Efficiency leaks of AMD’s upcoming Radeon RX 7900 XTX had been not too long ago shared by @BenchLeaks on Twitter, showcasing OpenCL and Vulkan compute scores in Geekbench 5. The RDNA3 GPU confirmed very favorable leads to the Vulkan benchmark, yielding comparable efficiency to Nvidia’s RTX 4080. The OpenCL outcomes aren’t as promising, although Geekbench normally is not one of the best indicator of real-world gaming efficiency. Nonetheless, it does help AMD’s claims that the RX 7900 XTX will compete properly in opposition to the Nvidia RTX 4080.
The Radeon RX 7900 XTX ran a rating of 179,579 in Geekbench 5’s Vulkan benchmark, and 228,647 factors within the OpenCL benchmark. This places the RX 7900 XTX proper in keeping with the RTX 4080’s rating of 178,105 factors in Vulkan, which is simply 0.8% slower than the 7900 XTX. However the 7900 XTX falls behind the RTX 4080 within the OpenCL benchmark, the place the RTX 4080’s rating of 264,482 factors is 15.7% sooner than the RX 7900 XTX.
The next 4080 and 4090 scores had been taken from a large number of person uploads to Geekbench 5’s browser, which we then common down to 1 worth. Sadly, we had to do that since Geekbench 5 doesn’t have any official RTX 40-series compute benchmark scores out there to match in opposition to.
| GPU Mannequin | Vulkan | Open CL | Vulkan Perf Distinction | OpenCL Perf Distinction |
| RX 7900 XTX | 179,579 | 228,647 | Baseline | Baseline |
| RTX 4080 | 178,105 | 264,482 | 0.8% Slower | 15.7% Quicker |
| RTX 4090 | 203,916 | 344,806 | 14% Quicker | 50% Quicker |
The RX 7900 XTX outcomes aren’t too shocking, as AMD’s latest GPU architectures have not often been in a position to match Nvidia’s counterparts when it comes to uncooked compute, which is what OpenCL measures. Gaming workloads then again have proven aggressive outcomes from the earlier RX 6000-series, and we’re seeing the identical pattern right here.
The 7900 XTX’s efficiency traits in Vulkan are significantly fascinating in opposition to the RTX 4080. AMD has mentioned prior to now that the 7900 XTX was not supposed to struggle in opposition to Nvidia’s 4090, however fairly face off in opposition to the Nvidia’s runner-up RTX 4080 GPU. We do not know if this was AMD’s intent all alongside, however both means, the Geekbench 5 Vulkan outcomes we’re seeing right here right this moment definitely again up that assertion.
Fortunately we can’t have lengthy to attend earlier than we’ll have our personal full testing outcomes. AMD’s Radeon RX 7900 XTX and 7900 XT will arrive on December 13, only one week away. Keep tuned for our official evaluations, and we’ll see how the RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT fare in opposition to Nvidia’s RTX 4080 and loads of different GPUs throughout a variety of benchmarks.