Graphics card comparison

RX 7900 XTX vs RTX 4080

The RX 7900 XTX is about 12% faster than the RTX 4080. Here is where that gap comes from, what each one draws to get there, and whether it is the difference you are actually paying for.

Faster card

RX 7900 XTX +12%

Measured against the RTX 4080 across the catalogue's combined workload index.

Where the gap is

RX 7900 XTXRTX 4080
Performance index
10,100
9,000
Memory
24 GB
16 GB
Performance per watt
28.5
28.1
Power draw Lower is better
355 W
320 W

Each row is scaled to the larger of the two values, so the bars show how much of the leader the other one reaches — not a shared scale across rows. The real figure is printed on every bar.

Side by side

Specification RTX 4080 RX 7900 XTX
Performance index9000 10100
Memory16 GB24 GB
Power draw320 W355 W
Performance per watt28.1 28.5
ArchitectureAda Lovelace
GenerationRTX 40 SeriesRX 7000 Series
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How the gap is worked out

The percentage compares the two parts on the same relative performance index the site's bottleneck and build tools use, expressed as a share of the slower one. It is a single combined figure, not a frame rate: a specific game at a specific resolution can and will land either side of it, and a card with more memory pulls further ahead the moment a title needs that memory. Treat it as the size of the gap, not as a measurement of your machine.

What each one needs to run

The RX 7900 XTX and the RTX 4080 do not draw the same power, and the difference often outlives the card — a supply is the part you keep. Each page works the total out for a complete system.

Pair it with a processor

A faster card only shows up as faster frames if the processor can keep up with it. The bottleneck detector takes both and says which one is holding the other back.

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