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AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

AMD Radeon HD 7970

AMD Radeon HD 7970

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

896%
896%

AMD Radeon HD 7970

15%
15%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is approximately 881% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 31
Tahiti
CoresDifferent
5376
2048
TMUsDifferent
336
128
ROPsDifferent
192
32
Memory SizeDifferent
20 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
320 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 31
Tahiti
CodenameDifferent
Plum Bonito
N/A
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 31 XT(215-145000156)
Tahiti XT(215-0821060)
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
12.3M / mm²
GCD DensityDifferent
150.2M / mm²
N/A
MCD DensityDifferent
54.64M / mm²
N/A
Die SizeDifferent
529 mm²
352 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 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970
Release DateDifferent
Nov 3rd, 2022
Jan 9th, 2012
AvailabilityDifferent
Dec 13th, 2022
N/A
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
899 USD
549 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
23 in our database
191 in our database
AnnouncedDifferent
N/A
Dec 22nd, 2011

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970
Base ClockDifferent
1387 MHz
N/A
Shader ClockDifferent
2025 MHz
N/A
Game ClockDifferent
2025 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
2394 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
2500 MHz20 Gbps effective
1375 MHz5.5 Gbps effective
GPU ClockDifferent
N/A
925 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970
Memory SizeDifferent
20 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
320 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
800.0 GB/s
264.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970
Shading UnitsDifferent
5376
2048
TMUsDifferent
336
128
ROPsDifferent
192
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
84
32
Matrix CoresDifferent
168
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
84
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
80 MB
N/A

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970
Pixel RateDifferent
459.6 GPixel/s
29.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
804.4 GTexel/s
118.4 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
103.0 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
51.48 TFLOPS
3.789 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
1.609 TFLOPS (1:32)
947.2 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
276 mm10.9 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
HeightDifferent
110 mm4.3 inches
111 mm4.4 inches
WidthDifferent
51 mm2 inches
38 mm1.5 inches
TDPDifferent
300 W
250 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
700 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.1a2x DisplayPort 2.11x USB Type-C
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
109-D704A7-00_02
109-C38637-00

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
2.2
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Performance103%

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