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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AMD Radeon HD 7990

AMD Radeon HD 7990

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

566%
566%

AMD Radeon HD 7990

18%
18%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is approximately 548% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXAMD Radeon HD 7990
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 31
Malta x2
CoresDifferent
6144
2048 x2
TMUsDifferent
384
128 x2
ROPsDifferent
192
32 x2
Memory SizeDifferent
24 GB
3 GB x2
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
384 bit
384 bit x2

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXAMD Radeon HD 7990
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 31
Malta
CodenameDifferent
Plum Bonito
N/A
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 31 XTX(215-145000146)
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 XTXAMD Radeon HD 7990
Release DateDifferent
Nov 3rd, 2022
Apr 24th, 2013
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 Price
999 USD
999 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
43 in our database
37 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXAMD Radeon HD 7990
Base ClockDifferent
1929 MHz
950 MHz
Shader ClockDifferent
2269 MHz
N/A
Game ClockDifferent
2365 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
2498 MHz
1000 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
2500 MHz20 Gbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXAMD Radeon HD 7990
Memory SizeDifferent
24 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Bus
384 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
960.0 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXAMD Radeon HD 7990
Shading UnitsDifferent
6144
2048
TMUsDifferent
384
128
ROPsDifferent
192
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
96
32
Matrix CoresDifferent
192
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
96
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
96 MB
N/A

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXAMD Radeon HD 7990
Pixel RateDifferent
479.6 GPixel/s
32.00 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
959.2 GTexel/s
128.0 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
122.8 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
61.39 TFLOPS
4.096 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
1.918 TFLOPS (1:32)
1,024.0 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXAMD Radeon HD 7990
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
287 mm11.3 inches
304 mm12 inches
HeightDifferent
110 mm4.3 inches
106 mm4.2 inches
WidthDifferent
51 mm2 inches
38 mm1.5 inches
TDPDifferent
355 W
375 W
Suggested PSU
750 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-D702A7-00_02
109-C47637-00A_02

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXAMD 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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