Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs FirePro D500

Place in performance ranking	395	7
Place by popularity	not in top-100	85
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.80	28.13
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	RDNA 3
GPU code name	Tahiti	Navi 31 XTX
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	18 January 2014 (10 years ago)	3 November 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$999
Current price	$475	$859 (0.9x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 7900 XTX has 905% better value for money than FirePro D500.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1536	6144
Core clock speed	725 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	2270 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	274 Watt	355 Watt
Texture fill rate	69.60	959.6
Floating-point performance	2,227 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	279 mm	287 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	2x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz	20000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	243.8 GB/s	960.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	30−35 −720%	246 +720%
1440p	21−24 −729%	174 +729%
4K	14−16 −700%	112 +700%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−33
−707%

242

+707%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −690%	166 +690%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 −709%	283 +709%
Battlefield 5	30−33 −713%	240−250 +713%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −650%	120−130 +650%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33 −670%	231 +670%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −743%	110−120 +743%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −738%	200−210 +738%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 −651%	338 +651%
Hitman 3	16−18 −669%	120−130 +669%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 −667%	537 +667%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −722%	140−150 +722%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 −675%	120−130 +675%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85 −655%	604 +655%
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27 −704%	193 +704%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 −739%	151 +739%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−33 −703%	241 +703%
Battlefield 5	30−33 −713%	240−250 +713%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −650%	120−130 +650%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −670%	208 +670%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −743%	110−120 +743%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −738%	200−210 +738%
Forza Horizon 4	30−33 −717%	240−250 +717%
Hitman 3	16−18 −669%	120−130 +669%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 −651%	300−350 +651%
Metro Exodus	10−11 −710%	81 +710%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 −675%	120−130 +675%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	70−75 −664%	535 +664%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	70−75 −679%	545 +679%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −694%	140−150 +694%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −738%	134 +738%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 −678%	210 +678%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −650%	120−130 +650%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −729%	199 +729%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −743%	110−120 +743%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −743%	295 +743%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −712%	406 +712%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65 −685%	471 +685%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 −751%	298 +751%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −652%	158 +652%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

16−18
−675%

120−130

+675%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 −690%	160−170 +690%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −700%	140−150 +700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −725%	132 +725%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 −714%	171 +714%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −700%	110−120 +700%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −683%	141 +683%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −679%	187 +679%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −729%	290 +729%
Hitman 3	14−16 −743%	110−120 +743%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −720%	328 +720%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −711%	146 +711%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 −700%	360 +700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−33 −693%	238 +693%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −756%	154 +756%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

16−18
−675%

120−130

+675%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 −780%	85−90 +780%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −667%	65−70 +667%
Hitman 3	9−10 −711%	70−75 +711%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −719%	130−140 +719%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −738%	134 +738%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −658%	182 +658%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −686%	110 +686%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 −664%	107 +664%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −767%	50−55 +767%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −689%	71 +689%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −733%	50−55 +733%
Forza Horizon 4	30−33 −657%	227 +657%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −659%	205 +659%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −678%	140 +678%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −758%	103 +758%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14

−692%

95−100
+692%

This is how FirePro D500 and RX 7900 XTX compete in popular games:

RX 7900 XTX is 720% faster in 1080p
RX 7900 XTX is 729% faster in 1440p
RX 7900 XTX is 700% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.73	80.01
Recency	18 January 2014	3 November 2022
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	274 Watt	355 Watt