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Radeon RX 7900 XTX bottleneck & FPS

Ranked 5 of 126 desktop graphics cards in our database (96th percentile). Paired with a Ryzen 9 7900 it lands near 181 fps at 1080p and 51 fps at 4K in a typical AAA title at high settings.

SpecificationsRDNA 3 · 2022
ArchitectureRDNA 3
Shading units6,144
Boost clock2,500 MHz
Memory24 GB
Memory bandwidth960 GB/s
Board power355 W
Released2022
Frame rate by resolutionwith Ryzen 9 7900, high
ResolutionEst. FPSGPU loadLimited by
1920 x 1080 181 98% Balanced
2560 x 1440 107 99% Graphics card
3440 x 1440 81 99% Graphics card
3840 x 2160 51 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 7900 181 0.3%
Ryzen 7 9700F 181 0.8%
Ryzen 7 9700X 181 0.8%
Core i9-14900KS 181 1%
Ryzen 9 7900X3D 180 1%
Ryzen 9 7950X3D 181 1.9%
Estimated FPS by game1440p, high, Ryzen 9 7900
GameEst. FPSVRAM
Cyberpunk 2077 74 OK
Fortnite 148 OK
Counter-Strike 2 263 OK
Baldur's Gate 3 107 OK
Red Dead Redemption 2 82 OK
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 89 OK

Who a Radeon RX 7900 XTX 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 6,144 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 24 GB enough?

At 1440p and high settings, 24 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 5 of 126 desktop cards we model. Nearest faster: GeForce RTX 5080, GeForce RTX 4080 Super. Just below: GeForce RTX 4080, GeForce RTX 5070 Ti. Full method on the methodology page.