AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT vs. NVIDIA RTX 4080: Gaming Performance and Ray Tracing

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT contre NVIDIA RTX 4080 : Performances de jeu et Ray Tracing

AMD's first RDNA 3 graphics cards have been released. While previous ranges offered solid matrix performance, poor ray tracing capabilities and the lack of a suitable DLSS alternative have limited the Radeon's market share. With RDNA 3, Team Red attempted to address these shortcomings. Ray accelerators do much more than intersection testing, with one AI accelerator per CU, and FSR 3 is scheduled for launch in early 2023.

Test bench

  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
  • Motherboard: ASRock B650E Steel Legend
  • Heatsink: NZXT X73
  • Power supply: NZXT C1000

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT vs. NVIDIA RTX 4080 4K Gaming Benchmarks

We tested ten recent titles with and without ray tracing. The ASRock B650E Steel Legend powered our test system, and the CPU was cooled by the NZXT X73 360mm AIO cooler, one of the best closed-loop coolers on the market. For scoring, benchmarks were performed at native resolution, while FSR 2 “Balanced” was used for ray-tracing.

The GeForce RTX 4080 is significantly faster than the Radeon RX 7900 XT in all nine rasterized games. The gaps vary from just 2 FPS in Far Cry 6 to 40% in The Callisto Protocol. In Shadow of the Tomb Raider, we see the RTX 4080 take a 25% lead, which drops to just 10% in Hitman 3. On average, it is 15-20% faster than the RDNA 3 part in workloads rasterized game files.

Far Cry 6 is the only benchmark where the Radeon manages to match the RTX 4080 with an average of 98 FPS.

AMD Radeon RX 7900 NVIDIA RTX 4080 Ray Traced.

Things don't get better for the Radeon RX 7900 XT in games with ray tracking.

Performance varies even more drastically when ray tracing is enabled. The RTX 4080 is 20% faster than the RX 7900 XT in Ghostwire, 50% faster in Dying Light 2, and 60% faster in Cyberpunk 2077.

The GeForce RTX 4080 beats the Radeon RX 7900 XT by 40-50% in F1 2022, Metro Exodus, Hitman 3, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

The Callisto protocol is the only game where the Radeon RX 7900 XT manages to win, in ray-tracing or otherwise. It beats the RTX 4080 by a narrow margin with roughly the same bass.

Benchmarks AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT vs. NVIDIA RTX 4080 1440p

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