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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

802%
802%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

13%
13%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 is approximately 789% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
AD103
Tahiti
CoresDifferent
9728
2048
TMUsDifferent
304
128
ROPsDifferent
112
32
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6X
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
256 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
GPU NameDifferent
AD103
Tahiti
GPU VariantDifferent
AD103-300-A1
Tahiti XT2(215-0821065)
ArchitectureDifferent
Ada Lovelace
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
5 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
45,900 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
121.1M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
379 mm²
352 mm²

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Release DateDifferent
Sep 20th, 2022
Jun 22nd, 2012
AvailabilityDifferent
Nov 16th, 2022
N/A
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 40
Southern Islands(HD 7900)
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 30
Northern Islands
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 50
Sea Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
1,199 USD
499 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
50 in our database
191 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Base ClockDifferent
2205 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
2505 MHz
1050 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1400 MHz22.4 Gbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6X
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
256 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
716.8 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Shading UnitsDifferent
9728
2048
TMUsDifferent
304
128
ROPsDifferent
112
32
SM CountDifferent
76
N/A
Tensor CoresDifferent
304
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
76
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
128 KB (per SM)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
64 MB
768 KB
Compute UnitsDifferent
N/A
32

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Pixel RateDifferent
280.6 GPixel/s
33.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
761.5 GTexel/s
134.4 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
48.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
48.74 TFLOPS
4.301 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
761.5 GFLOPS (1:64)
1,075.2 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Slot WidthDifferent
Triple-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
310 mm12.2 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
HeightDifferent
140 mm5.5 inches
111 mm4.4 inches
WidthDifferent
61 mm2.4 inches
38 mm1.5 inches
TDPDifferent
320 W
300 W
Suggested PSU
700 W
700 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 16-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
PG139 SKU 360
109-C38637-00

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
3.0
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
CUDADifferent
8.9
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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