Left · Nvidia
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Gaming Trio OC White
Spec score
Spec score 77
$1,700
typical price
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Gaming Trio OC White against PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Gaming Trio OC White 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.
Right · AMD
PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB
Spec score
Spec score 67
$850
Amazon US, Oct 25
Which one for what
Office & everyday
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Gaming Trio OC Whiteleft
80 vs 69 for snappy single-core speed, quiet running, and a card that drives two or three screens without fuss.
Coding & development
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Gaming Trio OC Whiteleft
76 vs 60 for cores for builds and containers, plenty of memory, fast storage, and a card for several screens or a local model.
Light gaming
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Gaming Trio OC Whiteleft
82 vs 77 for 1080p frame rates per dollar.
Gaming
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Gaming Trio OC Whiteleft
77 vs 70 for 1440p frame rates, with a CPU that will not hold the card back.
Heavy gaming
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Gaming Trio OC Whiteleft
70 vs 59 for the strongest graphics card the budget allows.
Content creation
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Gaming Trio OC Whiteleft
75 vs 58 for export times: many cores, a card with good encoders, lots of memory.
3D & rendering
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Gaming Trio OC Whiteleft
75 vs 56 for all-core throughput and render speed.
Gaming & streaming
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Gaming Trio OC Whiteleft
76 vs 64 for frame rates with headroom for the encoder and the chat.
AI & local models
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Gaming Trio OC Whiteleft
67 vs 54 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
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Gaming Trio OC White: 77
PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 67
10 ptsto the left
Games at 1080p
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Gaming Trio OC White: 82
PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 77
5 ptsto the left
Games at 1440p
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Gaming Trio OC White: 77
PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 70
7 ptsto the left
Games at 4K
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Gaming Trio OC White: 70
PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 59
11 ptsto the left
Rendering and video
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Gaming Trio OC White: 74
PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 50
24 ptsto the left
Price and value
Worked on typical prices, the figures the comparison is built on.
Value, points per $100
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Gaming Trio OC White: 4.5
PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 8.8
96%to the right
Typical price
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Gaming Trio OC White: $1,700
PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: $760
$940to the right
From the spec sheets
Video memory
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Gaming Trio OC White: 16 GB
PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 16 GB
level
Board power
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Gaming Trio OC White: 360 W
PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 304 W
18%to the right
Length
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Gaming Trio OC White: 360 mm
PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 330 mm
9%to the right
The verdict
- The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Gaming Trio OC White is 10% faster at 1440p.
- At 4K the gap is 19% in the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Gaming Trio OC White's favour.
- The PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB typically costs $940 less.
- Per dollar, the PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB is the better buy: 8.8 points per $100 against 4.5.
Specifications
| Spec | MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Gaming Trio OC White | PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB |
|---|---|---|
| Video memory | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Board power | 360 W | 304 W (better) |
| Length | 360 mm | 330 mm (better) |
| Power connector | 12V-2x6 (16-pin) | PCIe 8-pin |
| Brand | Nvidia | AMD |
| Released | 2025 | 2025 |
| Typical price | $1,700 | $760 (better) |
The better figure of each pair is in green, with a tick.