Radeon RX 7800 XT vs 9700 PRO X4

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rankingnot rated26
Place by popularitynot in top-10094
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data28.79
ArchitectureRage 8 (2002−2006)RDNA 3
GPU code nameR300Navi 32
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 July 2002 (22 years ago)25 August 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$579
Current priceno data$669 (1.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 coresno data3840
Core clock speed325 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2430 MHz
Number of transistors110 million28,100 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data263 Watt
Texture fill rate2.600604.8

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).

InterfacePCIPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x Molex2x 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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed620 MHz19500 MHz
Memory bandwidth19.84 GB/s576.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors4x DVI1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1
HDMIno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0 (9_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A2.2
VulkanN/A1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2002 25 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 5 nm

We couldn't decide between Radeon 9700 PRO X4 and Radeon RX 7800 XT. We've got no test results to judge.


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