SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7800 XT
vs
PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7800 XT has 3840 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.57 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 39.39 TFLOPS.

The PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX has 6144 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.53 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 62.05 TFLOPS.

GPU

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7800 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 3 architecture, which has 60 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX is based on the RDNA 3 architecture and is equipped with 96 execution units.
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7800 XT GPU PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Navi 32 XT GPU Chip Navi 31
RDNA 3 Architecture RDNA 3
60 Streaming Multiprocessors 96
3840 Shader 6144
96 Render Output Units 192
240 Texture Units 384
60 Raytracing Cores 96

Memory

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7800 XT is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.438 GHz clocks.

The PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX has a 24 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.500GHz.

16 GB Memory Size 24 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.438 GHz Memory Clock 2.500 GHz
19.5 Gbps Memory Speed 20.0 Gbps
624 GB/s Memory bandwidth 960 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7800 XT has a turbo clock of 2.565 GHz. The turbo frequency of the PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 2.525 GHz.

1.800 GHz Base Clock 1.900 GHz
2.565 GHz Boost Clock 2.525 GHz
2.25 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.33 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7800 XT has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 96 °C.

The PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 97 °C.

288 W TDP 355 W
-- TDP (up) --
96 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7800 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.

The PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 90 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 30 dB

Connectivity

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7800 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v2.1 DP Ports 3x DP v2.1
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7800 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7800 XT is 62 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 62 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

320 mm Length 320 mm
135 mm Height 119 mm
62 mm Width 62 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 5 nanometer process, SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7800 XT was released in Q3/2023.

The PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX published in Q4/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers.

11330-01-20G Part-no RX 7900 XTX 24G-L/OC
Q3/2023 Release date Q4/2022
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 999 $ (Reference)
5 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7800 XT SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
140 fps (avg)
PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX
24 GB GDDR6
143 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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