GeForce RTX 5080 vs Radeon RX 9070 XT

Compare the GeForce RTX 5080 and Radeon RX 9070 XT on real gaming benchmarks, full specifications, live retailer prices and performance-per-dollar, then jump straight to the cheapest in-stock version of either card.

GeForce RTX 5080
From$1,599.99
Buy
Radeon RX 9070 XT
From$790.00
Buy

The short answer

The Radeon RX 9070 XT is the better value, though the GeForce RTX 5080 is the faster card at 4K.

  • GeForce RTX 5080 is about 17% faster at 4K (gaming index 67 vs 58).
  • Radeon RX 9070 XT is the cheaper card right now, by roughly 103%.
  • Radeon RX 9070 XT delivers about 74% more frames per dollar at 4K.
  • Radeon RX 9070 XT draws less power (304W vs 360W), so it runs cooler and asks less of your PSU.

Gaming performance

Gaming score: geometric mean of in-game FPS, normalized so the RTX 5090 = 100. Switch resolution with the toggle above.

4K gaming
GeForce RTX 508067
Radeon RX 9070 XT58

GeForce RTX 5080 is about 17% faster at 4K.

Performance per dollar

4K gaming score for every $100 of the card’s current cheapest price. Higher is better value.

GeForce RTX 5080

4.2

per $100 spent

Radeon RX 9070 XT

7.3

per $100 spent

Better value

Specs head-to-head

GeForce RTX 5080
Radeon RX 9070 XT
Price (from)
$1,599.99
$790.00
4K gaming index
67
58
VRAM
16GB GDDR7
16GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
960 GB/s
640 GB/s
Boost clock
2617 MHz
2970 MHz
Shader cores
10,752
4,096
Ray tracing cores
84
64
Tensor / AI cores
336
128
TDP
360W
304W
Recommended PSU
850W
750W
Upscaling
DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation, DLSS 5 Neural Rendering
FSR 4.1 (ML upscaling), FSR 3 Frame Generation
Architecture
Blackwell GB203
RDNA 4 Navi 48
Process node
TSMC 4N
TSMC N4P
MSRP
$999.00
$600.00

Productivity & compute

GeForce RTX 5080
Radeon RX 9070 XT
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics (points)
64,194
62,189
3DMark Steel Nomad (points)
8,858
7,238
Geekbench 7 OpenCL (points)
234,579
173,157
PassMark G3D (G3D Mark)
35,648
26,923
Render-Blender (samples/min)
9,126
3,357

Where to buy

Radeon RX 9070 XTfrom $790.00
From$790.00
22 versions in stock
GeForce RTX 5080from $1,599.99
From$1,599.99
30 versions in stock

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