Radeon RX 7000 series#Desktop

{{Distinguish|text = the Radeon HD 7000 series, an earlier series of GPUs developed by AMD}}

{{Infobox graphics processing unit

| name = AMD Radeon RX 7000 series

| image = 280px 300px

| img_w = 220

| caption = An AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, the series' flagship model

| date = {{Start date and age|2022|Dec|13}}

| created =

| discontinued =

| manufacturer = TSMC

| designfirm = AMD

| marketed_by = AMD

| codename = Navi 3x

| architecture = RDNA 3

| numcores = 28-96 Compute Units (CUs)

| fab = TSMC N5 ({{abbr|GCD|Graphics Compute Die}})
TSMC N6 (Navi 33 and {{abbr|MCD|Memory Cache Die}})

| process =

| transistors1 = 57.7B (Navi 31 GCD)

| transistors2 = 28.1B (Navi 32 GCD)

| transistors3 = 13.3B (Navi 33)

| transistors4 = 2.05B (MCD)

| entry = {{Unbulleted list|Radeon RX 7600S (laptop only)|Radeon RX 7600|Radeon RX 7600 XT}}

| midrange = {{Unbulleted list|Radeon RX 7700S (laptop only)|Radeon RX 7700 XT}}

| highend = {{Unbulleted list|Radeon RX 7800M|Radeon RX 7800 XT|Radeon RX 7900M (laptop only)|Radeon RX 7900 GRE}}

| enthusiast = {{Unbulleted list|Radeon RX 7900 XT|Radeon RX 7900 XTX}}

| d3dversion = {{unbulleted list|Direct3D 12.0 Ultimate (feature level 12_2)|Shader Model 6.7}}

| openclversion = OpenCL 2.1

| openglversion = OpenGL 4.6

| vulkanapi = Vulkan 1.3

| predecessor = Radeon RX 6000 series

| successor = Radeon RX 9000 series

| support_status = Supported

| variant = Radeon Pro W7000 series

}}

The Radeon RX 7000 series is a series of graphics processing units developed by AMD, based on their RDNA 3 architecture. It was announced on November 3, 2022{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Ryan |last2=Bonshor |first2=Gavin |date=November 3, 2022 |title=AMD RDNA 3 GPU Unveil "together we advance_gaming" Live Blog (1pm PT/20:00 UTC) |url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/17635/amd-rdna-3-gpu-unveil-live-blog-1pm-pt-2000-utc |website=AnandTech |language=en-US |access-date=November 3, 2022}} and is the successor to the Radeon RX 6000 series. The first two graphics cards of the family (RX 7900 XT and RX 7900 XTX) were released on Dec 13, 2022.

Currently AMD has announced and released seven desktop graphics cards of the Radeon RX 7000 series: the entry level RX 7600 and RX 7600 XT; the mainstream RX 7700 XT and RX 7800 XT; and the enthusiast RX 7900 GRE, RX 7900 XT and RX 7900XTX.{{Cite web | title=AMD Radeon™ RX Graphics Cards | url=https://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics/desktops/radeon.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531040537/https://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics/desktops/radeon.html | access-date=2025-02-15 | archive-date=2024-05-31}} Four laptop chips have also been released in two series; the power efficiency targeting S series, consisting of the RX 7600S and RX 7700S; and the M series, consisting of the RX 7800M And RX 7900M.{{Cite web | title=AMD Radeon™ RX Graphics for Laptops | url=https://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics/laptops/radeon.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620154151/https://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics/laptops/radeon.html | access-date=2025-02-15 | archive-date=2024-06-20}}

Features

RDNA 3 microarchitecture
Up to 96 Compute Units (CU) compared to the maximum of 80 in the RX 6000 series
New dual-issue shader arithmetic logic units (ALUs) in each CU with the ability to execute two instructions per cycle
Second-generation Ray tracing accelerators
Acceleration of AI inference tasks with Wave matrix multiply-accumulate (WMMA) instructions on FP16, non-matrix execution units{{cite web|url=https://gpuopen.com/learn/wmma_on_rdna3/|title=How to accelerate AI applications on RDNA 3 using WMMA|first=Aaryaman|last=Vasishta|date=January 10, 2023|publisher=GPUOpen.com|access-date=2023-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110194947/https://gpuopen.com/learn/wmma_on_rdna3/|url-status=live|archive-date=2023-01-10}}{{cite web |last1=Walton |first1=Jarred |title=AMD RDNA 3 and Radeon RX 7000-series GPUs: Everything we know |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/features/amd-radeon-rx-7000-rdna-3-price-performance-benchmarks-release-date#section-amd-rdna-3-architecture-ai-accelerators |website=Tom's Hardware |access-date=20 July 2024 |date=15 June 2024}}
First consumer graphics card to be based on a chiplet design
TSMC N5 for Graphics Compute Die (GCD)
TSMC N6 for Memory Cache Die (MCD)
Up to 24 GB of GDDR6 video memory
Doubled L1 cache from 128 KB to 256 KB per array
50% increased L2 cache from 4 MB to 6 MB maximum{{cite web |last1=Walton |first1=Jarred |date=November 14, 2022 |title=AMD RDNA 3 GPU Architecture Deep Dive: The Ryzen Moment for GPUs |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-rdna-3-gpu-architecture-deep-dive-the-ryzen-moment-for-gpus |website=Tom's Hardware |language=en-US |access-date=November 18, 2022}}
Second-generation Infinity Cache with up to 2.7x peak bandwidth and up to 96 MB (16 MB per MCD) in capacity
PCI Express 4.0 x8 or x16 interface
Support for AV1 hardware encoding and decoding for 12-bit video up to 8K60{{cite web |last1=Archer |first1=James |date=November 4, 2022 |title=AMD announced the first Radeon RX 7000 GPUs at RTX 4080-beating prices |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/amd-radeon-rx-7000-series-price-specs-release-date |website=RockPaperShotgun |language=en-US |access-date=November 7, 2022}}
New "Radiance Display" Engine with:
DisplayPort 2.1 UHBR 13.5 support (up to 54 Gbit/s bandwidth)
HDMI 2.1a support (up to 48 Gbit/s bandwidth)
Support up to 8K 165 Hz or 4K 480 Hz output with DSC
12-bit color and Rec. 2020 support for HDR

Navi 3x dies

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! rowspan="2" \| ! colspan="3" \| Graphics Compute Die (GCD) ! rowspan="2" \| Memory Cache{{Br}}Die (MCD)
Navi 31{{Cite web \|last1=Walton \|first1=Jarred \|date=November 14, 2022 \|title=AMD RDNA 3 GPU Architecture Deep Dive: The Ryzen Moment for GPUs \|url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-rdna-3-gpu-architecture-deep-dive-the-ryzen-moment-for-gpus \|website=Tom's Hardware \|language=en-US \|access-date=April 3, 2023}} ! Navi 32 ! Navi 33
style="text-align: left;" \| {{resize\|Codename}} \| Plum Bonito \| Wheat Nas \| Hotpink Bonefish \| rowspan="2" style="background:white" \| —
style="text-align: left;" \| {{resize\|Compute units (Stream processors) [FP32 cores]}} \| 96 (6144) [12288] \| 60 (3840) [7680] \| 32 (2048) [4096]
style="text-align: left;" \| {{resize\|Transistors}} \| 45.7B \| 28.1B \| 13.3B \| 2.05B
style="text-align: left;" \| {{resize\|Transistor density}} \| 152.3 MTr/mm² \| 140.5 MTr/mm² \| 65.2 MTr/mm² \| 55.4 MTr/mm²
style="text-align: left;" \| {{resize\|Die size}} \| 300 mm² \|200 mm² \| 204 mm² \| 37 mm²

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

! rowspan="2" |

! colspan="3" | Graphics Compute Die (GCD)

! rowspan="2" | Memory Cache{{Br}}Die (MCD)

Navi 31{{Cite web |last1=Walton |first1=Jarred |date=November 14, 2022 |title=AMD RDNA 3 GPU Architecture Deep Dive: The Ryzen Moment for GPUs |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-rdna-3-gpu-architecture-deep-dive-the-ryzen-moment-for-gpus |website=Tom's Hardware |language=en-US |access-date=April 3, 2023}}

! Navi 32

! Navi 33

style="text-align: left;" | {{resize|Codename}}

| Plum Bonito

| Wheat Nas

| Hotpink Bonefish

| rowspan="2" style="background:white" | —

style="text-align: left;" | {{resize|Compute units
(Stream processors)
[FP32 cores]}}

| 96
(6144)
[12288]

| 60
(3840)
[7680]

| 32
(2048)
[4096]

style="text-align: left;" | {{resize|Transistors}}

| 45.7B

| 28.1B

| 13.3B

| 2.05B

style="text-align: left;" | {{resize|Transistor density}}

| 152.3 MTr/mm²

| 140.5 MTr/mm²

| 65.2 MTr/mm²

| 55.4 MTr/mm²

style="text-align: left;" | {{resize|Die size}}

| 300 mm²

|200 mm²

| 204 mm²

| 37 mm²

= Navi 31 =

The Navi 31 multi-chip module features 58 billion transistors, a 165% increase in transistor density than the previous generation Navi 2x, across seven dies: one Graphics Compute Die (GCD) and six Memory Cache Dies (MCD). The full Navi 31 die contains 12,288 FP32 cores, equivalent to 6144 stream processors.{{cite web |title=AMD announces Radeon RX 7900XTX and 7900XT with Navi 31 "RDNA3" GPU |url=https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-announces-radeon-rx-7900xtx-and-7900xt-with-navi-31-rdna3-gpu |website=VideoCardz |language=en-US |date=November 3, 2022 |access-date=November 8, 2022}} Reportedly, the Navi 31 die has been designed to scale up to 3.0 GHz frequency, though AMD's Radeon RX 7900 XTX reference design can hit a boost frequency of 2.5 GHz.{{cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Mark |date=November 4, 2022 |title=AMD's RX 7900 XTX is reportedly designed to "scale to up to 3GHz" |url=https://overclock3d.net/news/gpu_displays/amd_s_rx_7900_xtx_is_reportedly_designed_to_scale_to_up_to_3ghz/1 |website=Overclock3D |language=en-US |access-date=November 8, 2022}} The Navi 31 die is fabricated on TSMC's N5 process node.

= Navi 33 =

The Navi 33 die features 13.3 billion transistors and a die size of 204 mm². The full die features 4096 FP32 cores, segmented into 32 Compute Units.{{cite web |title=AMD Navi 33 |url=https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/amd-navi-33.g1001 |website=TechPowerUp |language=en-US |access-date=16 January 2023}} Unlike the higher-end Navi 31 die, it is a monolithic design fabricated on TSMC's N6 process node.

Products

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Issues

= Idle power usage =

Abnormally high power draw while at idle was observed with the Radeon RX 7900 XT and RX 7900 XTX when using select high resolution, high refresh rate displays and when the GPU is decoding video. ComputerBase discovered that the RX 7900 XT and RX 7900 XTX drew a respective 71W and 80W when decoding and playing a 4K 60FPS YouTube video compared to the 30W used by the RX 6900 XT for the same task.{{cite web |last1=Timm |first1=Jan-Frederik |date=December 22, 2022 |title=Treiber für Radeon RX 7900 XT(X): Adrenalin Edition 22.12.2 soll den Stromverbrauch senken |url=https://www.computerbase.de/2022-12/treiber-fuer-radeon-rx-7900-xt-x-adrenalin-edition-22-12-2-soll-den-stromverbrauch-senken/ |website=ComputerBase |language=de |access-date=December 23, 2022}} AMD acknowledged the issue and it was added to the list of known issues to be addressed with future updates to drivers and Radeon Adrenalin software.{{cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Mark |date=December 13, 2022 |title=Radeon acknowledges high RX 7900XT/X idle power with their AMD Software 22.12.1 drivers |url=https://overclock3d.net/news/gpu_displays/radeon_acknowledges_high_rx_7900xt_x_idle_power_with_their_amd_software_22_12_1_drivers/1 |website=Overclock3D |language=en-GB |access-date=December 23, 2022}} On December 22, 2022, Adrenalin Edition 22.12.2 was released and its RDNA 3-exclusive driver significantly reduced the GPU's power usage at idle and when decoding video.{{cite web |last1=Tyson |first1=Mark |date=December 22, 2022 |title=AMD Adrenalin Edition 22.12.2 Driver Slashes RX 7900 XT(X) Power Consumption |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-adrenalin-edition-22122-driver-slashes-rx-7900-xtx-power-consumption |website=Tom's Hardware |language=en-US |access-date=December 23, 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Cunningham |first1=Andrew |date=December 22, 2022 |title=Driver updates will fix abnormally high power use for AMD's new RX 7900 GPUs |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/12/amd-acknowledges-high-power-use-in-rx-7900-gpus-plans-driver-fixes/ |website=Ars Technica |language=en-US |access-date=December 23, 2022}}

= Reference card temperature issues =

AMD's reference editions of the Radeon RX 7900 XT and RX 7900 XTX have suffered from high temperatures of up to 109°C on the GPU hot spot. AIB partner cards were confirmed to not be affected by this issue. The loud fans and thermal throttling on reference cards could have been as a result of poor contact between the reference cooler and the GPU chiplets.{{cite web |last1=Tyson |first1=Mark |date=December 21, 2022 |title=AMD Looking Into RX 7900 Series Temperature Issues |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-investigating-rx-7900-reference-hot-spot-temperatures |website=Tom's Hardware |language=en-US |access-date=December 23, 2022}} HardwareLuxx instead considered that the direct die cooling used for the Navi 31 chiplets could be difficult due to uneven contact pressure across the seven dies even if they may look to be level.{{cite web |last1=Schilling |first1=Andreas |date=December 21, 2022 |title=Nutzer melden Temperaturprobleme der Radeon RX 7900 XT(X) (Update) |url=https://www.hardwareluxx.de/index.php/news/hardware/grafikkarten/60063-hohes-temperatur-delta-nutzer-melden-temperaturprobleme-der-radeon-rx-7900-xt-x.html |website=HardwareLuxx |language=de |access-date=December 23, 2022}} AMD issued a statement in December 2022 that it was investigating the issue.{{cite web |last1=Norem |first1=Josh |date=December 22, 2022 |title=AMD Investigating Overheating Radeon 7900 Reference Boards |url=https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/341749-amd-investigating-overheating-radeon-7900-reference-boards |website=ExtremeTech |language=en-US |access-date=December 23, 2022}} AMD said that the noisy fans and thermal throttling on reference cards were due to a manufacturing defect where there was an insufficient amount of water in vapor chambers.{{Cite web |title=AMD confirms a small batch of Radeon RX 7900 XTX has vapor chamber issues, company offers replacements |url=https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-confirms-a-small-batch-of-radeon-rx-7900-xtx-has-vapor-chamber-issues-company-offers-replacements |website=VideoCardz |language=en-US |date=January 6, 2023 |access-date=January 8, 2023}}{{Cite web |title=PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX RedDevil im Test |url=https://www.pcmasters.de/testbericht/133711958-powercolor-radeon-rx-7900-xtx-reddevil-test-review.html |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=PCMasters |language=de}} Affected cards would be replaced by AMD upon request.

On January 6, 2023, Scott Herkelman, Senior Vice President & General Manager Graphics at AMD, said in an interview with PCWorld that "you would see a small performance delta" if the GPU throttles at 110 °C during certain workloads.{{Cite web |author=PCWorld |date=January 6, 2023 |title=Scott Herkelman Addresses RX 7900 XTX Cooler & Performance |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X87OzJ3bU7o |website=YouTube |language=en-US |access-date=January 13, 2023}} Some media outlets disagreed with statements made by Herkelman, such as how he said there was "a small performance delta" when 3 out of 4 affected RX 7900 XTX performed worse than a previous generation 6900 XT in the same test.{{Cite web |author=der8auer EN |date=January 8, 2023 |title=AMDs questionable Statement regarding the 7900XTX Hotspot Drama |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqVMIAtMvi0 |website=YouTube |language=en |access-date=January 13, 2023}} Usually, the RX 7900 XTX performs approximately 30–60% better than a 6900 XT.{{Cite web |title=Launch-Analyse AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT & XTX (Seite 4) |url=http://www.3dcenter.org/artikel/launch-analyse-amd-radeon-rx-7900-xt-xtx |website=3DCenter |language=de |date=December 20, 2022 |access-date=January 13, 2023}}