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Radeon RX 7900 XT bottleneck & FPS

Ranked 10 of 126 desktop graphics cards in our database (92th percentile). Paired with a Core i7-13790F it lands near 152 fps at 1080p and 43 fps at 4K in a typical AAA title at high settings.

SpecificationsRDNA 3 · 2022
ArchitectureRDNA 3
Shading units5,376
Boost clock2,400 MHz
Memory20 GB
Memory bandwidth800 GB/s
Board power315 W
Released2022
Frame rate by resolutionwith Core i7-13790F, high
ResolutionEst. FPSGPU loadLimited by
1920 x 1080 152 98% Balanced
2560 x 1440 90 99% Graphics card
3440 x 1440 68 99% Graphics card
3840 x 2160 43 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 i7-13790F 152 0.2%
Core i9-12900KS 152 0.3%
Ryzen 5 7500X3D 151 0.7%
Ryzen 5 7600 151 0.8%
Core Ultra 7-265 152 1.4%
Core Ultra 7-265F 152 1.4%
Estimated FPS by game1440p, high, Core i7-13790F
GameEst. FPSVRAM
Cyberpunk 2077 62 OK
Fortnite 125 OK
Counter-Strike 2 220 OK
Baldur's Gate 3 90 OK
Red Dead Redemption 2 69 OK
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 75 OK

Who a Radeon RX 7900 XT 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 5,376 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 20 GB enough?

At 1440p and high settings, 20 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 10 of 126 desktop cards we model. Nearest faster: Radeon RX 9070 XT, GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super. Just below: GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, GeForce RTX 4070 Ti. Full method on the methodology page.