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AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

AMD Radeon R9 270X

AMD Radeon R9 270X

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

1111%
1111%

AMD Radeon R9 270X

10%
10%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is approximately 1101% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD Radeon R9 270X
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 31
Curacao
CoresDifferent
5376
1280
TMUsDifferent
336
80
ROPsDifferent
192
32
Memory SizeDifferent
20 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
320 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD Radeon R9 270X
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 31
Curacao
CodenameDifferent
Plum Bonito
N/A
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 31 XT(215-145000156)
Curacao XT(215-0848004)
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
2,800 million
GCD TransistorsDifferent
45,400 million
N/A
MCD TransistorsDifferent
2,050 million x6
N/A
DensityDifferent
109.1M / mm²
13.2M / mm²
GCD DensityDifferent
150.2M / mm²
N/A
MCD DensityDifferent
54.64M / mm²
N/A
Die SizeDifferent
529 mm²
212 mm²
GCD Die SizeDifferent
304.35 mm²
N/A
MCD Die SizeDifferent
37.52 mm² x6
N/A
Chip PackageDifferent
MCM
FCBGA-1737

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD Radeon R9 270X
Release DateDifferent
Nov 3rd, 2022
Oct 8th, 2013
AvailabilityDifferent
Dec 13th, 2022
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
899 USD
199 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
23 in our database
90 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD Radeon R9 270X
Base ClockDifferent
1387 MHz
1000 MHz
Shader ClockDifferent
2025 MHz
N/A
Game ClockDifferent
2025 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
2394 MHz
1050 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
2500 MHz20 Gbps effective
1400 MHz5.6 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD Radeon R9 270X
Memory SizeDifferent
20 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
320 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
800.0 GB/s
179.2 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD Radeon R9 270X
Shading UnitsDifferent
5376
1280
TMUsDifferent
336
80
ROPsDifferent
192
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
84
20
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
512 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
80 MB
N/A

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD Radeon R9 270X
Pixel RateDifferent
459.6 GPixel/s
33.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
804.4 GTexel/s
84.00 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
103.0 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
51.48 TFLOPS
2.688 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
1.609 TFLOPS (1:32)
168.0 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD Radeon R9 270X
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
276 mm10.9 inches
241 mm9.5 inches
HeightDifferent
110 mm4.3 inches
109 mm4.3 inches
WidthDifferent
51 mm2 inches
36 mm1.4 inches
TDPDifferent
300 W
180 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
700 W
450 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
2x 6-pin
Board NumberDifferent
109-D704A7-00_02
C631, 109-C63257-00A_02, 109-C63257-12_02

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD Radeon R9 270X
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)

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Radeon RX 9070 XT Performance109%

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GeForce GTX 670 Performance116%

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Radeon HD 5970 Performance105%

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GeForce GTX 1630 Performance105%

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GeForce GTX 1050 Performance103%

GeForce GTX 1050 is 3% faster than AMD Radeon R9 270X

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GeForce GTX 760 Performance102%

GeForce GTX 760 is 2% faster than AMD Radeon R9 270X

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