Radeon RX 7990 XTX vs UHD Graphics 617

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking858not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.24no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.5 (2016−2020)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameAmber Lake GT2Navi 31
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 November 2018 (6 years ago)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 cores1926144
Core clock speed300 MHz2500 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHz3599 MHz
Number of transistorsno data57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt405 Watt
Texture fill rate25.201,382
Floating-point processing power0.4032 TFLOPS88.45 TFLOPS
ROPs3192
TMUs24384
Ray Tracing Coresno data96

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data287 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data3x 8-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 typeSystem SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared24 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared384 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared3000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data1.15 TB/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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.2
Vulkan1.31.3

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 405 Watt

UHD Graphics 617 has 2600% lower power consumption.

RX 7990 XTX, on the other hand, has a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between UHD Graphics 617 and Radeon RX 7990 XTX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that UHD Graphics 617 is a notebook card while Radeon RX 7990 XTX is a desktop one.


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Intel UHD Graphics 617
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