Radeon RX 7900M vs RX Vega M GL

Place in the ranking	454	38
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	10.48	22.42
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Polaris 22	Navi 31
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 February 2018 (6 years ago)	19 October 2023 (1 year ago)

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 cores	1280	4608
Core clock speed	931 MHz	1825 MHz
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz	2090 MHz
Number of transistors	5,000 million	57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	180 Watt
Texture fill rate	80.88	601.9
Floating-point processing power	2.588 TFLOPS	38.52 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	192
TMUs	80	288
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	72

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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	IGP	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	HBM2	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	1024 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	576.0 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 Connectors

No outputs

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3

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.

RX Vega M GL 9.85

RX 7900M 58.37
+493%

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.

RX Vega M GL 3799

RX 7900M 22519
+493%

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 HD	27−30 −504%	163 +504%
1440p	18−21 −589%	124 +589%
4K	14−16 −550%	91 +550%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
High Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

24−27

−358%

110−120
+358%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

24−27

−546%

168
+546%

4K
High Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

7−8

−1557%

116
+1557%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%
Battlefield 5	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Far Cry 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%
Hitman 3	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	210−220 +0%	210−220 +0%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%
Battlefield 5	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Far Cry 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%
Hitman 3	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	210−220 +0%	210−220 +0%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Far Cry 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%
Hitman 3	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	210−220 +0%	210−220 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	344 +0%	344 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

110−120

+0%

110−120

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Far Cry 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	270−280 +0%	270−280 +0%
Hitman 3	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Metro Exodus	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	249 +0%	249 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

95−100

+0%

95−100

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Hitman 3	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	210−220 +0%	210−220 +0%
Metro Exodus	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	131 +0%	131 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

55−60

+0%

55−60

+0%

This is how RX Vega M GL and RX 7900M compete in popular games:

RX 7900M is 504% faster in 1080p
RX 7900M is 589% faster in 1440p
RX 7900M is 550% faster in 4K

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

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RX 7900M is 1557% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 7900M is ahead in 3 tests (5%)
there's a draw in 63 tests (95%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.85	58.37
Recency	1 February 2018	19 October 2023
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	180 Watt

RX Vega M GL has 176.9% lower power consumption.

RX 7900M, on the other hand, has a 492.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 7900M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega M GL in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.