Left · Nvidia
GeForce RTX 4080
Spec score
Spec score 70
$1,049
typical price
GeForce RTX 4080 against PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB
GeForce RTX 4080 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 24
Which one for what
Office & everyday
GeForce RTX 4080left
75 vs 69 for snappy single-core speed, quiet running, and a card that drives two or three screens without fuss.
Coding & development
GeForce RTX 4080left
70 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
Either
Within 0 points; buy on price.
Gaming
Either
Within 0 points; buy on price.
Heavy gaming
GeForce RTX 4080left
61 vs 59 for the strongest graphics card the budget allows.
Content creation
GeForce RTX 4080left
69 vs 58 for export times: many cores, a card with good encoders, lots of memory.
3D & rendering
GeForce RTX 4080left
69 vs 56 for all-core throughput and render speed.
Gaming & streaming
GeForce RTX 4080left
70 vs 64 for frame rates with headroom for the encoder and the chat.
AI & local models
GeForce RTX 4080left
64 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
GeForce RTX 4080: 70
PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 67
3 ptsto the left
Games at 1080p
GeForce RTX 4080: 77
PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 77
level
Games at 1440p
GeForce RTX 4080: 70
PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 70
level
Games at 4K
GeForce RTX 4080: 61
PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 59
2 ptsto the left
Rendering and video
GeForce RTX 4080: 69
PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 50
19 ptsto the left
Price and value
Worked on typical prices, the figures the comparison is built on.
Value, points per $100
GeForce RTX 4080: 6.7
PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 8.8
31%to the right
Typical price
GeForce RTX 4080: $1,049
PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: $760
$289to the right
From the spec sheets
Video memory
GeForce RTX 4080: 16 GB
PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 16 GB
level
Board power
GeForce RTX 4080: 320 W
PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 304 W
5%to the right
Length
GeForce RTX 4080: 310 mm
PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 330 mm
6%to the left
The verdict
- RTX 4080 and PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB are level on games at 1440p.
- At 4K the gap is 3% in the RTX 4080's favour.
- The PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB typically costs $289 less.
- Per dollar, the PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB is the better buy: 8.8 points per $100 against 6.7.
Specifications
| Spec | GeForce RTX 4080 | PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB |
|---|---|---|
| Video memory | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Board power | 320 W | 304 W (better) |
| Length | 310 mm (better) | 330 mm |
| Power connector | 12V-2x6 (16-pin) | PCIe 8-pin |
| Brand | Nvidia | AMD |
| Released | 2022 | 2025 (better) |
| Typical price | $1,049 | $760 (better) |
The better figure of each pair is in green, with a tick.