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Radeon VII

3 · 317 votes
Best for 1080p esports gaming

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VRAM
16 GB
CUDA
3,840
FP32
13.44 TF
Bandwidth
1024 GB/s
TDP
295W
Boost
1750 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 compute13.44 TFLOPS13%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth1024 GB/s57%
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 efficiency15/10026%
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 Spy14,040pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)6,120pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)1,820spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute72,000pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming39
Ray tracing34
AI / Compute30
Creator / 3D35
Power efficiency15
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 53 fps
1080p
90
1440p
47
4K
22
Counter-Strike 2avg 117 fps
1080p
209
1440p
95
4K
47
Fortniteavg 98 fps
1080p
149
1440p
102
4K
43
Battlefield 5avg 98 fps
1080p
123
1440p
100
4K
71
Far Cry 5avg 80 fps
1080p
88
1440p
95
4K
57
Valorantavg 225 fps
1080p
191
1440p
247
4K
238

Average FPS across all PC games

1080p
115fps
1440p
70fps
4K
62fps

Cost per frame

Launch MSRP ($699) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.

1080p
$5.45
1440p
$9.86
4K
$12.81
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

Owners love the raw compute power and huge memory for creative work. The usual gripe is the fan noise under load and limited gaming driver support.

Pros
  • Runs cool and quiet under load
  • Renders massive textures without stutter
  • Fast performance for creative workloads
  • Handles high resolution gaming easily
Cons
  • Needs a lot of power
  • Drivers were always buggy
  • Runs hot under load

Supported technologies

AV1 Encode

Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
GCN 5.1
Process node
7 nm
Transistors
13.2 B
Compute Units
60
Release date
2019
Launch price
$699
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
3,840
TMUs
240
ROPs
64
L2 cache
4 MB
Memory
Size
16 GB
Type
HBM2
Bus width
4096-bit
Bandwidth
1024 GB/s
Memory clock
1000 MHz
Clocks & throughput
Base clock
1400 MHz
Boost clock
1750 MHz
FP32 (float)
13.44 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
13.44 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
112 GPixel/s
Texture rate
420 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
295W
Suggested PSU
550W
Power connectors
2x 8-pin
Bus interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Length
280 mm
Slot width
2-slot
Display & outputs
Max resolution
7680×4320
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a

API and SDK support

DirectX
12 (12_1)
Shader Model
6.7
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Verdict

Our verdict on the VII

AMD's Radeon VII is a 7nm GCN relic that crams 16GB of HBM2 memory into a hot, power-hungry package.

Get it if you need loads of fast video memory for creative work and don't mind a hot, power-hungry card. Skip it if you're gaming—newer, cheaper cards beat it easily and run cooler.

Buy it if…

  • Buy it if you need lots of VRAM for creative work.
  • Buy it if you collect rare, high-end older hardware.
  • Buy it if you're building a period-correct 2019 high-end rig.
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