Radeon RX 9070 vs RTX 3080
Short answer: which is best?
Radeon RX 9070 is 44.8 % stronger than RTX 3080. Radeon RX 9070 ranks #8 of 66 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (12,988 GPU score over 1 verified runs). RTX 3080 ranks #16 of 66 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (8,969 GPU score over 2 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 3 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | Radeon RX 9070 | RTX 3080 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU score (the card's own performance) | 12,988 | 8,969 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 10,580 | 10,171 |
| Earth II (Vulkan) | 53.3 FPS | 37.5 FPS |
| Mission to Earth II (DX12) | 72.8 FPS | 47.9 FPS |
| Earth II Landing (DX12 Ultimate) | 60.8 FPS | 42.8 FPS |
| Supernova (DX11) | 27.1 FPS | 114.6 FPS |
| Memory bandwidth | 102 GB/s | 226 GB/s |
| VRAM | 16 GB | 10 GB |
| Ray tracing | Yes | Yes |
What the numbers mean
The GPU score is the graphics card's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the card in, and depends on processor, memory and storage. We show both and never mix them.
All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik
All measurements for Radeon RX 9070 · All measurements for RTX 3080