Radeon RX 7900 XT vs GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Radeon RX 7900 XT
Memory: 24576Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 3 Nov 2022
Radeon RX 7900 XT
GeForce RTX 2080 Super
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 23 Jul 2019
GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    212%
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 7900 XT

112% higher gaming performance.
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 2080 Super

85 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 7900 XT .
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)

Radeon RX 7900 XT

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 7900 XT

The Radeon RX 7900 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (18 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 7900 XTGeForce RTX 2080 Super
GPU NameNavi 31 (Navi 31 XT)vsTU104 (TU104-450-A1)
Fab Process5 nmvs12 nm
Die Size350 mm²vs545 mm²
Transistorsunknownvs13,600 million
Shaders12288vs3072
Raytracing Cores192vsnone
Compute Units192vs48
Core clock2500 MHzvs1650 MHz
ROPs256vs64
TMUs768vs192

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 7900 XTGeForce RTX 2080 Super
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR6
Bus Width384 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective
vs1940 MHz
15520 MHz effective
Memory Size24576 Mbvs8192 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 7900 XTGeForce RTX 2080 Super
TDP300 wattsvs215 watts
Release Date3 Nov 2022vs23 Jul 2019

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    691.20 GP/s
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    116.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    2074.00 GT/s
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    348.50 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    864.00 GB/s
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    496.60 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    66360.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    11150.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    197
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    70

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    182
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    109

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    157
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    91

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    409
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    188

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    273
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    123

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    320
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    163

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    151
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    60

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    172
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    83

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    141
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    75

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    306
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    138

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    199
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    94

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    235
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    121

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    98
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    40

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    108
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    53

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    108
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    54

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    172
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    75

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    113
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    50

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    126
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    68

FPS (higher is better)