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Radeon RX 9070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Radeon RX 9070 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 1% to 57%, including 57% in 3DMark Time Spy (24,306 vs 15,477). On qwen3:8b, the Radeon RX 9070 generates 711.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA) against 74.2 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (per Hardware Corner), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 9070 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080. Released 2025 (Radeon RX 9070), 2020 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080). MSRP range: $549 · $699. 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 9070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
vram gb 1610
vram type GDDR6GDDR6X
tdp w 220320
cuda cores 35848704
rt cores 56—
process nm 4—

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Notebookcheck, WCCFTech, Moor Insights & Strategy, StorageReview, 3DMark, Guru3D, HWBOT, TopCPU.net, TechPowerUp, UL Benchmarks and Overclocking.com; 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 9070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 46,934 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (graphics score) (higher is better)
Source: WCCFTech		 —21,100 points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (graphics score) (higher is better)
Source: WCCFTech		 —10,100 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: Moor Insights & Strategy, StorageReview, 3DMark, WCCFTech		 15,760 points11,960 points
3DMark Port Royal (RX 9070 XT reference) (higher is better)
Source: Guru3D		 14,723 points—
3DMark Pure Ray Tracing Feature Test (average fps) (higher is better)
Source: WCCFTech		 —48 fps
3DMark Solar Bay (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 106,882 points—
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: StorageReview, HWBOT, TopCPU.net, Notebookcheck, 3DMark		 5,826 points4,969 points
3DMark Speed Way (graphics score) (higher is better)
Source: WCCFTech		 —4,500 points
3DMark Speed Way (RX 9070 XT reference) (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp		 6,345 points—
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: StorageReview, UL Benchmarks, Notebookcheck, Overclocking.com		 6,150 points4,443 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (DX12 graphics score) (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 —4,442 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 9070

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 9070 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080?

The Radeon RX 9070 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 1% to 57%, including 57% in 3DMark Time Spy (24,306 vs 15,477).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen3:8b, the Radeon RX 9070 generates 711.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA) against 74.2 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (per Hardware Corner), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 9070 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 9070 launched at a $549 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 at $699. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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