- Using DirectX 12 in a benchmark, the RX 9070 XT was more than twice as fast as the RTX 5080.
- In Vulkan, the results were mixed, with each card winning in different test modes.
- Outside of this specific test, the RTX 5080 is expected to be 15-20% faster for general gaming.
AMD, NVIDIA, and Intel are the three companies that offer a range of graphics card models to suit all tastes and budgets. Despite having over 80% of the market, NVIDIA is not the one that provides the best performance for the money, even if the great majority of people choose it.
An NVIDIA benchmark using DX 12 and Vulkan has now demonstrated that an AMD RX 9070 XT can be twice as powerful as an RTX 5080 for half the price.
If we are looking for the best high-end performance, Nvidia has an advantage over AMD. Lisa Su’s firm hasn’t yet outperformed a graphics card like the RTX 4090, much less the RTX 5090. However, the best AMD presently has outperformed the RTX 4080 and RTX 4080 SUPER.
In general, the RX 9070 XT is slightly behind the RTX 5080; however, this AMD card outperforms it in both DirectX 12 and Vulkan in the NVIDIA Neural Texture Compression benchmark.
In the tweet, we can see the first comparative tests with DP4A, which enable the RX 9070 XT to achieve 1,800 FPS in Vulkan, surpassing the RTX 5080’s 1,630 FPS. In DX 12, the RX 9070 XT outperforms the RTX 5080 by 110%, achieving 2,650 FPS and 1,260 FPS, respectively.
When we switch to “Transcoded” mode, we can observe that the RX 9070 XT once again outperforms the RTX 5080 in DX12, achieving 5,500 FPS compared to 2,800 FPS. In this Vulkan test, we observe that the 3,000 FPS certification is doubled by the 5080 to 6,000 FPS.
Thus, we can confirm that, except for this particular scenario, the RX 9070 XT graphics card outperforms the RTX 5080 in DX12 and Vulkan on NVIDIA NTC.
The truth is that AMD dominates in terms of performance-to-pricing ratio. According to TechPowerUp, the RTX 5080 is 20% more powerful in 4K games and 15% better in 2K compared to the RX 9070 XT. However, it is ultimately up to personal preference to determine whether it is worthwhile.
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