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Radeon RX 7900 GRE bottleneck & FPS

Ranked 13 of 126 desktop graphics cards in our database (90th percentile). Paired with a Core i7-12700K it lands near 136 fps at 1080p and 38 fps at 4K in a typical AAA title at high settings.

SpecificationsRDNA 3 · 2023
ArchitectureRDNA 3
Shading units5,120
Boost clock2,245 MHz
Memory16 GB
Memory bandwidth576 GB/s
Board power260 W
Released2023
Frame rate by resolutionwith Core i7-12700K, high
ResolutionEst. FPSGPU loadLimited by
1920 x 1080 136 99% Balanced
2560 x 1440 80 99% Graphics card
3440 x 1440 61 99% Graphics card
3840 x 2160 38 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
Core i7-12700K 136 0.1%
Core i7-12700KF 136 0.1%
Core Ultra 5-225 136 0.3%
Core Ultra 5-225F 136 0.3%
Core i5-13490F 135 0.7%
Core i5-13500 135 0.7%
Estimated FPS by game1440p, high, Core i7-12700K
GameEst. FPSVRAM
Cyberpunk 2077 55 OK
Fortnite 111 OK
Counter-Strike 2 196 OK
Baldur's Gate 3 80 OK
Red Dead Redemption 2 62 OK
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 67 OK

Who a Radeon RX 7900 GRE is actually for

This is flagship silicon, and flagship silicon has an awkward property: at 1080p it spends most of its time waiting. There is simply not enough pixel work at that resolution to keep 5,120 shading units busy, so the processor becomes the limit and a large part of what you paid for sits idle.

It earns its price at 4K, at high refresh rates, or with ray tracing turned up — workloads heavy enough to actually saturate it. If you play at 1080p on a 60 Hz panel, a card several tiers down will give you the same experience.

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 13 of 126 desktop cards we model. Nearest faster: GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, GeForce RTX 4070 Ti. Just below: GeForce RTX 4070 Super, GeForce RTX 3090. Full method on the methodology page.