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Graphics card overview

Radeon HD 7790

AMD

Radeon HD 7790

1024 Mb GDDR5 Released 22 Mar 2013 DESKTOP
Radeon HD 7790

Core configuration

GPUBonaire
ArchitectureAMD_GCN_1_1
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs896 : 56 : 16
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance1792.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size1024 Mb
Memory Bus Width128 bit
Memory Speed1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth96.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon HD 7790 is a graphics card released by AMD on 22 Mar 2013. The graphics card houses the Bonaire die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_1 architecture which packs 2,080 million transistors on a 28 nm, 160 mm² die.

Radeon HD 7790 pros and cons

  • Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
  • Supports FreeSync
  • Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
  • Supports TrueAudio
  • Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards
Radeon HD 7790 Radeon HD 7790 Radeon R7 260X Radeon R7 260X Compare GeForce GTX 560 Ti GeForce GTX 560 Ti Compare Radeon HD 6870 Radeon HD 6870 Compare
Shader units 896 896 384 1120
ROPs 16 16 32 32
Graphics processor Bonaire Bonaire GF114 Barts
Process size 28 nm 28 nm 40 nm 40 nm
Memory 1024 Mb GDDR5 (1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective)		 1024 Mb GDDR5 (1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective)		 1024 Mb GDDR5 (1050 MHz
4200 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 bit 256 bit 256 bit
Memory bandwidth 96.00 Gb/s 104.00 Gb/s 128.00 Gb/s 134.00 Gb/s
Release date 22 Mar 2013 8 Oct 2013 25 Jan 2011 21 Oct 2010

Benchmarks

Bioshock Infinite

  • Radeon R7 260X 22
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti 19
  • Radeon HD 7790 19
  • Radeon HD 6870 18

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

  • Radeon R7 260X 23
  • Radeon HD 7790 20

FPS (higher is better)