AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs MSI GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Ventus 3X Plus OC

AMD Radeon RX 9070 $549
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Ventus 3X Plus OC $770
3584 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2520MHz
8960 Shaders
12GB GDDR6X
1740MHz
Peak AI Performance
1.16 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
997.79 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
36.13 TFLOPS
FP32
31.18 TFLOPS
FP16
72.25 TFLOPS
FP16
31.18 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.5-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.8-Slots
TDP
220W
TDP
350W
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 189,865
62%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 211,625
60%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 127,725
62%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 605
80%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
MSI
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
RDNA 4
Architecture
Ampere
Family
Radeon RX 9000
Family
GeForce 30
Codename
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Navi 48
Variant
Navi 48 XL
Codename
NV172
GA102
Variant
GA102-220-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/6/2025
Release Date
1/27/2022
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
Samsung
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Fabrication Node
N4P
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Die Size
357 mm²
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Die Size
628 mm²
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Transistor Count
53.9 Billion
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Transistor Count
28.3 Billion
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Transistor Density
151.19M/mm²
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Transistor Density
45.04M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3584 Shaders
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Shading Units
8960 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
448 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
280 TMUs
Render Output Units
128 ROPs
Render Output Units
112 ROPs
Tensor Cores
112 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
280 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
56 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
70 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
70 SMs
Compute Units
56 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
7 GPCs
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2210MHz Base
2520MHz
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1260MHz Base
1740MHz
Peak AI Performance
1.16 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
997.79 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
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FP8
144.51 TFLOPS
144.51 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
289.01 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
144.51 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
289.01 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP16
72.25 TFLOPS
72.25 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
144.51 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
72.25 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
144.51 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
31.18 TFLOPS
124.72 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
249.45 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
62.36 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
124.72 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP32
36.13 TFLOPS
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FP32
31.18 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.13 TFLOPS
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FP64
490 GFLOPS
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BF16
72.25 TFLOPS
72.25 TFLOPS Tensor
144.51 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
BF16
31.18 TFLOPS
62.36 TFLOPS Tensor
124.72 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
31.18 TFLOPS Tensor
62.36 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
578.03 TOPS Tensor
1.16 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
498.89 TOPS Tensor
997.79 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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289.01 TOPS Tensor
578.03 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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249.45 TOPS Tensor
498.89 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT32
18.06 TOPS
INT32
15.59 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
60.9 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
322.56 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
194.88 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
1128.96 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
487.2 GTexel/s
L0
64KB/WGP
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L1
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256KB/Array
L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L2
6MB Shared
L2
5MB Shared
L3
64MB Shared
2.25TB/s
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16GB
GDDR6
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12GB
GDDR6X
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
384Bit
Clock
2438MHz
Transfer Rate
19.5GT/s
Bandwidth
624GB/s
Clock
1188MHz
Transfer Rate
19GT/s
Bandwidth
912GB/s
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TDP
220W
TDP
350W
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Temp
93°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 2.1
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1x HDMI 2.1
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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Max Resolution
15360x8640
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
165Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
-
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
4
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
VCN 4.0
Model
NVENC 7
Codec
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
VCN 4.0
Model
NVDEC 5
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.2
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.8
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GFX
12
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Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
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3x Fans
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3x Fans
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.5
PCIe Version
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.8
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
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Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
50 mm (1.97 in)
Height
120 mm (4.72 in)
Width
305 mm (12.01 in)
Depth
57 mm (2.24 in)
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