Radeon RX 7700 XT vs R9 Nano

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 Nano and Radeon RX 7700 XT, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R9 Nano
2015
4 GB High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), 175 Watt
21.99

RX 7700 XT outperforms R9 Nano by a whopping 163% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking24740
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.3470.65
Power efficiency8.7016.37
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameFijiNavi 32
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date27 August 2015 (9 years ago)25 August 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$649 $449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 7700 XT has 1223% better value for money than R9 Nano.

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 cores40963456
Compute units64no data
Core clock speedno data1435 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz2544 MHz
Number of transistors8,900 million28,100 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)175 Watt245 Watt
Texture fill rate256.0549.5
Floating-point processing power8.192 TFLOPS35.17 TFLOPS
ROPs6496
TMUs256216
Ray Tracing Coresno data54

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length152 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin2x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire+-

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 typeHigh Bandwidth Memory (HBM)GDDR6
High bandwidth memory (HBM)+no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GB12 GB
Memory bus width4096 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s432.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
Eyefinity+-
Number of Eyefinity displays6no data
HDMI++
DisplayPort support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration+-
CrossFire+-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
LiquidVR+-
PowerTune+-
TressFX+-
TrueAudio+-
ZeroCore+-
VCE+-
DDMA audio+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL2.02.2
Vulkan+1.3
Mantle+-

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.

R9 Nano 21.99
RX 7700 XT 57.93
+163%

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.

R9 Nano 8486
RX 7700 XT 22353
+163%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

R9 Nano 17282
RX 7700 XT 57340
+232%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

R9 Nano 43546
RX 7700 XT 126733
+191%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

R9 Nano 14362
RX 7700 XT 42801
+198%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

R9 Nano 81374
RX 7700 XT 201871
+148%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

R9 Nano 402499
RX 7700 XT 730434
+81.5%

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD89
−110%
187
+110%
1440p35−40
−197%
104
+197%
4K51
−17.6%
60
+17.6%

Cost per frame, $

1080p7.292.40
1440p18.544.32
4K12.737.48

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
−451%
193
+451%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
−237%
165
+237%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40
−386%
180
+386%
Battlefield 5 70−75
−154%
180−190
+154%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
−142%
100−110
+142%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
−351%
158
+351%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−114%
100−110
+114%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
−140%
130−140
+140%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
−68.4%
220−230
+68.4%
Hitman 3 40−45
−168%
110−120
+168%
Horizon Zero Dawn 100−110
−111%
210−220
+111%
Metro Exodus 75−80
−101%
150−160
+101%
Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
−96.6%
110−120
+96.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 70−75
−216%
230−240
+216%
Watch Dogs: Legion 95−100
−53.1%
140−150
+53.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
−455%
272
+455%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40
−303%
149
+303%
Battlefield 5 70−75
−154%
180−190
+154%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
−142%
100−110
+142%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
−277%
132
+277%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−114%
100−110
+114%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
−140%
130−140
+140%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
−68.4%
220−230
+68.4%
Hitman 3 40−45
−168%
110−120
+168%
Horizon Zero Dawn 100−110
−111%
210−220
+111%
Metro Exodus 75−80
−101%
150−160
+101%
Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
−96.6%
110−120
+96.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 70−75
−358%
334
+358%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
−150%
120−130
+150%
Watch Dogs: Legion 95−100
−53.1%
140−150
+53.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
−147%
121
+147%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40
−257%
132
+257%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
−142%
100−110
+142%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
−249%
122
+249%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−114%
100−110
+114%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
−73.7%
231
+73.7%
Hitman 3 40−45
−168%
110−120
+168%
Horizon Zero Dawn 100−110
−108%
216
+108%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 70−75
−293%
287
+293%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 47
−257%
168
+257%
Watch Dogs: Legion 95−100
−53.1%
140−150
+53.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
−96.6%
110−120
+96.6%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
−195%
120−130
+195%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35
−165%
90−95
+165%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−326%
98
+326%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−381%
101
+381%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
−172%
65−70
+172%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−515%
80
+515%
Far Cry 5 24−27
−168%
65−70
+168%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
−118%
270−280
+118%
Hitman 3 24−27
−212%
80−85
+212%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
−280%
171
+280%
Metro Exodus 40−45
−227%
134
+227%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−320%
193
+320%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−362%
120
+362%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
−80.3%
220−230
+80.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−165%
95−100
+165%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24
−195%
65−70
+195%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−218%
50−55
+218%
Hitman 3 16−18
−188%
45−50
+188%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
−91.2%
210−220
+91.2%
Metro Exodus 24−27
−250%
80−85
+250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35
−154%
89
+154%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−346%
58
+346%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
−436%
59
+436%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−242%
40−45
+242%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−620%
36
+620%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−217%
35−40
+217%
Forza Horizon 4 30−33
−347%
134
+347%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
−273%
97
+273%
Watch Dogs: Legion 9−10
−278%
30−35
+278%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
−200%
55−60
+200%

This is how R9 Nano and RX 7700 XT compete in popular games:

  • RX 7700 XT is 110% faster in 1080p
  • RX 7700 XT is 197% faster in 1440p
  • RX 7700 XT is 18% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 7700 XT is 620% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RX 7700 XT surpassed R9 Nano in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 21.99 57.93
Recency 27 August 2015 25 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 175 Watt 245 Watt

R9 Nano has 40% lower power consumption.

RX 7700 XT, on the other hand, has a 163.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 7700 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 Nano in performance tests.


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