AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
213
142
118
87
235
160
141
106
The Witcher 3
208
183
139
72
252
224
162
88
Counter-Strike 2
302
208
149
81
318
217
157
83
Far Cry 6
172
148
133
83
191
171
153
97
Hogwarts Legacy
130
105
83
46
147
125
101
54
COD Modern Warfare 3
183
177
130
84
225
223
163
109
Ghost of Tsushima
131
111
91
55
151
127
107
70
Cyberpunk 2077
148
129
87
42
179
158
108
48
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
225
205
156
82
267
256
196
100
Avg FPS
1080p High190218
1080p Ultra156185
1440p Ultra121143
4K Ultra7084
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
20263
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
24670
Time Spy2078126936
Solar Bay86741103478
Port Royal1051914245
Fire Strike5732367268
Night Raid159759171243
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
124121
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
203754
Background Blur231.6 frames/s419.8 frames/s
Face Detection152.5 frames/s240.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.26 Gpix/sec8.72 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.75 Gpix/sec12 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.87 Gpix/sec9.88 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.12 Gpix/sec1.71 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching618.7 Gpix/sec701.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics17973.9 fps26631.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
26727
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
28850
G2D Mark10511214
DirectX 11278 fps339 fps
DirectX 12113 fps108 fps
GPU Compute14962 Ops/s17495 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
305.2 fps
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
323.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1379.6 fps1653.2 fps
Car Chase1317.5 fps1525.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1205.3 fps1206.5 fps
T-Rex4360 fps5517 fps
ALU 26645 fps8007.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2325.2 fps340 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3954.86975.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 8, 2020 December, 13, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 2.0 RDNA 3.0
Codename Navi 21 Navi 31
Price 999 899

GPU

GPU Frequency 1825 MHz 1387 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2250 MHz 2394 MHz
Shader Units 5120 5376
TMUs 320 336
ROPs 128 192
Ray Tracing Cores 80 84
L1 cache 128 KB/core 256 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 288 Gpix/sec 460 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 720 GTex/s 804 GTex/s
FLOPS 23 TFLOPS 51.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 300 W 300 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 520 mm² 529 mm²
Transistor count 26 billion 57 billion
Transistor density 50 MTr/mm² 107.75 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 2500 MHz
Bus 256 bit 320 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 20 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
512 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
800 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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