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Radeon RX 7800 XT bottleneck & FPS

Ranked 24 of 126 desktop graphics cards in our database (81th percentile). Paired with a Ryzen 9 3900 it lands near 110 fps at 1080p and 31 fps at 4K in a typical AAA title at high settings.

SpecificationsRDNA 3 · 2023
ArchitectureRDNA 3
Shading units3,840
Boost clock2,430 MHz
Memory16 GB
Memory bandwidth624 GB/s
Board power263 W
Released2023
Frame rate by resolutionwith Ryzen 9 3900, high
ResolutionEst. FPSGPU loadLimited by
1920 x 1080 110 99% Balanced
2560 x 1440 65 99% Graphics card
3440 x 1440 49 99% Graphics card
3840 x 2160 31 99% Graphics card
Best matched processors1080p, high

Ranked by how little performance the pairing wastes, not by which processor is fastest. The fastest chip pairs well with everything, which makes it a useless recommendation.

ProcessorEst. FPSUnused
Ryzen 9 3900 110 0%
Core i5-12400 109 0.7%
Core i5-12400F 109 0.7%
Core i9-10910 109 1.3%
Core i7-10700K 108 2.3%
Core i7-10700KF 108 2.3%
Estimated FPS by game1440p, high, Ryzen 9 3900
GameEst. FPSVRAM
Cyberpunk 2077 45 OK
Fortnite 90 OK
Counter-Strike 2 159 OK
Baldur's Gate 3 65 OK
Red Dead Redemption 2 50 OK
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 54 OK

Who a Radeon RX 7800 XT is actually for

This sits in the range where most enthusiast builds land, and it is the range where pairing matters most. Fast enough that a budget processor will hold it back at 1080p; not so fast that it stops caring about resolution. Get the pairing right and very little is wasted.

The sweet spot is 1440p. At that resolution the card is doing enough work to stay busy without the processor needing to be exceptional.

Is 16 GB enough?

At 1440p and high settings, 16 GB clears every title we model with room to spare. Memory is not the constraint on this card, and it is unlikely to become one within its useful life.

Where it sits

Ranked 24 of 126 desktop cards we model. Nearest faster: Radeon RX 9070 GRE, GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB. Just below: Radeon RX 6800 XT, GeForce RTX 3080. Full method on the methodology page.