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Radeon RX 7800 XT

4.5 · 661 votes
Best for 1080p / 1440p gaming

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VRAM
16 GB
CUDA
3,840
FP32
37.32 TF
Bandwidth
624.1 GB/s
TDP
263W
Boost
2430 MHz
Strengths at a Glance

How it stacks up to the flagship

Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.

FP32 compute37.32 TFLOPS36%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth624.1 GB/s35%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity16 GB50%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units3,84018%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency45/10078%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks

Estimated benchmark results

Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.

3DMark Time Spy21,240pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)9,180pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)2,756spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute110,400pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming59
Ray tracing51
AI / Compute46
Creator / 3D53
Power efficiency45
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 95 fps
1080p
146
1440p
96
4K
44
Counter-Strike 2avg 174 fps
1080p
275
1440p
170
4K
76
Fortniteavg 164 fps
1080p
267
1440p
150
4K
76
Battlefield 5avg 134 fps
1080p
160
1440p
141
4K
102
Far Cry 5avg 150 fps
1080p
177
1440p
171
4K
101
Valorantavg 331 fps
1080p
315
1440p
364
4K
315

Average FPS across all PC games

1080p
202fps
1440p
131fps
4K
68fps

Cost per frame

Launch MSRP ($499) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.

1080p
$2.21
1440p
$3.78
4K
$6.57
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

Owners love the price-to-performance ratio and smooth 1440p gaming. The common gripe is that ray tracing performance falls behind the competition.

Pros
  • Handles modern games with ease
  • Great for high refresh rate gaming
  • Runs cool and quiet under load
  • Plenty of VRAM for future titles
Cons
  • No native AV1 encoding support
  • Ray tracing performance lags behind rivals
  • Uses more power than expected

Supported technologies

Ray TracingAV1 Encode

Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
RDNA 3.0
Process node
5 nm
Transistors
28.1 B
Compute Units
60
Release date
2023
Launch price
$499
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
3,840
RT Cores
60
TMUs
240
ROPs
96
L2 cache
4 MB
Memory
Size
16 GB
Type
GDDR6
Bus width
256-bit
Bandwidth
624.1 GB/s
Memory clock
2438 MHz
Clocks & throughput
Base clock
1295 MHz
Boost clock
2430 MHz
FP32 (float)
37.32 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
37.32 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
233 GPixel/s
Texture rate
583.2 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
263W
Suggested PSU
500W
Power connectors
2x 8-pin
Bus interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
Length
267 mm
Slot width
2-slot
Display & outputs
Max resolution
7680×4320
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1

API and SDK support

DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model
6.7
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.2
Vulkan
1.3
Verdict

Our verdict on the RX 7800 XT

It’s a capable 1440p card with generous VRAM, but its ray tracing performance lags behind Nvidia’s equivalent options.

Get it if you want great 1440p performance with plenty of video memory for the money. Skip it if you need top-tier ray tracing or play at 4K resolution.

Buy it if…

  • You edit 4K video and need fast rendering without paying Nvidia prices.
  • You want high-fps 1440p gaming without worrying about VRAM limits.
  • You play games with heavy ray tracing and want solid midrange performance.
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