AMD Radeon RX 7900XT GPU Performance Review

AMD Radeon RX 7900XT GPU has been released in the PC gaming market with a new RDNA3 architecture for next-level graphical performance

After much hype and anticipation, AMD has finally launched its all-new RX 7000 GPUs in the PC gaming market. AMD has launched two GPUs, the RX 7900XT and the RX 7900XTX, and we will talk about the XT version today. It is the slight step-down model version of the flagship AMD GPU RX 7900 XTX. AMD claims this 7900XT will have a performance boost of 50% over the old RX 6000 series.

This GPU’s new RDNA3 electronics architecture claims it has excellent optimization and newer GPU features like their latest Adrenalin Software, Fidelity FX Super Resolution and the AMD Link. This RX 7900XT is based on NAVI 31 silicon and holds a 17% better IPC uplift than the old RDNA2. For this reason, AMD thinks it will be an excellent competitor to the latest Nvidia RTX 4090 and the 4080 GPU, especially in price-to-performance ratio.

Now without further delay, let’s check out the all-new AMD Radeon RX 7900XT GPU and its performance.

AMD Radeon RX 7900XT – Specs

Here are the full specifications of the AMD Radeon RX 7900XT Graphics card.

Variant	Navi 31 XT
Architecture	RDNA3
Generation	RX 7000
Base Clock	1500 MHz
Boost Clock	2394 MHz
Gaming Clock	2025 MHz
Shader Clock	2025 MHz
Video Memory	20 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6
Memory Bus	320 bit
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x 16
Bandwidth	800 GB/s
Memory Clock	2500MHz with 20 Gbps effective speed
Ports	1 HDMI v2.1a 2 Display Port v2.1 1 USB Type C
Connector	16-pin
DirectX	v12.2 ultimate
TDP	300 W
PSU	700 W

AMD Radeon RX 7900XT – Price and Availability

AMD Radeon RX 7900XT GPU is now available worldwide with all the major online and offline retailers with a starting price tag of $899. But the price of this GPU may vary from one country to another.

Navi RX 7900XT – Design

AMD has manufactured their all-new 7900XT GPU with a 3-fan design. 7900XT has a large heatsink and is well-covered with a thick backplate. The screw areas in the backside are painted with red colours and are built out of chiplets rather than the larger monolithic chip. This is just a little smaller than the XTX model. This model does not have any RGB Backlighting, and the total weight of this model is approximately 1533 grams only. With an oversized bracket, it almost takes up three slots in your cabinet.

Radeon RX 7900XT is well constructed for cooling, as it comes with an excellent vapour chamber. No heat pipes are inside this GPU, as the large heatsink to get the job done. The GPU core is designed as a 14-phase desire controlled by a Monolithic 70 A current Power system. This system manages the power supply inside the GPU very well and protects it from getting short circuits.

The three fans on the OEM AMD Radeon RX 7900XT are great, and it keeps the Graphics card under safe temperatures, so you won’t be losing out on performance if you are going with a reference RX 7900XT Graphics Card.

AMD Radeon GPU – Test Setup

We experimented and built a separate system for this GPU’s actual power. Here are the details of it.

Processor	Intel Core i9-13900K CPU
Graphics Card	AMD Radeon RX 7900XT
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix Z790-E
Memory	Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB RGB DDR5 6000 MHz
Storage	2 TB SAMSUNG EVO M.2 NVMe SSD
Power Supply	EVGA 1600W 80+ Gold Fully Modular
CPU Cooler	Lian Li Galahad 360 Cooler
Operating System	Windows 11 Pro 64bit
Drivers	For Windows – 21H2 (OS build 22000) For GPU – 22.11.2 WHQL

AMD Radeon RX 7900XT – Gaming and Application Performance

Here are the gaming and application tests when running an RX 7900XT with the latest Intel Core i9 13900K Processor on three different resolutions.

RX 7900XT Gaming Performance

Game Name	1080p	1440p	2160p
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla	159 fps avg	127 fps avg	78 fps avg
Battlefield V	344 fps avg	290 fps avg	160 fps avg
Borderlands 3	137 fps avg	136 fps avg	86 fps avg
Control	204 fps avg	140 fps avg	70 fps avg
Cyberpunk 2077	165 fps avg	108 fps avg	51 fps avg
Days Gone	221 fps avg	163 fps avg	88 fps avg
Death loop	208 fps avg	166 fps avg	99 fps avg
Divinity Original Sin 2	286 fps avg	272 fps avg	162 fps avg
DOOM Eternal	442 fps avg	353 fps avg	210 fps avg
Dying Light 2	197 fps avg	140 fps avg	67 fps avg
Elden Ring	140 fps avg	120 fps avg	75 fps avg
F1 2022	316 fps avg	250 fps avg	152 fps avg
Far Cry 6	206 fps avg	182 fps avg	105 fps avg
Forza Horizon 5	149 fps avg	136 fps avg	103 fps avg
God of War	173 fps avg	140 fps avg	88 fps avg
Guardians of the Galaxy	212 fps avg	169 fps avg	102 fps avg
Halo Infinite	163 fps avg	132 fps avg	84 fps avg
Hitman 3	187 fps avg	190 fps avg	127 fps avg
Metro Exodus	255 fps avg	199 fps avg	117 fps avg
Red Dead Redemption 2	176 fps avg	151 fps avg	99 fps avg
Resident Evil Village	376 fps avg	277 fps avg	153 fps avg
The Witcher 3	322 fps avg	244 fps avg	133 fps avg
Total War Warhammer 3	177 fps avg	117 fps avg	58 fps avg
Watch Dogs Legion	171 fps avg	132 fps avg	78 fps avg
All Games Average FPS	228 fps	183 fps	108 fps

RX 7900XT Application Performance

3DMark Time Spy	24042 Points
3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited	737404 Points
3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics	259707 Points
3DMark Fire Strike Standard	50669 Points
3DMark Night Raid	90204 Points
3DMark Performance GPU	77784 Points
Unigine Vally 1.0 DX0	243 fps
Blender 3.3 Classroom HIP	26 seconds

AMD Radeon RX 7900XT – Noise and Thermal

With a constant 100% load while gaming on this GPU, we observed that the card reached up to 62 degrees Celcius. In this situation, the fan ran at 66% of its total speed with an RPM of 1747 units. The average fan noise was calculated at 37 dB, and the GPU always stayed under 34 degrees celsius when idle.

AMD Radeon RX 7900XT – Final Verdict

As per the performance we have seen, the AMD Radeon 7900XT is a great Graphics card, and AMD did a great job of launching it at a lower price range than its Green competitor, Nvidia. Of course, it is a large-size card, but still, AMD has managed to keep the size smaller than the RTX 4080. And even with such a powerful performance, the smaller form factor kept up with our cooling expectations.

We have seen the performance of this Navi 31 GPU 7000 series GPU. The GPU scored 100+ FPS for all the games, even at a performance at 1440p/2K resolution without any performance hits. The 4K results are fantastic, and we are pretty sure that as time progresses, AMD will be pushing out newer and newer drivers which will directly impact the performance of all the RX Graphics Cards.

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That’s all, Folks!

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