.6 million transistors per square millimeter.

The RX 9070 XT belongs to the Navi IV generation within the RX 9000 series, while the RTX 5080 SUPER belongs to the GeForce 50-series generation. Both cards use a PCIe 5.0 x16 bus interface and support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The display output configurations differ slightly: the AMD card offers 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1a, while the NVIDIA card offers 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b.

The AMD card has 4096 shading units, 256 texture mapping units, 128 ROPs, and 64 ray tracing cores. The NVIDIA card has 10752 shading units, 336 texture mapping units, 112 ROPs, and 84 ray tracing cores. The NVIDIA card additionally includes 336 tensor cores, which the AMD card does not list. The AMD card has a game clock of 2400 MHz and a boost clock of 2970 MHz, while the NVIDIA card has a base clock of 2295 MHz and a boost clock of 2617 MHz. The RX 9070 XT uses a 304 W TDP with two 8-pin power connectors and a suggested 700 W PSU. The RTX 5080 SUPER uses a 415 W TDP with a single 16-pin power connector and no suggested PSU listed in the database.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The only direct head-to-head benchmark recorded in the database is the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test. The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT scores 7260, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER scores 3075. The delta is 136.1% in favor of AMD, meaning the RX 9070 XT more than doubles the NVIDIA card's score in this specific workload. This is the sole recorded win in the head-to-head comparison, giving the AMD card one win and the NVIDIA card zero.

Looking at the broader benchmark records, the RX 9070 XT has ten recorded benchmark entries with an average score of 13543. Its best results include a Geekbench Vulkan score of 65879, a Geekbench OpenCL score of 17428, a Passmark G3D score of 26795, a Passmark GPU Compute score of 15864, and a Passmark G2D score of 1328. The RTX 5080 SUPER has only one recorded benchmark entry, the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 3075, which also serves as its average benchmark score. The percentile comparison reinforces the gap: the RX 9070 XT ranks at the 55th percentile among all GPUs in the database, while the RTX 5080 SUPER ranks at the 19th percentile.

The nearest rivals in the database further contextualize these scores. The RX 9070 XT sits within 0.1% of the AMD Radeon HD 7770M's average score of 13536, within 0.2% of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570's 13515, within 0.5% of the NVIDIA P106-090's 13470, and within 1% of the AMD Radeon Pro 555's 13407. The RTX 5080 SUPER, by contrast, sits 2.8% below the NVIDIA Quadro P1000's 3163, 3.1% above the NVIDIA GeForce 820A's 2983, 3.4% below the Intel Arc Pro B60's 3182, and 3.6% above the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M's 2967. These proximity values indicate that in the database's aggregate scoring, the RX 9070 XT clusters with mid-range desktop GPUs while the RTX 5080 SUPER clusters with low-end and mobile-class parts, despite its premium specifications.

FAQ

Q: Which card has the higher 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT scores 7260, which is 136.1% higher than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER's 3075 in the same test.

Q: How much memory does each card have and what type?

A: The RX 9070 XT has 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus with 644.6 GB/s bandwidth. The RTX 5080 SUPER has 24 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus with 1.02 TB/s bandwidth.

Q: Which card has more shading units and ray tracing cores?

A: The RTX 5080 SUPER has 10752 shading units and 84 ray tracing cores. The RX 9070 XT has 4096 shading units and 64 ray tracing cores.

Q: What are the launch MSRP values?

A: The RX 9070 XT has a launch MSRP of 599 USD. The RTX 5080 SUPER has a launch MSRP of 999 USD.

Q: Which card includes tensor cores?

A: The RTX 5080 SUPER includes 336 tensor cores. The RX 9070 XT does not list tensor cores in its specification.

Q: What is the transistor count and die size for each?

A: The RX 9070 XT has 53,900 million transistors on a 357 mm² die. The RTX 5080 SUPER has 45,600 million transistors on a 378 mm² die.

Where Each One Wins

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT wins in the recorded benchmark performance domain. It delivers a 136.1% higher score in the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test, holds a higher average benchmark score of 13543 versus 3075, and ranks at the 55th percentile among all GPUs compared to the RTX 5080 SUPER's 19th percentile. The AMD card also has a higher boost clock at 2970 MHz versus 2617 MHz, a higher pixel rate at 380.2 GPixel/s versus 293.1 GPixel/s, and a smaller die at 357 mm² with a higher transistor density of 151.0 million transistors per square millimeter. The RX 9070 XT uses a lower TDP of 304 W compared to 415 W, and it carries a lower launch MSRP of 599 USD versus 999 USD.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER wins in raw compute resource counts and memory capacity. It has more than double the shading units at 10752 versus 4096, more texture mapping units at 336 versus 256, more ray tracing cores at 84 versus 64, and the addition of 336 tensor cores. Its FP32 compute throughput is higher at 56.28 TFLOPS versus 48.66 TFLOPS, its texture rate is higher at 879.3 GTexel/s versus 760.3 GTexel/s, and its memory bandwidth is substantially higher at 1.02 TB/s versus 644.6 GB/s. The RTX 5080 SUPER also carries 24 GB of GDDR7 memory versus 16 GB of GDDR6, a larger memory pool that supports larger datasets and higher-resolution textures. Its base clock is higher at 2295 MHz versus 1660 MHz, though its boost clock is lower at 2617 MHz versus 2970 MHz.

The RTX 5080 SUPER has a higher TDP at 415 W versus 304 W and uses a single 16-pin power connector instead of two 8-pin connectors. The NVIDIA card has a larger physical footprint with recorded dimensions of 304 mm in length, 137 mm in height, and 40 mm in width, while the AMD card's dimensions are not recorded in the database. Both cards are dual-slot designs. The RTX 5080 SUPER also supports DisplayPort 2.1b outputs, while the RX 9070 XT supports DisplayPort 2.1a.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ across nearly every major specification category. The process node differs: the RX 9070 XT uses 4 nm while the RTX 5080 SUPER uses 5 nm, both at TSMC. Transistor counts differ at 53,900 million for AMD versus 45,600 million for NVIDIA. Die size differs at 357 mm² for AMD versus 378 mm² for NVIDIA, and transistor density differs at 151.0 million transistors per square millimeter versus 120.6 million.

Clock speeds differ in all recorded fields. The RX 9070 XT has a base clock of 1660 MHz, a boost clock of 2970 MHz, a game clock of 2400 MHz, and a memory clock of 2518 MHz with 20.1 Gbps effective. The RTX 5080 SUPER has a base clock of 2295 MHz, a boost clock of 2617 MHz, no game clock recorded, and a memory clock of 2000 MHz with 32 Gbps effective.

Memory configurations differ in size, type, and bandwidth. The RX 9070 XT uses 16 GB of GDDR6 with a 256-bit bus and 644.6 GB/s bandwidth. The RTX 5080 SUPER uses 24 GB of GDDR7 with a 256-bit bus and 1.02 TB/s bandwidth. Compute unit counts differ: the RX 9070 XT has 4096 shading units, 256 TMUs, 128 ROPs, and 64 ray tracing cores. The RTX 5080 SUPER has 10752 shading units, 336 TMUs, 112 ROPs, 84 ray tracing cores, and 336 tensor cores.

Performance rates differ as well. The RX 9070 XT achieves a pixel rate of 380.2 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 760.3 GTexel/s. The RTX 5080 SUPER achieves a pixel rate of 293.1 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 879.3 GTexel/s. FP32 and FP16 throughput are both 48.66 TFLOPS on the AMD card and both 56.28 TFLOPS on the NVIDIA card, with a 1:1 ratio on both.

Power and physical specifications diverge. The RX 9070 XT has a TDP of 304 W, uses two 8-pin power connectors, and has a suggested PSU of 700 W. The RTX 5080 SUPER has a TDP of 415 W, uses one 16-pin power connector, and has no suggested PSU recorded. Both are dual-slot cards. The RTX 5080 SUPER has recorded dimensions of 304 mm by 137 mm by 40 mm, while the RX 9070 XT has no dimensions recorded. Display outputs differ in DisplayPort version: the RX 9070 XT uses DisplayPort 2.1a, while the RTX 5080 SUPER uses DisplayPort 2.1b. Both use HDMI 2.1b. Release dates differ, with the RX 9070 XT released on 2025-03-05 and the RTX 5080 SUPER released on 2025-12-31.