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AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

AMD Radeon R9 290

AMD Radeon R9 290

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

377%
377%

AMD Radeon R9 290

29%
29%
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT is approximately 348% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon R9 290
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 32
Hawaii
CoresDifferent
3456
2560
TMUsDifferent
216
160
ROPsDifferent
96
64
Memory SizeDifferent
12 GB
4 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
192 bit
512 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon R9 290
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 32
Hawaii
CodenameDifferent
Wheat Nas
N/A
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 32 XL(215-180000076)
Hawaii PRO(215-0852020)
ArchitectureDifferent
RDNA 3.0
GCN 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
5 nm
28 nm
MCD ProcessDifferent
6 nm
N/A
Process TypeDifferent
N5 / N6 FinFET
N/A
TransistorsDifferent
28,100 million
6,200 million
DensityDifferent
81.2M / mm²
14.2M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
346 mm²
438 mm²
GCD SizeDifferent
200mm²
N/A
MCD SizeDifferent
36.6 mm² x4
N/A
Chip PackageDifferent
MCM
N/A
Package SizeDifferent
40mm × 40mm
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon R9 290
Release DateDifferent
Aug 25th, 2023
Nov 5th, 2013
AvailabilityDifferent
Sep 6th, 2023
N/A
GenerationDifferent
Navi III(RX 7000)
Volcanic Islands(R9 200)
PredecessorDifferent
Navi II
Sea Islands
SuccessorDifferent
Navi IV
Pirate Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
449 USD
399 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
24 in our database
69 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon R9 290
Base ClockDifferent
1435 MHz
N/A
Game ClockDifferent
2171 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
2544 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
2250 MHz18 Gbps effective
1250 MHz5 Gbps effective
GPU ClockDifferent
N/A
947 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon R9 290
Memory SizeDifferent
12 GB
4 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
192 bit
512 bit
BandwidthDifferent
432.0 GB/s
320.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon R9 290
Shading UnitsDifferent
3456
2560
TMUsDifferent
216
160
ROPsDifferent
96
64
Compute UnitsDifferent
54
40
Matrix CoresDifferent
108
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
54
N/A
L0 CacheDifferent
32 KB per WGP
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
128 KB per Array
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
2 MB
1024 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
48 MB
N/A

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon R9 290
Pixel RateDifferent
244.2 GPixel/s
60.61 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
549.5 GTexel/s
151.5 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
70.34 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
35.17 TFLOPS
4.849 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
1,099.0 GFLOPS (1:32)
606.1 GFLOPS (1:8)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon R9 290
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
267 mm10.5 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
HeightDifferent
135 mm5.3 inches
109 mm4.3 inches
WidthDifferent
50 mm2 inches
36 mm1.4 inches
TDPDifferent
245 W
275 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
550 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.1a2x DisplayPort 2.11x USB Type-C
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
N/A
109-C67157-00_02

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon R9 290
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
2.2
2.1
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5

Comparison Summary

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GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Performance118%

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Radeon R9 390X Performance117%

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GeForce GTX 690 Performance115%

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Radeon HD 7990 Performance114%

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