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AMD has announced its next generation of graphics cards, the RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT, the first graphics cards powered by its new architecture RDNA 3, which uses a chiplet design similar to the Ryzen processors.


AMD RDNA3 architecture based on the 5nm node is the first chiplet design for consumer Radeon GPUs. The GPU features a 5nm compute engine and six memory chiplets built with a 6nm node.

The company promises RDNA 3 up to 54% performance per watt increase over RDNA 2, which used a more traditional GPU design. AMD says it can produce up to 61 TFLOPs, compared to RDNA 2's 23 TFLOPs.

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AMD confirms that its new RX 7900 XTX will be up to 1.7 times faster than the RX 6950XT at 4K resolution.

The Radeon 7900 XTX is the first Radeon card to support the DisplayPort 2.1 display interface, offering support for up to 8K 165Hz or 4K at 480Hz.

At 4K, AMD promises 62 fps in Cyberpunk 2077 with its ray-traced 7900 XTX card and AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) enabled.

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

The 7900 XT is based on a downsized engine with 10752 stream processors and 20GB of GDDR6 memory with estimated total power consumption of 300 watts.

Below is the comparative table with all the announced specifications:

  AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Memory 20 GB - GDDR6
Infinity Cache - 80 MB
Ray Accelerators - 84
24 GB - GDDR6
Infinity Cache - 96 MB
Ray Accelerators - 96
Speed Base Frequency - 1500 MHz
Boost Frequency - Up to 2400 MHz
Game Frequency - 2000 MHz
Base Frequency - 1900 MHz
Boost Frequency - Up to 2500 MHz
Game Frequency - 2300 MHz
Connections DisplayPort 2.1
HDMI 2.1
USB Type-C
DisplayPort 2.1
HDMI 2.1
USB Type-C
Rendering HDMI 4K Support
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
AV1 Decode
AV1 Encode
HDMI 4K Support
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
AV1 Decode
AV1 Encode
Power Typical Board Power (Desktop) - 300 W
Minimum PSU Recommendation - 750 W
Typical Board Power (Desktop) - 355 W
Minimum PSU Recommendation - 800 W
Dimension Length - 276 mm
Slot Size - 2.5 slots
Length - 287 mm
Slot Size - 2.5 slots

FSR3 (FidelityFX Super Resolution), which will be released next year, was also announced, but not too many details were provided. According to AMD, FSR3 is expected to deliver up to 2x more FPS than AMD FSR 2 in selected games.

Press release

"These new graphics cards are designed by gamers for gamers. As we were developing the new cards, we not only incorporated feedback from our customers, but we built in the features and capabilities we wanted to use", said Scott Herkelman, senior vice president & general manager, Graphics Business Unit at AMD. "We also realized that we needed to do something different to continue pushing the envelope of the technology, and I’m proud of what the team has accomplished with AMD RDNA 3 and the Radeon RX 7900 Series graphics cards. I can’t wait for gamers to experience the powerhouse performance, incredibly vivid visuals and amazing new features these new graphics cards offer."

AMD presents "together we advance_gaming"

AMD has announced that the Radeon RX 7900 XTX will cost $999, while the RX 7900XT will sell for $899. Both cards will be available from December 13th.