On January 8, Nvidia officially released the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, a chicken-blooded enhanced version of the GeForce RTX 4080, with a suggested retail price of $999. In terms of competitors, its fair opponent is the Radeon RX 7900 XTX, which also has an MSRP of $999.
The GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is an improved version of the GeForce RTX 4080, while the Radeon RX 7900 XTX has been released for more than a year, and AMD has released several driver updates for it, and it has been optimized in place.
So, who is the better GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Radeon RX 7900 XTX?
1. Parameter comparison
Released on January 8, 2024, the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is powered by the AD103 GPU, based on the Ada Lovelace architecture, TSMC's 5nm process, and has 10,240 CUDA cores, 80 ray tracing units, 112 raster units, 320 texture units, 320 tensor cores, 80 multi-unit stream processors, and 64MB L2 cache.
It runs at 2295 MHz as standard, 2550 MHz as it operates at a maximum frequency, and is equipped with 16GB of GDDR6X memory memory with 256 bit bit width, 23 Gbps memory speed, 736.3GB/s memory bandwidth, 52.22 TFLOPS FP32 floating-point performance, 320W power consumption, and a suggested retail price of $999.
Released on November 3, 2022, the Radeon RX 7900 XTX is powered by a Navi31 GPU, TSMC 5nm process, and has 6,144 stream processors, 192 raster units, 384 texture units, 96 compute units, 6MB of L2 cache, 96MB of L3 cache, and 96 ray tracing units.
It runs at 1855 MHz as standard, 2500 MHz as a maximum clock, 24GB of GDDR6 memory, 384 bit memory bit width, 20 Gbps memory speed, 960GB/s memory bandwidth, 61.42 TFLOPS FP32 floating-point performance, 355W power consumption, and a suggested retail price of $999.
Second, the test platform configuration
The main configurations are as follows:
The processor is Core i9-13900K, the motherboard is ASUS ROG Strix Z790-E Gaming, the memory is G.SKILL 32GB DDR5 6000MHz, the hard drive is two Samsung 970 EVO M2 1TB, and the operating system is Windows 11.
3. Game measurement
Seven games will be tested in 4K max quality mode, with the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER on the left and the Radeon RX 7900 XTX on the right.
The first game was Alan Wake 2.
The GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER platform has an average frame rate of 46 FPS, a minimum instantaneous frame rate of 41 FPS, a frame time of 21.0ms, an 8% CPU usage, a power consumption of 49W, a temperature of 41 degrees, a memory usage of 11.0GB, a GPU usage of 99%, a video memory usage of 11.3GB, a power consumption of 307W, and a temperature of 58 degrees.
The Radeon RX 7900 XTX platform has an average frame rate of 45 FPS, a minimum instantaneous frame rate of 40 FPS, a frame time of 22.7ms, a CPU usage of 7%, a power consumption of 48W, a temperature of 41 degrees, a memory usage of 11.7GB, a GPU usage of 99%, a video memory usage of 11.7GB, a power consumption of 349W, and a temperature of 63 degrees.
In this game, the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER platform has 1% higher CPU usage and 0.7GB lower memory usage than its rivals, while GPU usage is equal and memory usage is 0.4GB lower.
In terms of average frame rate and minimum instantaneous frame rate, both platforms scored almost equally, but the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER platform had a slight advantage with a frame time of 1.7ms, but it was a tie overall. In terms of power consumption, the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER has a slight edge, 42W lower than its rivals and 5 degrees cooler.
The second game is Relic 2.
The GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER platform has an average frame rate of 52 FPS, a minimum instantaneous frame rate of 45 FPS, a frame time of 21.1ms, a CPU usage of 7%, a power consumption of 49W, a temperature of 41 degrees, a memory usage of 13.7GB, a GPU usage of 99%, a video memory usage of 10.4GB, a power consumption of 299W, and a temperature of 57 degrees.
The Radeon RX 7900 XTX platform has an average frame rate of 58 FPS, a minimum instantaneous frame rate of 49 FPS, a frame time of 16.8ms, an 8% CPU usage, a power consumption of 51W, a temperature of 41 degrees, a memory usage of 12.9GB, a GPU usage of 99%, a video memory usage of 10.4GB, a power consumption of 347W, and a temperature of 62 degrees.
In this game, the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER platform has 1% lower CPU usage, 0.8GB more memory usage, and equal GPU usage and video memory usage.
In terms of average frame rate, the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER platform is 6 FPS lower than the Radeon RX 7900 XTX platform, with a minimum instantaneous frame rate of 4 FPS and a frame time of around 4ms. In terms of power consumption, the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is 48W lower than its rivals and has a 5 degree cooler.
The third game is Cyberpunk 2077.
The GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER platform has an average frame rate of 46 FPS, a minimum instantaneous frame rate of 35 FPS, a frame time of 22.1ms, a CPU usage of 19%, a power consumption of 69W, a temperature of 51 degrees, a memory usage of 11.9GB, a GPU usage of 99%, a video memory usage of 9.4GB, a power consumption of 302W, and a temperature of 60 degrees.
The Radeon RX 7900 XTX platform has an average frame rate of 57 FPS, a minimum instantaneous frame rate of 42 FPS, a frame time of 18.5ms, CPU usage of 23%, power consumption of 76W, a temperature of 52 degrees, memory usage of 12.3GB, a GPU usage of 99%, a video memory usage of 10.6GB, a power consumption of 349W, and a temperature of 64 degrees.
In this game, the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER platform has 4% lower CPU usage and 0.4GB lower memory usage than its rivals, with equal GPU usage and 1.2GB lower video memory usage.
In terms of average frame rate, the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER platform is 11 FPS lower than the Radeon RX 7900 XTX platform, with a minimum instantaneous frame rate of 7 FPS lower and a frame time of around 3ms higher, which is still slightly behind. In terms of power consumption, the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is 47W lower than its rivals and 4 degrees cooler.
The fourth game is Microsoft Flight Simulator.
The GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER platform has an average frame rate of 76 FPS, a minimum instantaneous frame rate of 69 FPS, a frame time of 13.0ms, CPU usage of 11%, power consumption of 63W, temperature of 49 degrees, memory usage of 12.8GB, GPU usage of 99%, video memory usage of 8.6GB, power consumption of 309W, and temperature of 60 degrees.
The Radeon RX 7900 XTX platform has an average frame rate of 67 FPS, a minimum instantaneous frame rate of 61 FPS, a frame time of 14.7ms, a CPU usage of 9%, a power consumption of 60W, a temperature of 47 degrees, a memory usage of 12.2GB, a GPU usage of 99%, a video memory usage of 9.4GB, a power consumption of 345W, and a temperature of 62 degrees.
In this game, the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER platform has 2% higher CPU usage, 0.6GB more memory usage, equal GPU usage, and 0.8GB lower memory usage than its rivals.
In terms of average frame rate, the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER platform won the game by 9 FPS higher than the Radeon RX 7900 XTX platform, with a minimum instantaneous frame rate of 8 FPS and a frame time of about 2ms lower. In terms of power consumption, the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is 36W lower than its rivals and 2 degrees cooler.
The fifth game is Forza Horizon 5.
The GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER platform has an average frame rate of 129 FPS, a minimum instantaneous frame rate of 103 FPS, a frame time of 7.5ms, CPU usage of 11%, power consumption of 61W, a temperature of 43 degrees, a memory usage of 12.0GB, a GPU usage of 99%, a video memory usage of 9.7GB, a power consumption of 257W, and a temperature of 56 degrees.
The Radeon RX 7900 XTX platform has an average frame rate of 136 FPS, a minimum instantaneous frame rate of 109 FPS, a frame time of 7.5ms, a CPU usage of 14%, a power consumption of 62W, a temperature of 43 degrees, a memory usage of 11.7GB, a GPU usage of 99%, a video memory usage of 10.4GB, a power consumption of 345W, and a temperature of 61 degrees.
In this game, the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER platform has 3% lower CPU usage and 0.3GB more memory usage than its rivals, and the same GPU usage and 0.7GB lower memory usage.
In terms of average frame rate, the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER platform is 7 FPS lower than the Radeon RX 7900 XTX platform, and the lowest instantaneous frame rate is 6 FPS lower, which is the same frame time, which is still a little bit worse than the competition overall. In terms of power consumption, the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is 88W lower than its rivals and 5 degrees cooler.
The sixth game is Hogwarts Legacy.
The GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER platform has an average frame rate of 72 FPS, a minimum instantaneous frame rate of 60 FPS, a frame time of 13.5ms, a CPU usage of 11%, a power consumption of 57W, a temperature of 43 degrees, a memory usage of 21.7GB, a GPU usage of 99%, a video memory usage of 11.9GB, a power consumption of 274W, and a temperature of 57 degrees.
The Radeon RX 7900 XTX platform has an average frame rate of 81 FPS, a minimum instantaneous frame rate of 66 FPS, a frame time of 12.8ms, a CPU usage of 13%, a power consumption of 59W, a temperature of 43 degrees, a memory usage of 21.6GB, a GPU usage of 99%, a video memory usage of 12.6GB, a power consumption of 344W, and a temperature of 60 degrees.
In this game, the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER platform has 2% lower CPU usage and 0.1GB more memory usage than its rivals, while GPU usage is equal and memory usage is 0.7GB lower.
In terms of average frame rate, the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER platform is 9 FPS lower than the Radeon RX 7900 XTX platform, the lowest instantaneous frame rate is 6 FPS lower, and the frame time is about 1ms higher, which is negligible, and the overall is still slightly inferior. In terms of power consumption, the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is 70W lower than its rivals and has 3 degrees lower temperatures.
The seventh game is Starfield.
The GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER platform has an average frame rate of 58 FPS, a minimum instantaneous frame rate of 53 FPS, a frame time of 17.4ms, a CPU usage of 25%, a power consumption of 79W, a temperature of 48 degrees, a memory usage of 13.4GB, a GPU usage of 98%, a video memory usage of 8.1GB, a power consumption of 278W, and a temperature of 54 degrees.
The Radeon RX 7900 XTX platform has an average frame rate of 61 FPS, a minimum instantaneous frame rate of 51 FPS, a frame time of 17.3ms, CPU usage of 25%, power consumption of 77W, a temperature of 46 degrees, memory usage of 13.1GB, GPU usage of 99%, video memory usage of 8.8GB, power consumption of 345W, and a temperature of 58 degrees.
In this game, the CPU usage of both platforms is equal, with the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER platform using 0.3GB more memory, 1% less GPU usage, and 0.7GB less video memory usage than the competition.
In terms of average frame rate, the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER platform is 3 FPS lower than the Radeon RX 7900 XTX platform, and the lowest instantaneous frame rate is 2 FPS higher, with almost equal frame times. It's basically a draw. In terms of power consumption, the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is 67W lower than its rivals and has 4 degrees lower temperatures.
Fourth, comparative conclusions
The results are clear, the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER and the Radeon RX 7900 XTX are very close in performance, barely a tie, but the Radeon RX 7900 XTX still has a slight advantage.
The most obvious advantage of the Radeon RX 7900 XTX is that it delivers slightly more CPU usage (performance) than its rivals when the GPU usage of both sides is similar.
In terms of power consumption and temperature, it is still the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER that leads the way, with power consumption generally more than forty watts lower than the Radeon RX 7900 XTX, and the temperature is a few degrees lower.
To sum up, the final conclusion of this article is that the Radeon RX 7900 XTX has a slight advantage in this contest and ultimately wins.