Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition vs RX 7600

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	80	not rated
Place by popularity	76	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	37.94	no data
Architecture	RDNA 3.0 (2022)	R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code name	Navi 33	R580
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	24 May 2023 (1 year ago)	24 January 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$269	no data
Current price	$352 (1.3x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	2048	no data
Core clock speed	1720 MHz	625 MHz
Boost clock speed	2655 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	13,300 million	384 million
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	339.8	10.00

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 4.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	204 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	18000 MHz	1450 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	46.4 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	1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	6.7	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
OpenCL	2.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.3	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	24 May 2023	24 January 2006
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	6 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	100 Watt

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