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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 vs AMD Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT: Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 and AMD Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT differ on memory type: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 at GDDR7, AMD Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT at GDDR6, which puts NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 ahead on that measure. They match on tier and ray tracing support. In Blender Cycles (GPU) the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 scores 9,138 against 2,406 for the AMD Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT, a lead of 74%.

Specs

Specification
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (NVIDIA/Blackwell/High-End/GDDR7/DLSS 4/Ray Tracing)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
GPU BrandNVIDIAAMD
SeriesBlackwellRadeon RX 6000
Board PartnerReference/Founders EditionSapphire
TierHigh-EndHigh-End
Memory TypeGDDR7GDDR6
Ray Tracing Supporttruetrue
ArchitectureBlackwellRDNA 2 (Navi 21)

Benchmarks

Measured results, not specifications. Percentages are the gap to the leading product in each test.

Blender Cycles (GPU)

Blender 4.5, Blender Open Data (CC0). Median of monster + junkshop + classroom, combined samples/min.

Blender renders 3D scenes by tracing light through them, which loads every shader unit on the card at once. The score measures sustained render throughput, so it tells you what a card does in Cycles and similar renderers rather than what it does in a game. Figures come from Blender's Open Data project, which places no restriction on reuse, and we publish the median of every submission for that card on the same Blender version.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50809,138n=1,429Best
AMD Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT2,406n=42-74%

Verdict

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

8 / 10 Expert Rating

NVIDIA's second-fastest Blackwell card with strong 1440p/4K performance, but independently not worth the price step up over the 5070 Ti for most buyers.

AMD Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT

8 / 10 Expert Rating

A solid high-end pick if its price and 16GB VRAM allocation match your target resolution.

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