Radeon RX 7900 GRE vs Vega Frontier Edition

Place in performance ranking	139	21
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.11	29.25
Architecture	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)	RDNA 3
GPU code name	Vega 10	Navi 31
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	27 June 2017 (7 years ago)	27 July 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	no data
Current price	$961 (1x MSRP)	$723

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 7900 GRE has 379% better value for money than Vega Frontier Edition.

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	4096	5120
Core clock speed	1382 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz	2245 MHz
Number of transistors	12,500 million	57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	260 Watt
Texture fill rate	409.6	718.4
Floating-point performance	13,107 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	267 mm	276 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	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	HBM2	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz	18000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB/s	576.0 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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	+	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.2
Vulkan	1.1.125	1.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. 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.

Vega Frontier Edition 34.51

RX 7900 GRE 68.98
+99.9%

RX 7900 GRE outperforms Vega Frontier Edition by 100% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of 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: 25%

Vega Frontier Edition 13326

RX 7900 GRE 26638
+99.9%

RX 7900 GRE outperforms Vega Frontier Edition by 100% in Passmark.

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	100−110 −100%	200 +100%
1440p	65−70 −102%	131 +102%
4K	35−40 −123%	78 +123%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

208

−92.3%

400−450
+92.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	110−120 −90.9%	210−220 +90.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	120−130 −98.3%	240−250 +98.3%
Battlefield 5	220−230 −81.8%	400−450 +81.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 −93.3%	230−240 +93.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	184 −90.2%	350−400 +90.2%
Far Cry 5	110−120 −96.6%	230−240 +96.6%
Far Cry New Dawn	160−170 −78.6%	300−310 +78.6%
Forza Horizon 4	210−220 −85.2%	400−450 +85.2%
Hitman 3	120−130 −96.7%	240−250 +96.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	446 −90.6%	850−900 +90.6%
Metro Exodus	140−150 −95.8%	280−290 +95.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 −93.5%	240−250 +93.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	487 −95.1%	950−1000 +95.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	130−140 −94%	260−270 +94%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	110−120 −90.9%	210−220 +90.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	120−130 −98.3%	240−250 +98.3%
Battlefield 5	220−230 −81.8%	400−450 +81.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 −93.3%	230−240 +93.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	158 −89.9%	300−310 +89.9%
Far Cry 5	110−120 −96.6%	230−240 +96.6%
Far Cry New Dawn	160−170 −78.6%	300−310 +78.6%
Forza Horizon 4	210−220 −85.2%	400−450 +85.2%
Hitman 3	120−130 −96.7%	240−250 +96.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	290−300 −89%	550−600 +89%
Metro Exodus	71 −97.2%	140−150 +97.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 −93.5%	240−250 +93.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	403 −98.5%	800−850 +98.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	382 −96.3%	750−800 +96.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	130−140 −94%	260−270 +94%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	110−120 −90.9%	210−220 +90.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	120−130 −98.3%	240−250 +98.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 −93.3%	230−240 +93.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	148 −95.9%	290−300 +95.9%
Far Cry 5	110−120 −96.6%	230−240 +96.6%
Forza Horizon 4	210−220 −85.2%	400−450 +85.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn	294 −87.1%	550−600 +87.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	353 −98.3%	700−750 +98.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	209 −91.4%	400−450 +91.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	130−140 −94%	260−270 +94%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130

−93.5%

240−250
+93.5%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	160−170 −81.8%	300−310 +81.8%
Far Cry New Dawn	140−150 −94.4%	280−290 +94.4%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85 −87.5%	150−160 +87.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	85−90 −97.7%	170−180 +97.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	100−110 −90.5%	200−210 +90.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	98 −93.9%	190−200 +93.9%
Far Cry 5	154 −94.8%	300−310 +94.8%
Forza Horizon 4	160−170 −81.8%	300−310 +81.8%
Hitman 3	100−105 −90%	190−200 +90%
Horizon Zero Dawn	231 −94.8%	450−500 +94.8%
Metro Exodus	128 −95.3%	250−260 +95.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	252 −98.4%	500−550 +98.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	156 −92.3%	300−310 +92.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80 −97.4%	150−160 +97.4%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

110−120

−93%

220−230
+93%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 −97.7%	170−180 +97.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 −88.4%	130−140 +88.4%
Hitman 3	60−65 −83.3%	110−120 +83.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 −90.5%	200−210 +90.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	87 −95.4%	170−180 +95.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	125 −92%	240−250 +92%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60 −93%	110−120 +93%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	50−55 −85.2%	100−105 +85.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 −96.1%	100−105 +96.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	45 −88.9%	85−90 +88.9%
Far Cry 5	50−55 −90%	95−100 +90%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −94.9%	230−240 +94.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	140 −92.9%	270−280 +92.9%
Metro Exodus	109 −92.7%	210−220 +92.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −93.2%	85−90 +93.2%