Radeon RX 5900 and Radeon RX 7900 XT - video card comparison
Radeon RX 5900
Radeon RX 7900 XT
Architecture
RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
RDNA 3
GPU code name
Navi 21
Navi 31 XT
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
-
November 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin
2x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1635 MHz
2000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
5 nm
Number of transistors
21,000 million
57,700 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4096
5376
Power consumption (TDP)
300 Watt
315 Watt
Texture fill rate
418.6
804.4
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
20 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
320 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
20000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
672.0 GB/s
800.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL
-
2.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.7
Vulkan
-
1.3