AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT Is The Bang For Buck RTX 4060 Ti Competitor: Navi 32 GPU, 12 GB VRAM, $449 US

AMD's second announcement today is the Radeon RX 7700 XT 12 GB graphics card which competes with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti.

AMD Has A Seriously Good Contender For Mainstream Gamers With The Radeon RX 7700 XT, 12 GB & 12% Faster Than RTX 4060 On Average

The AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT is the red team's answer to the mainstream competition that has been mainly ignored by gaming audiences due to lackluster performance & value over the last generation. AMD wants to change that by introducing a product that would be seen as a true & next-gen successor to the Radeon RX 6700 and RX 5700 series and that's the 7700 XT. This is the second GPU to be based on the new RDNA 3 "Navi 32" graphics core so let's start with the specs.

The AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT features a slightly cut-down Navi 32 XL GPU with 54 RDNA 3 Compute Units that pack 3456 cores. These cores are clocked at up to 2544 MHz, offering up to 35 TFLOPs of FP32 compute performance. The GPU is also packed with 54 RT accelerator cores, 108 AI cores, and 96 ROPs. The card has a TBP that's very close to the 7800 XT at 245W which is also higher than its predecessor.

Memory specifications of the graphics card include a very welcomed 12 GB VRAM that operates at up to 18 Gbps pin speeds across a 192-bit wide bus interface. The GPU also packs 48 MB of the 2nd Gen Infinity Cache that is packed within the 3 of the 4 MCDs (for this SKU). You can expect all the latest features such as AV1 hardware encoding, and DisplayPort 2.1 & HDMI 2.1 from the graphics card but it should be mentioned that the graphics card will only be available in custom flavors with an MBA design probably being kept for OEM solutions.

• RX 7700 XT - Navi 32 XL / 3456 Cores / 12 GB GDDR6 / 245W / $449 US
• RX 6700 XT - Navi 22 XT / 2560 Cores / 12 GB GDDR6 / 230W / $479 US

In terms of performance, AMD compares the Radeon RX 7800 XT GPU with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB which is a $499 US graphics card. The card is easily able to outperform the 16 GB RTX 4060 Ti at 1440P (Native) across several titles, leading to up to 31% better performance and 12% on average. The huge boost in performance comes from the fact that the card not only has higher memory bandwidth but also gets a wider bus which is something that the 4060 Ti severely lacks.

The performance on display here definitely marks the RX 7700 XT as a great option for mainstream gamers, especially at the given price point. With the addition of FSR 3, this card can even be able to offer even better performance at 1440P and even allow 4K gaming which is something that the RTX 4060 series definitely can't achieve in the heavier AAA titles due to their lackluster memory configs.

The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT & RX 7700 XT GPUs will be available the same day on the 6th of September, 2023, the same day as the release of Starfield and both cards will be bundled with a copy of the game.

AMD Radeon RX 7000 RDNA 3 GPU Lineup:

Graphics Card	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT	AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	AMD Radeon RX 7600
GPU	Navi 31 XTX	Navi 31 XT	Navi 31 LE	Navi 32	Navi 32	Navi 33 XL
Process Node	5nm+6nm	5nm+6nm	5nm+6nm	5nm+6nm	5nm+6nm	6nm
Die Size	300mm2 (Only GCD) 522mm2 (with MCDs)	300mm2 (Only GCD) 522mm2 (with MCDs)	300mm2 (Only GCD) 522mm2 (with MCDs)	200mm2(Only GCD) 150mm2(with MCDs)	200mm2(Only GCD) 150mm2(with MCDs)	204mm2
Transistors	58 Billion	58 Billion	58 Billion	28.1 Billion	28.1 Billion	13.3 Billion
GPU WGPs	48	42	40	30	27	16
Stream Processors	6144	5376	5120	3840	3456	2048
TMUs/ROPs	384 / 192	384 / 192	320 / 160	240 / 96	216 / 96	128 / 32
Game Clock	2.3 GHz	2.0 GHz	1.9 GHz	2.2 GHz	2.1 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost Clock	2.5 GHz	2.4 GHz	2.2 GHz	2.5 GHz	2.4 GHz	2.6 GHz
FP32 TFLOPs	61 TFLOPs	52 TFLOPs	46 TFLOPs	37 TFLOPs	35 TFLOPs	22 TFLOPs
Memory Size	24 GB GDDR6	20 GB GDDR6	16 GB GDDR6	16 GB GDDR6	12 GB GDDR6	8 GB GDDR6
Infinity Cache	96 MB	80 MB	64 MB	64 MB	48 MB	32 MB
Memory Bus	384-bit	320-bit	256-bit	256-bit	192-bit	128-bit
Memory Clock	20 Gbps	20 Gbps	18 Gbps	19.5 Gbps	18 Gbps	18 Gbps
Bandwidth	960 GB/s	800 GB/s	576 GB/s	624 GB/s	432 GB/s	288 GB/s
Effective Bandwidth	3.5 TB/s	3.5 TB/s	2.2 TB/s	2.7 TB/s	2.0 TB/s	476.9 GB/s
TBP	355W	315W	260W	263W	245W	165W
PCIe Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Price	$999 US	$899 US	$649 US (5299 RMB China)	$499 US	$449 US	$269 US
Launch	Dec, 2022	Dec, 2022	July, 2023	September, 2023	September, 2023	May, 2023

Written by Hassan Mujtaba