Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs Radeon RX 5700 XT

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

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    283%
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 7900 XTX

183% higher gaming performance.
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5700 XT

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

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 7900 XTX

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


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 7900 XTXRadeon RX 5700 XT
GPU NameNavi 31 (Navi 31 XTX (215-145000066))vsNavi 10 (Navi 10 XT)
Fab Process5 nmvs7 nm
Die Size308 mm²vs254 mm²
Transistors58,000 millionvsunknown
Shaders6144vs2560
Raytracing Cores96vsnone
Compute Units96vs40
Core clock1900 MHzvs1605 MHz
ROPs192vs64
TMUs384vs256

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 7900 XTXRadeon RX 5700 XT
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR6
Bus Width384 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed2500 MHz
20 Gbps effective
vs1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective
Memory Size24576 Mbvs8192 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 7900 XTXRadeon RX 5700 XT
TDP355 wattsvs225 watts
Release Date3 Nov 2022vs7 Jul 2019

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    481.00 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    112.30 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    961.90 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    449.30 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    960.00 GB/s
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    448.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    61560.00 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 XTX
    213
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    78

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    205
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    111

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    477
  • 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 XTX
    290
  • 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 XTX
    358
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    127

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    168
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    59

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    194
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    76

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    334
  • 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 XTX
    227
  • 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 XTX
    270
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    85

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    108
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    33

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    124
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    43

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    202
  • 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 XTX
    129
  • 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 XTX
    147
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    44

FPS (higher is better)