Radeon RX 7900 XT vs Radeon RX 5700 XT

Radeon RX 7900 XT
Memory: 24576Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 3 Nov 2022
Radeon RX 7900 XT
Radeon RX 5700 XT
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 7 Jul 2019
Radeon RX 5700 XT

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    251%
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 7900 XT

151% higher gaming performance.
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5700 XT

75 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 7900 XT .
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)

Radeon RX 7900 XT

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 7900 XT

The Radeon RX 7900 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (15 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 7900 XTRadeon RX 5700 XT
GPU NameNavi 31 (Navi 31 XT)vsNavi 10 (Navi 10 XT)
Fab Process5 nmvs7 nm
Die Size350 mm²vs254 mm²
Transistorsunknownvsunknown
Shaders12288vs2560
Raytracing Cores192vsnone
Compute Units192vs40
Core clock2500 MHzvs1605 MHz
ROPs256vs64
TMUs768vs256

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 7900 XTRadeon RX 5700 XT
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR6
Bus Width384 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective
vs1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective
Memory Size24576 Mbvs8192 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 7900 XTRadeon RX 5700 XT
TDP300 wattsvs225 watts
Release Date3 Nov 2022vs7 Jul 2019

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    691.20 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    112.30 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    2074.00 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    449.30 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    864.00 GB/s
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    448.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    66360.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    8980.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    197
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    78

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    182
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    111

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    409
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    176

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    273
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    119

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    320
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    127

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    151
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    59

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    172
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    76

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    306
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    120

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    199
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    78

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    235
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    85

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    98
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    33

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    108
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    43

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    172
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    67

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    113
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    40

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    126
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    44

FPS (higher is better)