Radeon RX 6800 XT vs GeForce RTX 5080

Prices and Stock
MSRP $649

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Reference Edition Gaming Graphics Card

PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA™ 2, Raytracing, PCI Express 4.0, HDMI 2.1, AMD Infinity Cache

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB GDRR6 256-Bit HDMI/DP 2285 MHz RDNA 2 Architecture OC Graphics Card (RX 6800 XT Gaming X Trio 16G)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD 16GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

ASUS ROG Strix LC AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 XT OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 16GB GDDR6, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Full-Coverage Cold Plate, 240mm Radiator, 600mm tubing, GPU Tweak II)

Prices and Stock
MSRP $999

ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX™ 5080 OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe® 5.0, 16GB GDDR7, HDMI®/DP 2.1, 3.8-Slot, 4-Fan Design, Axial-tech Fans, Patented Vapor Chamber, Phase-Change GPU Thermal pad)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX ™ 5080 16GB GDDR7 OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe® 5.0, HDMI®/DP 2.1, 3.6-Slot, Military-Grade Components, Protective PCB Coating, axial-tech Fans, Vapor Chamber)

ASUS The SFF-Ready Prime GeForce RTX™ 5080 OC Edition 16GB GDDR7 Graphics Card (PCIe® 5.0, 16GB GDDR7, HDMI®/DP 2.1, 2.5-Slot, Axial-tech Fans, Vapor Chamber, Dual BIOS)

ASUS The SFF-Ready Prime GeForce RTX™ 5080 16GB GDDR7 Graphics Card (PCIe® 5.0, HDMI®/DP 2.1, 2.5-Slot, Axial-tech Fans, Vapor Chamber, Dual BIOS)

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 5080 outperforms Radeon RX 6800 XT on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Radeon RX 6800 XT is a better bang for your buck. The better performing GeForce RTX 5080 is 1555 days newer than Radeon RX 6800 XT.

Advantages of Radeon RX 6800 XT

Up to 54% better value when playing Escape From Tarkov than GeForce RTX 5080 - $4.85 vs $10.61 per FPS
Consumes up to 17% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 - 300 vs 360 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 5080

Performs up to 18% better in Escape From Tarkov than Radeon RX 6800 XT - 231 vs 196 FPS

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Escape From Tarkov

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

FPS

196

85%

Value, $/FPS

$4.85/FPS

100%

Price, $

$949.99

257%

Value Winner

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Reference Edition Gaming Graphics Card

Buy for $949.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 383 minutes ago

GeForce RTX 5080

Desktop • Jan 30th, 2025

FPS

231

100%

Value, $/FPS

$10.61/FPS

46%

Price, $

$2449.98

100%

FPS Winner

ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX™ 5080 OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe® 5.0, 16GB GDDR7, HDMI®/DP 2.1, 3.8-Slot, 4-Fan Design, Axial-tech Fans, Patented Vapor Chamber, Phase-Change GPU Thermal pad)

Buy for $2,449.98 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 381 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

GeForce RTX 5080

Desktop • Jan 30th, 2025

1920 x 1080

Very High

388

FPS

366

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

High

974

FPS

859

FPS

Valorant

1920 x 1080

Ultra

197

FPS

171

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

348

FPS

204

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

1920 x 1080

Maximum

240

FPS

221

FPS

World of Warcraft

Theoretical Performance

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

Pixel Fillrate

288 GPixel/s

86%

Texel Fillrate

648 GTexel/s

74%

GeForce RTX 5080

Desktop • Jan 30th, 2025

Pixel Fillrate

335 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

879.3 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon RX 6800 XT	vs	GeForce RTX 5080
Oct 28th, 2020	Release Date	Jan 30th, 2025
Navi II	Generation	GeForce 50
$649	MSRP	$999
1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
2x 8-pin	Power Connectors	1x 16-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
16 GB	Memory	16 GB
GDDR6	Type	GDDR7
256-bit	Bus	256-bit
512 GB/s	Bandwidth	960 GB/s
1825 MHz	Base Clock Speed	2295 MHz
2250 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2617 MHz
2000 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1875 MHz