Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile Refresh
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 14 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 57 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 41.88 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 16.01 |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2022) | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2025) |
| GPU code name | TU106 | Navi 31 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 27 May 2019 (6 years ago) | 3 November 2022 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $999 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1920 | 6144 |
| Core clock speed | 945 MHz | 1929 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1380 MHz | 2498 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 10,800 million | 57,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 355 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 165.6 | 959.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.299 TFLOPS | 61.39 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 192 |
| TMUs | 120 | 384 |
| Tensor Cores | 240 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 30 | 96 |
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 | no data | 287 mm |
| Width | no data | 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 | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 336.0 GB/s | 960.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 7.5 | - |
| DLSS | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 27 May 2019 | 3 November 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 24 GB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 355 Watt |
RTX 3000 Mobile Refresh has 343.8% lower power consumption.
RX 7900 XTX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile Refresh and Radeon RX 7900 XTX. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile Refresh is a mobile workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 7900 XTX is a desktop one.
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