Radeon RX 7500 XT vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking25not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation40.98no data
Power efficiency13.55no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA102Navi 33
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date11 January 2022 (2 years ago)2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores89601024
Core clock speed1260 MHz1452 MHz
Boost clock speed1710 MHz2300 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million13,300 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate478.8147.2
Floating-point processing power30.64 TFLOPS9.421 TFLOPS
ROPs9632
TMUs28064
Tensor Cores280no data
Ray Tracing Cores7016

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length285 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pin1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB6 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1188 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth912.4 GB/s216.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
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API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.2
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 100 Watt

RTX 3080 12 GB has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RX 7500 XT, on the other hand, has a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 250% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB and Radeon RX 7500 XT. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
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AMD Radeon RX 7500 XT
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