AMD RX 7800 XT Review

1. Introduction2. Meet the RX 7800 XT Reference Card3. 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

Here we present frame rate figures for each graphics card, averaged across all 12 games on test today. These figures can disguise significant variations in performance from game to game, but provide a useful overview of the sort of performance you can expect at each resolution tested.

Over the 12 games tested, the RX 7800 XT delivers solid performance at 1440p. It comes in 3% faster on average than the RX 6800 XT, though do remember the products are positioned quite differently. It's also 7% faster than the RTX 4070 and 17% ahead of the RX 6800. If we compare it against the RTX 4060 Ti 16GB – which launched at the same price – it's a massive 44% lead for the RX 7800 XT.

Up at 4K the 7800 XT is still a viable option, this time coming in 5% ahead of the RX 6800 XT while it's still 7% ahead of the RTX 4070, but now 48% faster than the RTX 4060 Ti 16GB.

Just to illustrate the comparison against the RTX 4070, here's a breakdown of all 12 games tested at 1440p. We can see four titles where the RX 7800 XT was more than 10% faster, the 18% lead in Cyberpunk 2077 is particularly impressive. Five games showed less than a 5% margin between the two GPUs, while the 7800 XT was slower in just one game – Ratchet and Clank.

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