Radeon RX 7900 XTX — Benchmarks & Specs
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Bottom line: how fast is the Radeon RX 7900 XTX?
At 1440p (Extreme, Native), the Radeon RX 7900 XTX averages 311 fps in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, per TechSpot. For local LLM inference it generates 170.1 tokens/sec running llama2:7b at q4_0 under llama.cpp, per GitHub: llama.cpp ROCm (HIP) performance discussion #15021. In PassMark G3D Mark it scores 31,409 pts, per PassMark.
Every figure above is a row in the tables below, and each row links out to the review or public benchmark database the number was taken from. SpecPicks aggregates published measurements; it does not report first-party benchmark runs.
The Radeon RX 7900 XTX is a graphics card from the RDNA 3 family from AMD. Data on this page draws on 8+ Amazon listings, 10 synthetic benchmark results, 12 community AI inference reports, 14 measured game frame-rate results, aggregated from public benchmark databases (TechPowerUp, PassMark, Geekbench, Cinebench) and the LocalLLaMA community. Read this page when shopping the Radeon RX 7900 XTX, comparing it against other graphics cards in your build, or sizing it for a specific workload (gaming at 1080p/1440p/4K, productivity benchmarks, or local LLM inference).
Gaming Performance (measured FPS)
Average and 1% low frame rates by game, resolution, and quality preset. Bars are scaled against the fastest result on this page.
| Game | Resolution | Settings | Relative | Avg FPS | 1% low | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II | 1440p | Extreme Native | 311 fps | — | TechSpot 2022-12-12 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II | 1440p | Ultra | 311 fps | — | HyperCyber 2025-07-31 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 1080p | Ultra Native | 246 fps | 219 fps | Phoronix 2024-04-05 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II | 4K | Extreme Native | 193 fps | — | TechSpot 2022-12-12 | |
| Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered | 1440p | Very High | 190 fps | — | KitGuru 2022-12-12 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 4K | Ultra Native | 189 fps | 165 fps | Phoronix 2024-12-20 | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 1440p | Extreme | 180 fps | — | KitGuru 2022-12-12 | |
| Resident Evil Village | 4K | Ultra | 180 fps | — | KitGuru 2022-12-12 | |
| The Callisto Protocol | 1440p | Ultra Native | 166 fps | — | TechSpot 2022-12-12 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1440p | Ultra | 160 fps | — | KitGuru 2022-12-12 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1440p | Ultra | 150 fps | — | KitGuru 2022-12-12 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1440p | Ultra High | 150 fps | — | KitGuru 2022-12-12 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 1440p | RT Ultra RT on Native | 135 fps | 92 fps | Micro Center 2022-12-12 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1440p | RT Ultra RT on FSR | 135 fps | — | HyperCyber 2025-07-31 |
AI Inference Performance
Tokens per second under each model + quantization. Higher = faster generation. Bars compare runs across the same model.
| Model | Quantization | Relative | Tokens/sec | VRAM used | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| llama2:7b | q4_0 llama.cpp | 170.1 tok/s | — | GitHub: llama.cpp ROCm (HIP) performance discussion #15021 2024-08-06 | |
| llama3.2:3b | q5_K_M ollama | 145.0 tok/s | — | Local AI Master 2026-05-15 | |
| llama3.2:3b | Q5_K_M llama.cpp | 145.0 tok/s | — | Local AI Master 2026-05-01 | |
| llama2:7b | q4_0 llama.cpp | 132.0 tok/s | — | GitHub: 1337hero/rx7900xtx-llama-bench-rocm 2025-01-01 | |
| llama3:8b | q4_0 llama.cpp | 118.8 tok/s | 3.6 GB | GitHub / 1337hero 2026-02-01 | |
| Llama 3.2 1B Instruct | Q4_K_M llama.cpp | 106.0 tok/s | — | LocalScore 2025-03-01 | |
| llama3.1:8b | q5_K_M ollama | 96.0 tok/s | — | Local AI Master 2026-05-15 | |
| llama3.1:8b | Q5_K_M llama.cpp | 96.0 tok/s | — | Local AI Master 2026-05-01 | |
| qwen3:8b | q5_K_M ollama | 94.0 tok/s | — | Local AI Master 2026-05-15 | |
| qwen2.5:7b | Q5_K_M llama.cpp | 93.0 tok/s | — | Local AI Master 2026-05-01 | |
| qwen2.5:7b | q5_K_M ollama | 93.0 tok/s | — | Local AI Master 2026-05-15 | |
| Llama 2 (Ollama default) | Q4_0 ollama | 75.1 tok/s | — | Phoronix Forums 2025-01-28 |
Synthetic Benchmarks
Higher is better. Bars are scaled within each benchmark family (multi-thread, single-thread, etc.) so you can compare like-with-like at a glance.
| Benchmark | Relative | Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PassMark G3D Mark | 31,409 pts | PassMark 2026-04-20 | |
| 3DMark Time Spy (GPU) | 30,139 points | Micro Center 2022-12-12 | |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 28,400 pts | TechSpot 2024-01-10 | |
| 3DMark Time Spy (combined) | 27,934 points | Micro Center 2022-12-12 | |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 25,214 points | Digital Trends 2022-12-12 | |
| Unigine Superposition 4K Optimized | 21,192 points | Vic B'Stard 2023-02-26 | |
| 3DMark Port Royal | 14,913 points | Digital Trends 2022-12-12 | |
| Port Royal (Ray Tracing) | 14,200 pts | Guru3D 2024-06-15 | |
| 3DMark Speed Way | 7,772 points | 3DMark 2024-02-09 | |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad | 6,862 points | UL Benchmarks (3DMark) 2024-03-01 |
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