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AMD Radeon HD 7790

Graphics Processor
Bonaire
Cores
896
TMUs
56
ROPs
16
Memory Size
1024 MB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Bus Width
128 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
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The Radeon HD 7790 was a mid-range graphics card by AMD, launched on March 22nd, 2013. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the Bonaire graphics processor, in its Bonaire XT variant, the card supports DirectX 12. This ensures that all modern games will run on Radeon HD 7790. The Bonaire graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 160 mm² and 2,080 million transistors. It features 896 shading units, 56 texture mapping units, and 16 ROPs. AMD has paired 1,024 MB GDDR5 memory with the Radeon HD 7790, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1000 MHz, memory is running at 1500 MHz (6 Gbps effective).
Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon HD 7790 draws power from 1x 6-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 85 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2. Radeon HD 7790 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card measures 183 mm in length, and features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 149 US Dollars.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
Bonaire
GPU Variant
Bonaire XT
(215-0839039)
Architecture
GCN 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
Transistors
2,080 million
Density
13.0M / mm²
Die Size
160 mm²
Chip Package
FCBGA-1093

Graphics Card

Release Date
Mar 22nd, 2013
Generation
Southern Islands
(HD 7700)
Predecessor
Northern Islands
Successor
Sea Islands
Production
End-of-life
Launch Price
149 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Reviews
93 in our database

Relative Performance

GeForce 210
7%
GeForce 9400 GT
9%
Radeon HD 4550
11%
Radeon HD 5450
14%
Radeon HD 6450
16%
GeForce GT 520
17%
GeForce GT 220
21%
GeForce GT 430
27%
Radeon HD 5570
28%
Radeon HD 4670
30%
GeForce GT 440
32%
GeForce GT 240
32%
GeForce 9600 GT
37%
Radeon HD 5670
39%
GeForce GT 640
42%
GeForce 9800 GT
44%
Radeon HD 6670
45%
Radeon HD 4830
47%
Radeon HD 4770
50%
Radeon HD 4850
53%
GeForce GTS 250
54%
GeForce GTS 450
55%
Radeon HD 5750
57%
Radeon HD 7750
65%
Radeon HD 5770
66%
GeForce GTX 260
67%
Radeon HD 4870
68%
Radeon Vega 8
68%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
69%
GeForce GTX 650
69%
Radeon HD 5830
73%
Radeon HD 6790
77%
Radeon HD 4890
79%
GeForce GTX 460
81%
Radeon RX Vega 11
82%
GeForce GT 1030
83%
GeForce GTX 275
84%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
84%
GeForce GTX 280
84%
GeForce GTX 465
86%
Radeon HD 6850
90%
GeForce GTX 285
92%
Radeon HD 5850
98%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
100%
Radeon HD 7790
100%
Radeon RX 550
104%
GeForce GTX 470
104%
Radeon HD 6870
108%
Radeon HD 5870
116%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
119%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
120%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
122%
Radeon HD 6950
123%
GeForce GTX 295
127%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
128%
Radeon HD 7850
129%
GeForce GTX 480
132%
Radeon HD 6970
138%
Radeon R7 265
140%
Radeon RX 460
143%
Radeon R7 370
143%
GeForce GTX 660
143%
GeForce GTX 570
144%
Radeon RX 560
146%
GeForce GTX 950
155%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
156%
Radeon R9 270X
160%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
162%
GeForce GTX 580
163%
GeForce GTX 1050
164%
Radeon HD 7950
165%
GeForce GTX 1630
168%
Radeon HD 5970
168%
GeForce GTX 760
172%
GeForce GTX 670
186%
GeForce GTX 960
190%
Radeon R9 380
195%
Radeon R9 285
196%
Radeon HD 7970
198%
GeForce GTX 680
200%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
205%
GeForce GTX 770
211%
Radeon HD 6990
215%
Radeon R9 280X
221%
GeForce GTX 590
224%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
224%
GeForce GTX 780
248%
Arc A380
248%
Radeon RX 6400
252%
GeForce GTX 1650
257%
Radeon RX 470
273%
Radeon R9 290
277%
Radeon RX 570
292%
Radeon R9 390
295%
Radeon R9 290X
297%
GeForce GTX 970
301%
GeForce GTX TITAN
305%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
309%
Radeon R9 390X
313%
Radeon HD 7990
314%
Radeon RX 480
316%
GeForce GTX 690
319%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
327%
Radeon RX 5500 OEM
332%
Radeon RX 580
336%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
338%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
341%
GeForce GTX 980
343%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
346%
Radeon R9 FURY
347%
Radeon RX 590
363%
Radeon R9 295X2
382%
GeForce GTX 1660
384%
Radeon R9 FURY X
388%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
395%
GeForce GTX TITAN X
405%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
418%
GeForce GTX 1070
441%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
441%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
448%
Radeon RX Vega 56
469%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
498%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
505%
Radeon RX Vega 64
512%
GeForce GTX 1080
519%
GeForce RTX 2060
519%
Radeon RX 5700
540%
Arc A580
542%
Radeon RX 6600
564%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
583%
GeForce RTX 2070
591%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
591%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
603%
Arc A750
622%
Radeon VII
626%
TITAN X Pascal
642%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
649%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
661%
Arc A770
668%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
668%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
703%
Radeon RX 7600
711%
GeForce RTX 4060
714%
GeForce RTX 2080
719%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
734%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
754%
Arc B580
763%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
772%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
799%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
848%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
858%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
864%
GeForce RTX 3070
904%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
968%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
978%
Radeon RX 6800
997%
GeForce RTX 4070
1104%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
1132%
GeForce RTX 3080
1175%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
1187%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
1220%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
1281%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
1306%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
1316%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
1318%
GeForce RTX 3090
1341%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
1375%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
1502%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
1543%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
1556%
GeForce RTX 4080
1747%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
1773%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
1790%
GeForce RTX 4090
2194%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
1000 MHz
Memory Clock
1500 MHz
6 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
1024 MB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bus
128 bit
Bandwidth
96.00 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
896
TMUs
56
ROPs
16
Compute Units
14
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
256 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
16.00 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
56.00 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
1.792 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
112.0 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

Slot Width
Dual-slot
Length
183 mm
7.2 inches
TDP
85 W
Suggested PSU
250 W
Outputs
1x DVI
1x HDMI 1.4a
2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
Board Number
109-C58247-00

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2.170
Shader Model
6.5

Bonaire GPU Notes

Generation: Sea Islands
Desktop Variant: Tobago
Mobile Variant: Saturn / Strato / Emerald
Graphics/Compute: GFX7 (gfx704)
Display Core Engine: 8.2
Unified Video Decoder: 4.2
Video Compression Engine: 2.0
System DMA: 1.0.0
CLRX: GCN 1.1.0

Latest Drivers:
Windows Vista :
Catalyst Software Suite 13.12

Windows 7:
32-bit: Radeon Software: Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1

Windows 8:
Catalyst Software Suite 14.4

Windows 8.1:
32-bit: Radeon Software: Crimson ReLive Edition 16.12.2 / 17.1.2
64-bit: Radeon Software: Crimson ReLive Edition 17.4.4 / 17.7.1

Windows 10:
32-bit: Radeon Software: Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1

Retail boards based on this design (31)

Name GPU Clock Memory Clock Other Changes
1000 MHz 1500 MHz 180 mm/7.1 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1075 MHz 1600 MHz 216 mm/8.5 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1075 MHz 1600 MHz 2 GB, 216 mm/8.5 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1030 MHz 1500 MHz 180 mm/7.1 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1075 MHz 1500 MHz 192 mm/7.6 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1075 MHz 1550 MHz 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1075 MHz 1500 MHz 190 mm/7.5 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1075 MHz 1500 MHz 2 GB, 256 mm/10.1 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1000 MHz 1500 MHz 224 mm/8.8 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1075 MHz 1600 MHz 224 mm/8.8 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1000 MHz 1500 MHz 224 mm/8.8 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1075 MHz 1600 MHz 224 mm/8.8 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1000 MHz 1500 MHz 185 mm/7.3 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1050 MHz 1500 MHz 185 mm/7.3 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1050 MHz 1500 MHz 2 GB, 185 mm/7.3 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1030 MHz 1500 MHz 180 mm/7.1 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1030 MHz 1500 MHz 180 mm/7.1 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1075 MHz 1500 MHz 220 mm/8.7 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1000 MHz 1500 MHz 215 mm/8.5 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1075 MHz 1600 MHz 215 mm/8.5 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1050 MHz 1600 MHz 2 GB, 215 mm/8.5 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1000 MHz 1500 MHz 215 mm/8.5 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1000 MHz 1500 MHz 224 mm/8.8 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort
1075 MHz 1600 MHz 224 mm/8.8 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort
1075 MHz 1500 MHz 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1030 MHz 1500 MHz 180 mm/7.1 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1075 MHz 1500 MHz 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1075 MHz 1600 MHz 198 mm/7.8 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1075 MHz 1600 MHz 198 mm/7.8 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1075 MHz 1600 MHz 2 GB, 198 mm/7.8 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1075 MHz 1600 MHz 145 mm/5.7 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
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