AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT vs 7700 XT
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AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
Navi 32
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
Navi 32
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB with 3840 shaders against the 7700 XT 12 GB that utilizes 3456 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Value for money (Beta)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 7800 XT
- Performs better (up to 21%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 16% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 115 vs 99 FPS
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
- Has 44% higher memory bandwidth: 624.1 vs 432 GB/s
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 197 135 111 86 |
186 117 96 70 |
| The Witcher 3 | 205 174 132 66 |
179 152 113 61 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 297 206 147 80 |
268 195 134 74 |
| Far Cry 6 | 166 145 124 77 |
145 131 110 63 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 122 101 79 45 |
106 89 69 39 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 169 168 122 80 |
148 143 102 64 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 124 105 85 54 |
111 90 73 44 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 132 121 80 39 |
115 103 65 31 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 212 199 151 77 |
192 176 130 67 |
| 1080p High | 180 | 161 |
| 1080p Ultra | 150 | 133 |
| 1440p Ultra | 115 | 99 |
| 4K Ultra | 67 | 57 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 20095 | 17109 |
| Solar Bay | 80667 | 65104 |
| Port Royal | 10917 | 9114 |
| Fire Strike | 50073 | 42722 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 37173 | 30428 |
| Night Raid | 160762 | 147320 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 300.7 img/sec | 285.8 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 200.5 img/sec | 181.6 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 5.77 Gpixels/sec | 4.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 8.05 Gpixels/sec | 6.66 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 6.44 Gpixels/sec | 5.68 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.25 Gpixels/sec | 1.18 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 566.4 Gpixels/sec | 493 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 20533.6 FPS | 19410.5 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1195 | 1157 |
| DirectX 11 | 250 FPS | 232 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 96 FPS | 83 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 13617 Ops/s | 12985 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
Radeon RX 7800 XT
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-03 (RekrutV) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 156177 |
| 📘 2026-06-03 (RekrutV) | Steel Nomad Light | 19225 |
| 📘 2026-05-14 (RekrutV) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 152506 |
| 📘 2026-05-14 (RekrutV) | Steel Nomad Light | 18724 |
Radeon RX 7700 XT
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-17 (MadDog9912) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 135040 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 13913 | 11284 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 18416 | 14150 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 31387 | 27972 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 51780 | 35311 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 177217 | 142235 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3655 | 3836 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 6216 | 4471 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 15073 | 12084 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 57318 | 49197 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 347420 | 301429 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Radeon RX 7800 XT and 7700 XTGeneral
| Vendor | Amd | Amd |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | September 6, 2023 | September 6, 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | $449 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | High-end |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.0 | RDNA 3.0 |
| GPU Codename | Navi 32 | Navi 32 |
| Rival Equivalent | - GeForce RTX 4070 | - GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB |
| Successor | - Radeon RX 9070 XT | - Radeon RX 9070 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i5 13600K or above | - Intel Core i7 13700K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (25th and 33rd place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1295 MHz | 1435 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2430 MHz | 2544 MHz |
| Shading Units | 3840 | 3456 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 240 | 216 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 96 | 96 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 60 | 54 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 4MB shared | 2MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 4 IPC | 4 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 233 GPixel/s | 244 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 583 GTexel/s | 550 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 263 W | 245 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 346 mm² | 346 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 28 billion | 28 billion |
| Transistor Density | 80.92 MTr/mm² | 80.92 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2438 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 19500 Mbps | 18000 Mbps |
| Bus | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 2.1 | 2.1 |
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