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AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE vs 7800 XT

Radeon RX 7900 GRE
VS
Radeon RX 7800 XT
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
Navi 31
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
Navi 32

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 7900 GRE with 5120 shaders against the 7800 XT that utilizes 3840 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Gaming performance
  4. Benchmarks
  5. AI
  6. Specs
  7. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
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)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
16 GB GDDR6
VS
16 GB GDDR6
59.2
(Average)
Value Index
66.2
(Good)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RX 7800 XT over RX 7900 GRE
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 7900 GRE
  • Performs slightly better (up to 18%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Shows 11% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 128 vs 115 FPS
  • 23% higher maximum theoretical performance (46 vs 37.3 TFLOPS)
  • Has 33% more shading units (5120 vs 3840)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
RX 7900 GRE
vs
RX 7800 XT

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
212
144
126
91
197
135
111
86
The Witcher 3
220
201
145
76
205
174
132
66
Counter-Strike 2
304
212
152
81
297
206
147
80
Far Cry 6
180
155
138
88
166
145
124
77
Hogwarts Legacy
137
108
87
50
122
101
79
45
CoD: Modern Warfare III
199
187
138
92
169
168
122
80
Ghost of Tsushima
139
119
98
59
124
105
85
54
Cyberpunk 2077
154
133
95
44
132
121
80
39
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
233
225
171
88
212
199
151
77
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 198 180
1080p Ultra 165 150
1440p Ultra 128 115
4K Ultra 74 67
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
RX 7900 GRE +18%
21369
RX 7800 XT
18111
Time Spy 22544 20095
Solar Bay 90933 80667
Port Royal 12467 10917
Fire Strike 56225 50073
Wild Life Extreme 41755 37173
Night Raid 169714 160762
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RX 7900 GRE +16%
172224
RX 7800 XT
148335
Background Blur 352.4 img/sec 300.7 img/sec
Face Detection 229 img/sec 200.5 img/sec
Horizon Detection 6.42 Gpixels/sec 5.77 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 8.86 Gpixels/sec 8.05 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 7.89 Gpixels/sec 6.44 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.5 Gpixels/sec 1.25 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 662.8 Gpixels/sec 566.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 24012 FPS 20533.6 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
RX 7900 GRE +16%
12461
RX 7800 XT
10740

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RX 7900 GRE +12%
27453
RX 7800 XT
24471
G2D Mark 1212 1195
DirectX 11 300 FPS 250 FPS
DirectX 12 111 FPS 96 FPS
GPU Compute 15210 Ops/s 13617 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 2161 & 11293 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RX 7900 GRE +17%
2825.7
RX 7800 XT
2422.93
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 261 & 865 samples
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
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Radeon RX 7800 XT
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📘 2026-06-03 (RekrutV)Geekbench 6 OpenCL156177
📘 2026-06-03 (RekrutV)Steel Nomad Light19225
📘 2026-05-14 (RekrutV)Geekbench 6 OpenCL152506
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
RX 7900 GRE +11%
34533
RX 7800 XT
31216
GB6 ML Half Precision
RX 7900 GRE +13%
42224
RX 7800 XT
37266
GB6 ML Quantized
RX 7900 GRE +8%
26568
RX 7800 XT
24564
Image Classification (SP) 15095 13913
Image Segmentation (HP) 21206 18416
Image Super Resolution (Q) 33962 31387
Face Detection (HP) 57614 51780
Pose Estimation (Q) 214748 177217
Text Classification (SP) 4325 3655
Machine Translation (HP) 6598 6216
Object Detection (SP) 16608 15073
Depth Estimation (Q) 57731 57318
Style Transfer (SP) 394987 347420
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Radeon RX 7900 GRE and 7800 XT

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Build Discrete Discrete
Released - September 6, 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $499
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 3.0 RDNA 3.0
GPU Codename Navi 31 Navi 32
Rival Equivalent - - GeForce RTX 4070
Successor - - Radeon RX 9070 XT
Recommended CPU - - Intel Core i5 13600K or above
Desktop GPU rating (18th and 26th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1287 MHz 1295 MHz
Boost Clock 2245 MHz 2430 MHz
Shading Units 5120 3840
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 320 240
Render Output Units (ROPs) 160 96
Ray-tracing Cores 80 60
L1 Cache 256KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 6MB shared 4MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 4 IPC 4 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 359 GPixel/s 233 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 718 GTexel/s 583 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RX 7900 GRE +23%
46 TFLOPS
RX 7800 XT
37.3 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 260 W 263 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
Die Size 529 mm² 346 mm²
Transistor Count 57 billion 28 billion
Transistor Density 107.75 MTr/mm² 80.92 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Memory Clock 2250 MHz 2438 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 18000 Mbps 19500 Mbps
Bus 256-bit 256-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RX 7900 GRE
576 GB/s
RX 7800 XT +8%
624.1 GB/s

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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