A $400 gap between AMD's fastest RDNA 4 card and NVIDIA's second-tier Blackwell. Worth examining because the rasterisation gap is much smaller than the price gap, and the ray tracing gap is much larger.
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AMD's fastest RDNA 4 card and the strongest argument for Radeon at the high end: 16 GB of memory and rasterisation performance that trades blows with far more expensive NVIDIA cards. Ray tracing improved sharply this generation but still trails NVIDIA at the same price.
A capable 4K card with the full RTX 50 feature set at roughly half the price of the flagship. The 16 GB memory pool is the one specification that invites debate at this price point.
RX 9070 XT comes out ahead of RTX 5080.
The score blends performance at 1440p (50%), performance per dollar (30%) and memory headroom (20%), each against every card CompareYourGPU tracks. Fewer than three points apart counts as level. How verdicts are calculated.
Performance, memory, power and value rows, ranked by how far apart RX 9070 XT and RTX 5080 are. The full sheet below has every row.
| Difference | RX 9070 XT | RTX 5080 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Performance per $100 | Better: 6.4 | 3.8 | RX 9070 XT70% higher |
| Memory bandwidth | 640 GB/s | Better: 960 GB/s | RTX 508050% higher |
| Ray tracing index, 1440p | 53 | Better: 72 | RTX 508036% higher |
| Performance index, 4K | 57 | Better: 69 | RTX 508021% higher |
| Board power | Better: 304 W | 360 W | RX 9070 XT18% lower |
| Performance index, 1440p | 63 | Better: 74 | RTX 508017% higher |
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| Specification | RX 9070 XTAMD | RTX 5080NVIDIA |
|---|---|---|
| Launch MSRP | Best in this row: $599 | $999 |
| Current priceCompareYourGPU does not publish a price it has not verified. | Best in this row: $988 | $1,973 |
| Performance per $100Performance index at 1440p per $100 of verified current price. | Best in this row: 6.4 | 3.8 |
| Specification | RX 9070 XTAMD | RTX 5080NVIDIA |
|---|---|---|
| CompareYourGPU estimate, 100 = fastest card here. | 70 | Best in this row: 82 |
| CompareYourGPU estimate, 100 = fastest card here. | 63 | Best in this row: 74 |
| CompareYourGPU estimate, 100 = fastest card here. | 57 | Best in this row: 69 |
| CompareYourGPU estimate, 100 = fastest card here. | 53 | Best in this row: 72 |
| Measured suite average at 1440pThird-party geometric mean across their game suite, run with vendor upscaling at Quality. A different test from the estimated row below, not a check on it. | 88.8 FPS (ComputerBase) | Best in this row: 105.4 FPS (ComputerBase) |
| Estimated FPS at 1440pModelled estimate for a typical modern AAA game at High settings with no upscaling. Not a measurement. | 115-165 FPS | Best in this row: 135-190 FPS |
| Specification | RX 9070 XTAMD | RTX 5080NVIDIA |
|---|---|---|
| Essentially tied | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| GDDR6 | GDDR7 | |
| Essentially tied | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| 640 GB/s | Best in this row: 960 GB/s | |
| Memory speed | 20 Gbps | Best in this row: 30 Gbps |
| Specification | RX 9070 XTAMD | RTX 5080NVIDIA |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | RDNA 4 | Blackwell |
| GPU die | Navi 48 | GB203 |
| Only comparable within one manufacturer. | 4,096 | Best in this row: 10,752 |
| Not compared: data missing for at least one card | 64 | Data unavailable |
| 64 | Best in this row: 84 | |
| 128 | Best in this row: 336 | |
| Not compared: data missing for at least one card | Data unavailable | 2,295 MHz |
| 2,970 MHz | 2,617 MHz | |
| Game clockNot compared: data missing for at least one cardAMD only. | 2,400 MHz | Data unavailable |
| Specification | RX 9070 XTAMD | RTX 5080NVIDIA |
|---|---|---|
| Best in this row: 304 W | 360 W | |
| Vendor figure where published, otherwise board power plus 300 W of headroom. | Best in this row: 750 W | 850 W |
| Performance per 100 WEssentially tied | 20.7 | 20.6 |
| Power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 16-pin (12V-2x6) |
| Specification | RX 9070 XTAMD | RTX 5080NVIDIA |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd-generation ray accelerators | 4th-generation RT cores | |
| FSR 4, FSR 3.1, XeSS | DLSS 4 Super Resolution, DLSS Ray Reconstruction, FSR 3.1, XeSS | |
| FSR 3.1 Frame Generation, AMD Fluid Motion Frames 2 (driver-level) | DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation | |
| Yes | Yes | |
| Video encoder | AMD Radeon media engine with AV1, HEVC and H.264 encode | 9th-generation NVENC with AV1 and HEVC encode |
| Video decoder | AV1, HEVC and H.264 decode | 6th-generation NVDEC with AV1, HEVC and H.264 decode |
| Specification | RX 9070 XTAMD | RTX 5080NVIDIA |
|---|---|---|
| DisplayPort | 3x 2.1a | 3x 2.1b |
| HDMI | 1x 2.1b | 1x 2.1b |
| USB-C | None | None |
| Specification | RX 9070 XTAMD | RTX 5080NVIDIA |
|---|---|---|
| LengthNot compared: data missing for at least one card | Data unavailable | 304 mm |
| Height from bracketNot compared: data missing for at least one card | Data unavailable | 137 mm |
| Not compared: data missing for at least one card | Data unavailable | 2 slots |
| Specification | RX 9070 XTAMD | RTX 5080NVIDIA |
|---|---|---|
| Launch date | March 6, 2025 | January 30, 2025 |
| Generation | RX 9000 | RTX 50 |
| Availability | In production | In production |
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MSRP $599 USD
Good price
Idealo.es (ASUS RX 9070 XT, 41 converging offers) · ES · new · price checked (40 days ago)
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MSRP $999 USD
Good price
Amazon.es · ES · new · price checked (40 days ago)
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Cards that cost at least 10% less than one of these and come within 10% of its estimated 1440p performance.
$1,457 · $516 less than RTX 5080
93% of the performance
Compare with RTX 5080Each category is decided by the same numbers used everywhere else on the site. A category with no clear leader says so rather than picking one.
Performance at 1440p
Performance index 74
Ray tracing
Ray tracing index 72
Price
$988
Performance per dollar
6.4 index points per $100
VRAM
Essentially tied
Memory bandwidth
960 GB/s
Efficiency
Essentially tied
Lowest power draw
304 W board power
All six axes are normalised to a 0-100 scale so they can share one chart. Performance and ray tracing are CompareYourGPU’s estimated indices; value, VRAM, efficiency and features are each card’s standing relative to every other card tracked here.
| Criterion | RX 9070 XT | RTX 5080 |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 63 | 74 |
| Ray tracing | 53 | 72 |
| Value | 65 | 30 |
| VRAM | 80 | 80 |
| Efficiency | 67 | 65 |
| Features | 100 | 100 |
CompareYourGPU estimate aggregated from public review coverage, not a measurement.
Modelled from the performance index. Not a measured benchmark. Real results vary widely by title.
Capacity alone is not the whole story: memory bus width and bandwidth decide how much of it the GPU can actually use.
A card with a verified current price is shown at that price, a dated snapshot; a card without one is shown at launch MSRP. Street prices move, so check the retailer.
The short version: the RTX 5080 is faster, but the RX 9070 XT offers better value at the prices on record. Which of those matters more is the decision.
Based on the specifications, estimated performance indices and prices on record for these cards. How verdicts are calculated.
Highest estimated performance index at 1440p of the cards compared here, at 74. It is the right answer if frame rate is the only thing you are optimising for.
Delivers the most performance per dollar of the cards compared, at $988. Choose this if the difference in price matters more to you than the difference in frame rate.
Strongest ray-traced performance here, with an estimated ray tracing index of 72 at 1440p. It also carries DLSS 4 Super Resolution, which is how ray tracing becomes practical.
Carries 16 GB, the most headroom of the cards compared at 1440p. Memory is usually what dates a card before raw speed does.
Best performance per watt of the cards compared, drawing 304 W. That means less heat, quieter fans and less pressure on your power supply.
Best balance of speed, price and memory of the cards compared: 50% performance at 1440p, 30% performance per dollar, 20% memory headroom. Not necessarily the fastest.
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