AMD RX 7700 XT Review ft. Sapphire Pulse

1. Introduction2. Meet the Sapphire RX 7700 XT Pulse3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy5. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing6. Assassin's Creed Valhalla7. Cyberpunk 20778. Forza Horizon 59. God of War10. Horizon Zero Dawn11. The Last of Us Part 112. A Plague Tale: Requiem13. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart14. Red Dead Redemption 215. Resident Evil 416. Returnal17. Total War: Warhammer III18. Performance Summary (12-Game Average)19. Cost Per Frame Analysis20. Bonus Benchmark: Starfield21. Ray Tracing: Control22. Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 207723. Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 2077 RT Overdrive24. Ray Tracing: F1 2325. Ray Tracing: Hitman 326. Ray Tracing: Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart27. Ray Tracing: Returnal28. Ray Tracing: Shadow of the Tomb Raider29. Ray Tracing Performance Summary30. Clock Speed31. GPU Temperatures32. Acoustics33. Power Draw: 1080p34. Power Draw: 1440p35. Power Draw: 2160p (4K)36. Performance per Watt: 1080p37. Performance per Watt: 1440p38. Performance per Watt: 2160p (4K)39. Total System Power Draw40. Closing Thoughts41. View All Pages

Ray tracing 8-game average FPS

On average, over 8 games, we can see that the RX 7700 XT is a pretty sizeable upgrade over its predecessor, delivering 38% more performance for ray tracing. It is still 12% slower than the RTX 4060 Ti, though the likes of Cyberpunk 2077 and Ratchet and Clank see heavy losses, while other games like F1 23 are more competitive.

Cost per frame, launch MSRP data

Based on those 8 ray traced games, we also include cost per frame for RT only. The RX 7700 XT isn't far off the RTX 4060 Ti 16GB in terms of MSRP pricing, but the top of the chart is dominated by Nvidia GPUs.

Cost per frame, current pricing data

That doesn't change a whole lot when using cost per frame based on current retail prices, though the RTX 4060 Ti 16GB is the better value card for ray tracing compared to the RX 7700 XT. It's not a massive disparity, but the RX 7700 XT is 14% more expensive per frame.

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