Select processor 1
Select processor 2
AMD Radeon RX 9070
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080. Specifications

User rating
star star star star star
Released
2025-03-06
AMD Radeon RX 9070
AMD Radeon RX 9070
Released
2025-01-30
User rating
star star star star star
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

What's the best choice AMD Radeon RX 9070 or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080? Which graphics card is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

AMD Radeon RX 9070 Memory size 16 GB. Memory type GDDR6. Released in 2025-03-06.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 has a base frequency of 2.30 GHz. Memory size 16 GB. Memory type GDDR7. Released in 2025-01-30.

Differences


Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Radeon RX 9070 GPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

No data

Positions in all rankings

Common positions NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 GPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

No data

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Radeon RX 9070 AMD Radeon RX 9070
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
General info

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 9070 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080, chip, information processing units.

  • AI Accelerators
    112 left arrow -
  • Architecture
    RDNA 4 left arrow Blackwell
  • Based on
    AMD Radeon RX 9070 left arrow NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
  • Compute Units
    56 left arrow -
  • Execution Units
    56 left arrow -
  • Ray Accelerators
    56 left arrow -
  • Render Output Units
    128 left arrow -
  • Shader
    3584 left arrow 10752
  • CUDA Cores
    - left arrow 10752
Memory settings

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

  • Infinity Cache
    64 MB left arrow -
  • Memory Bandwidth
    640 GB/s left arrow 960 GB/s
  • Memory Bus
    256 bit left arrow 256 bit
  • Memory Data Rate
    20 Gbps left arrow -
  • Memory Size
    16 GB left arrow 16 GB
  • Memory Type
    GDDR6 left arrow GDDR7
Clock frequency

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

  • Boost Clock
    2520 MHz left arrow 2620 MHz
  • Game Clock
    2070 MHz left arrow -
  • Base Clock
    - left arrow 2300 MHz
Thermal Management

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

  • System Power Supply
    650 W (System power requirement) left arrow 850 W (System power requirement)
  • TDP
    220 W left arrow 360 W
  • Typical Board Power
    220 W left arrow -
  • Maximum GPU Temperature
    - left arrow 88 °C
Interfaces

Connectivity and connections.

  • DisplayPort Version
    2.1a left arrow -
  • HDMI Version
    2.1b left arrow -
  • PCIe Interface
    PCIe 5.0 x16 left arrow 5.0
  • Power Connectors
    2x8-Pin left arrow -
Supported Video Codecs

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

  • AV1
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
More information

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 and AMD Radeon RX 9070.

  • Availability window (manufacturer)
    2025-03-06 left arrow -
  • Date evidence scope
    Manufacturer-announced OEM/board availability window; exact first shipment is not established by this source. left arrow -
  • Official source
    https://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics/desktops/radeon/9000-series/amd-radeon-rx-9070.html left arrow https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/50-series/rtx-5080/
  • Release date
    2025-03-06 left arrow -
  • Release date source
    https://ir.amd.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1238/amd-unveils-next-generation-amd-rdna-4-architecture-with-the-launch-of-amd-radeon-rx-9000-series-graphics-cards left arrow -
  • Verification scope
    Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved. left arrow -
  • Verified on
    2026-09-30 left arrow 2026-09-30
  • Specification source
    - left arrow https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/compare/
Theoretical Performance

  • FP32 (theoretical)
    36.1 TFLOPS left arrow -

Results with primary test sources

Published measurements are separate from the archived index. Incomplete conditions and unknown run counts do not support ranking positions or calculated performance differences.

Model TestResultReported conditionsSource / retrieved
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered / 1440p / Ultra / Native 122 FPS Test CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
System RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000
Specific partner board and exact game build unreported.
TechSpot / Hardware Unboxed
2026-09-30 UTC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered / 4K / Ultra / Native 66 FPS Test CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
System RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000
Specific partner board and exact game build unreported.
TechSpot / Hardware Unboxed
2026-09-30 UTC

Benchmarks

Performance tests GPUs

No comparable benchmark results are available yet. Specifications alone do not determine which model is faster.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Game frame rates

Latest comparisons