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Radeon RX 7900 XT against GeForce RTX 5080

GeForce RTX 5080 leads on the overall index. The price beside each button is the Amazon US reading where ScoutPrices has one; the comparison below is worked on typical prices.

Which one for what

Office & everyday

GeForce RTX 5080right

64 vs 80 for snappy single-core speed, quiet running, and a card that drives two or three screens without fuss.

Coding & development

GeForce RTX 5080right

57 vs 76 for cores for builds and containers, plenty of memory, fast storage, and a card for several screens or a local model.

Light gaming

GeForce RTX 5080right

71 vs 82 for 1080p frame rates per dollar.

Gaming

GeForce RTX 5080right

65 vs 77 for 1440p frame rates, with a CPU that will not hold the card back.

Heavy gaming

GeForce RTX 5080right

54 vs 70 for the strongest graphics card the budget allows.

Content creation

GeForce RTX 5080right

55 vs 75 for export times: many cores, a card with good encoders, lots of memory.

3D & rendering

GeForce RTX 5080right

53 vs 75 for all-core throughput and render speed.

Gaming & streaming

GeForce RTX 5080right

60 vs 76 for frame rates with headroom for the encoder and the chat.

AI & local models

GeForce RTX 5080right

56 vs 67 for video memory first, then card speed, then system memory.

Head to head

Scores

Indices out of 100 on ScoutSpecs' own scale, one per kind of work. They are not frames per second and not a measurement of any one sample.

  • Spec score

    Radeon RX 7900 XT: 62

    GeForce RTX 5080: 77

    15 ptsto the right

  • Games at 1080p

    Radeon RX 7900 XT: 71

    GeForce RTX 5080: 82

    11 ptsto the right

  • Games at 1440p

    Radeon RX 7900 XT: 65

    GeForce RTX 5080: 77

    12 ptsto the right

  • Games at 4K

    Radeon RX 7900 XT: 54

    GeForce RTX 5080: 70

    16 ptsto the right

  • Rendering and video

    Radeon RX 7900 XT: 48

    GeForce RTX 5080: 74

    26 ptsto the right

Price and value

Worked on typical prices, the figures the comparison is built on.

  • Value, points per $100

    Radeon RX 7900 XT: 7.8

    GeForce RTX 5080: 4.8

    63%to the left

  • Typical price

    Radeon RX 7900 XT: $800

    GeForce RTX 5080: $1,600

    $800to the left

From the spec sheets

  • Video memory

    Radeon RX 7900 XT: 20 GB

    GeForce RTX 5080: 16 GB

    25%to the left

  • Board power

    Radeon RX 7900 XT: 315 W

    GeForce RTX 5080: 360 W

    14%to the left

  • Length

    Radeon RX 7900 XT: 310 mm

    GeForce RTX 5080: 310 mm

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The verdict

  • The RTX 5080 is 18% faster at 1440p.
  • At 4K the gap is 30% in the RTX 5080's favour.
  • RX 7900 XT carries 20 GB of video memory against 16 GB.
  • The RX 7900 XT typically costs $800 less.
  • Per dollar, the RX 7900 XT is the better buy: 7.8 points per $100 against 4.8.

Specifications

SpecRadeon RX 7900 XTGeForce RTX 5080
Video memory20 GB (better)16 GB
Board power315 W (better)360 W
Length310 mm310 mm
Power connectorPCIe 8-pin12V-2x6 (16-pin)
BrandAMDNvidia
Released20222025 (better)
Typical price$800 (better)$1,600

The better figure of each pair is in green, with a tick.

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