AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Gaming Benchmarks

AMD RX 7900 XTX vs. NVIDIA RTX 4080: Ray Tracing Benchmarks

Ray tracing is significantly more taxing on the GPUs, increasing register and cache usage for generating BVH structures and other ray-related info. The NVIDIA RTX 4080 holds a commanding lead in these benchmarks, often beating the Radeon RX 7900 XTX by 50% or more. We tested the following games using the highest ray-tracing preset at 1440p native, without any upscaling or frame generation.

A Plague Tale: Requiem

Cyberpunk 2077

A Plague Tale and Cyberpunk 2077 are nearly 50% faster on the RTX 4080 as the Radeon RX 7900 XTX struggles to hit 60 FPS.

Crysis Remastered

Dying Light 2

Crysis Remastered and Dying Light 2 are less harsh on the RX 7900 XTX, granting the RTX 4080 a lead of 32% and 37%, respectively.

F1 2022

F1 2022 and Hitman 3 run well on the Radeon, even with ray-tracing maxed out. The GeForce RTX 4080 is still faster, but the deficit is reduced to single-digit figures.

Hitman 3

Hogwarts Legacy

Hogwarts Legacy is a crushing defeat for the RX 7900 XTX as the RTX 4080 expands its lead to 80% with even better lows.

Ghostwire: Tokyo

Metro Exodus

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

The Callisto Protocol

The remaining titles are between 15% to 20% faster on the GeForce RTX 4080, even though the lows are nearly 40% lower on the 7900 XTX.

Average Ray Tracing Performance

Ray-tracing is a clean sweep for the GeForce RTX 4080. It wins 11 out of 11 titles with a satisfactory advantage nearly every time. Overall, it’s 23% faster than the Radeon RX 7900 XTX. A solid win for NVIDIA.