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AMD Radeon HD 7790: specs and benchmarks
Price now
553$
Games supported
69%
- Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
- Core clock speed 1000 MHz
- Max video memory 1024 MB
- Memory type GDDR5
- Memory clock speed 6000 MHz
- Maximum resolution
Year of release
2013
Performance
7.86
Summary
AMD started Radeon HD 7790 sales 22 March 2013 at a recommended price of $149. This is a desktop graphics card based on a GCN 2.0 architecture and made with 28 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 1 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 6 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 96 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 183 mm. 1x 6-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 85 Watt.
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at
7.86%
of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
General info
Some basic facts about Radeon HD 7790: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | 433 | |
| Value for money | 0.54 | |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | |
| GPU code name | Bonaire | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 22 March 2013 (10 years old) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $149 | |
| Current price | $553 (3.7x MSRP) | of 158889 (A100 PCIe) |
Value for money
Technical specs
Radeon HD 7790's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon HD 7790's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 896 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 2,080 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 56.00 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
| Floating-point performance | 1,792 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Radeon HD 7790 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
| Length | 183 mm | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon HD 7790: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz | of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Memory bandwidth | 96 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon HD 7790. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | |
| HDMI | + |
API support
APIs supported by Radeon HD 7790, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon HD 7790. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Benchmark coverage: 24%
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.
Benchmark coverage: 13%
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Mining hashrates
Cryptocurrency mining performance of Radeon HD 7790. Usually measured in megahashes per second.
| Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) | 218 Mh/s | |
| Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) | 5.2 Mh/s |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good Radeon HD 7790 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Radeon HD 7790's performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.
NVIDIA equivalent
According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon HD 7790 is GeForce GTX 470, which is slower by 1% and lower by 2 positions in our ranking.
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