RTX 4080 vs RX 7900 XTX: AMD adds fuel to the fire with an official comparison
Wanting to convince fans that her own cards are better
As of today, Wednesday, November 16, the second graphics card in Nvidia’s RTX 4000 series is now available. We are talking about the RTX 4080 , which is a more mainstream proposition for more gamers, compared to the considerably more expensive RTX 4090. However, AMD has a different opinion. With timing that is not at all accidental, the company has released official comparative images and tables that present all the areas in which the proposals of the RDNA3 architecture excel.
In particular, AMD is trying to convince gamers to wait, pointing out that the RX 7900 XT and RX 7900 XTX will be available at a cheaper price , namely for $899 and $999 respectively, compared to the RTX 4080 which asks gamers for $1,199. At the same time, the company emphasizes that for this money it offers more VRAM memory , at 20GB and 24GB, in contrast to Nvidia’s 16GB.
Apart from the prices, AMD talks about more TFLOPS , while not leaving aside other advantages of its own graphics cards. Special mention is made, therefore, of the superior specifications of the image outputs, since the RX 7900 cards support DisplayPort 2.1 and do not stick to DisplayPort 1.4a, like the Nvidia cards. This means up to 4K at 480Hz or 8K at 165Hz, while the Nvidia models can display up to 4K at 300Hz and 8K at 60Hz.
The icing on the cake for AMD’s official comparisons is the “removal of the complexity of upgrading to a new generation power supply” . Unlike Nvidia’s models, which have a serious problem with the new PCIe 5.0 power connector and melting adapters, AMD’s cards, as it emphasizes, make use of the familiar 8pin connections.
However, aside from spec comparisons, AMD didn’t make any direct performance comparisons. Instead, the leaked slides put the all-new model side-by-side with the RDNA2 flagship, the RX 6950XT. According to AMD, the new generation of its cards can offer up to 67% better performance in rasterization, as well as 82% better raytracing. performance
Below you will also find these comparisons.
