Radeon RX 5300 vs HD 7790

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7790 and Radeon RX 5300, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 7790
2013
1 GB GDDR5, 85 Watt
8.01

RX 5300 outperforms HD 7790 by a whopping 145% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking513279
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.96no data
Power efficiency6.7314.03
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameBonaireNavi 14
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date22 March 2013 (11 years ago)28 May 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores8961408
Core clock speed1000 MHz1327 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1645 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 million6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate56.00144.8
Floating-point processing power1.792 TFLOPS4.632 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs5688

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length183 mm180 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB3 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s168.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI++

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.36.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 7790 8.01
RX 5300 19.64
+145%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD 7790 3090
RX 5300 7579
+145%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.01 19.64
Recency 22 March 2013 28 May 2020
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 100 Watt

HD 7790 has 17.6% lower power consumption.

RX 5300, on the other hand, has a 145.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 5300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7790 in performance tests.


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AMD Radeon HD 7790
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