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Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs GeForce RTX 4080 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The GeForce RTX 4080 leads on 4 of 6 shared benchmarks (9% in 3DMark Time Spy); the Radeon RX 7900 XTX takes 2 (4% in 3DMark Steel Nomad). On qwen3:14b, the GeForce RTX 4080 generates 62.0 tokens/s (per Hardware Corner) against 51.0 for the Radeon RX 7900 XTX (per LocalAIMaster), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and the GeForce RTX 4080. MSRP range: $999 · $1,199. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecRadeon RX 7900 XTXGeForce RTX 4080
vram gb 2416
vram type —GDDR6X
tdp w —320
cuda cores —9728
rt cores —76
tensor cores —304
process nm —5

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Overclocking.com, KitGuru, Wccftech, Digital Trends, 3DMark, Hyper Cyber, ComputerBase, TechSpot, Tom's Hardware and Micro Center; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkRadeon RX 7900 XTXGeForce RTX 4080
3DMark DirectX Raytracing (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com		 —85 FPS
3DMark DirectX Raytracing feature test (higher is better)
Source: KitGuru		 —85 FPS
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com		 —48,524 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 37,004 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 20,587 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: Digital Trends, Wccftech, 3DMark, Hyper Cyber		 16,225 points17,650 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, 3DMark, ComputerBase, Wccftech		 6,280 points7,376 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, ComputerBase		 6,862 points6,595 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: TechSpot, Digital Trends, 3DMark, Tom's Hardware		 25,214 pts27,392 points
3DMark Time Spy (combined) (higher is better)
Source: Micro Center		 27,934 points—
3DMark Time Spy (GPU) (higher is better)
Source: Micro Center		 30,139 points—
3DMark Time Spy (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 30,229 points—

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

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GeForce RTX 4080

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 7900 XTX or the GeForce RTX 4080?

The GeForce RTX 4080 leads on 4 of 6 shared benchmarks (9% in 3DMark Time Spy); the Radeon RX 7900 XTX takes 2 (4% in 3DMark Steel Nomad).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen3:14b, the GeForce RTX 4080 generates 62.0 tokens/s (per Hardware Corner) against 51.0 for the Radeon RX 7900 XTX (per LocalAIMaster), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and the GeForce RTX 4080 cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX launched at a $999 MSRP and the GeForce RTX 4080 at $1,199. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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