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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

401%
401%

AMD Radeon HD 7990

25%
25%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE is approximately 376% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 7900 GREAMD Radeon HD 7990
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 31
Malta x2
CoresDifferent
5120
2048 x2
TMUsDifferent
320
128 x2
ROPsDifferent
160
32 x2
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
3 GB x2
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
256 bit
384 bit x2

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 GREAMD Radeon HD 7990
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 31
Malta
CodenameDifferent
Plum Bonito
N/A
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 31 XL(215-145000206)
Malta XT(215-0849026)
ArchitectureDifferent
RDNA 3.0
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
5 nm
28 nm
MCD ProcessDifferent
6 nm
N/A
Process TypeDifferent
N5 / N6 FinFET
N/A
TransistorsDifferent
57,700 million
4,313 million
GCD TransistorsDifferent
45,400 million
N/A
MCD TransistorsDifferent
2,050 million x6
N/A
DensityDifferent
109.1M / mm²
11.8M / mm²
GCD DensityDifferent
150.2M / mm²
N/A
MCD DensityDifferent
54.64M / mm²
N/A
Die SizeDifferent
529 mm²
365 mm²
GCD Die SizeDifferent
304.35 mm²
N/A
MCD Die SizeDifferent
37.52 mm² x6
N/A
Chip PackageDifferent
MCM
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 GREAMD Radeon HD 7990
Release DateDifferent
Jul 27th, 2023
Apr 24th, 2013
GenerationDifferent
Navi III(RX 7000)
Southern Islands(HD 7900)
PredecessorDifferent
Navi II
Northern Islands
SuccessorDifferent
Navi IV
Sea Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
549 USD
999 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
34 in our database
37 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 GREAMD Radeon HD 7990
Base ClockDifferent
1287 MHz
950 MHz
Shader ClockDifferent
1880 MHz
N/A
Game ClockDifferent
1880 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
2245 MHz
1000 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
2250 MHz18 Gbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 GREAMD Radeon HD 7990
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
256 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
576.0 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 GREAMD Radeon HD 7990
Shading UnitsDifferent
5120
2048
TMUsDifferent
320
128
ROPsDifferent
160
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
80
32
Matrix CoresDifferent
160
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
80
N/A
L0 CacheDifferent
64 KB per WGP
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
256 KB per Array
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
6 MB
768 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
64 MB
N/A

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 GREAMD Radeon HD 7990
Pixel RateDifferent
359.2 GPixel/s
32.00 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
718.4 GTexel/s
128.0 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
91.96 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
45.98 TFLOPS
4.096 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
1,436.8 GFLOPS (1:32)
1,024.0 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 GREAMD Radeon HD 7990
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
276 mm10.9 inches
304 mm12 inches
HeightDifferent
110 mm4.3 inches
106 mm4.2 inches
WidthDifferent
51 mm2 inches
38 mm1.5 inches
TDPDifferent
260 W
375 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
600 W
750 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.1a2x DisplayPort 2.11x USB Type-C
1x DVI4x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power Connectors
2x 8-pin
2x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
109-D712A7-00_02
109-C47637-00A_02

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 GREAMD Radeon HD 7990
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
2.2
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.175
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5 (5.1)

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