PowerColor Radeon RX 7800 XT Fighter 16GB GDDR6
Equipped with 16GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus and RDNA 3 architecture, this card delivers strong 1440p gaming with 37.3 FP32 TFLOPS of compute and a 2475MHz boost clock. The triple-fan Fighter cooler keeps the 263W TDP in check within a compact 2.5-slot design, while full AV1 encoding support adds value for streamers. This GPU is best for 1440p gamers who want high-refresh rasterization performance and capable ray tracing without stepping up to a flagship price point.
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong thermal (92nd percentile) 92nd
- Strong compute (89th percentile) 89th
- Strong social proof (89th percentile) 89th
- Strong connectivity (87th percentile) 87th
Cons
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 7800 XT |
| Brand | AMD |
| Architecture | RDNA 3 |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 5 |
Memory
| VRAM | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 256 |
| Bandwidth | 624.1 |
Compute
| Stream Processors | 3840 |
| Tensor Cores | 120 |
| RT Cores | 60 |
| Base Clock | 2169 |
| Boost Clock | 2475 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 74.65 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 37.32 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 24307 |
| GPU Compute | 13562 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 263 |
| Recommended PSU | 750 |
| Cooler | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 |
Physical
| Length | 332 |
| Slot Width | 2.5 |
| Form Factor | ATX |
| Weight | 0.3 kg / 0.7 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| Upscaling | FSR 3 |
| AV1 Encode | Yes |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | PowerColor Radeon RX 7800 XT Fighter | ASUS ProArt RTX 5080 | Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon RX 7800 XT | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Vram | 16GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 2475 | 2730 | 2730 | 2482 | 2730 | 2680 |
| Tdp W | 263 | 150 | 360 | 300 | 360 | 339 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 |
| Ray Tracing | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | User Sentiment | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PowerColor Radeon RX 7800 XT Fighter | 84.5 | 78.7 | 72.3 | 64.7 | 88.9 | 84.5 | 57.8 | 51.9 | 87.3 | 88.7 |
| ASUS ProArt RTX 5080 Compare | 86.8 | 95.9 | 88.4 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 45.2 | 97.4 | 98.6 | 95.4 |
| Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD Compare | 86.8 | 95.9 | 88.4 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 72 | 57.6 | 94.1 | 88.7 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 80.8 | 92.6 | 85.3 | 88.9 | 93.1 | 96.4 | 80.6 | 68.9 | 94.1 | 88.7 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 86.8 | 97.7 | 88.4 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 99.5 | 57.6 | 94.1 | 99 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.7 | 91.7 | 91.5 | 83.6 | 99.2 | 84.5 | 86.3 | 42.5 | 98.7 | 78.1 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Price History
Usage Scores
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