AMD has officially launched its brand new RDNA 3 GPU, the Radeon RX 7600 XT, which comes with a faster-clocked core and 16 GB of VRAM at $329.
AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT GPU Now Available: Starting at $329 US For A Faster Navi 33 GPU & Double The VRAM
The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT GPU is an interesting entrant within the Radeon RX 7000 "RDNA 3" lineup. It is designed as a 1080p gaming solution that can flex its muscles in certain 1440p games with its large 16 GB VRAM. The graphics card retains the same core configuration as the RX 7600 but gets faster clocks of up to 2760 MHz, a 100 MHz boost over the non-XT variant, and a TDP that has been increased to 190W.
Newegg (US):
- ASRock 7600 XT Challenger - $329.99
- Gigabyte 7600 XT Gaming OC - $329.99
- PowerColor 7600 XT Fighter - $329.99
- Sapphire 7600 XT PULSE - $339.99
- ASUS 7600 XT Dual OC - $339.99
- PowerColor 7600 XT Hellhound - $349.99
- XFX 7600 XT SWFT210 - $349.99
- XFX 7600 XT QICK309 - $349.99
- ASRock 7600 XT Steel Legend - $349.99
- ASUS 7600 XT TUF Gaming OC - $379.99
B&H (US):
AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT 16 GB GPU Specifications - Boosted Navi 33 With Double The VRAM
Specifications-wise, the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT GPU is very similar to the Radeon RX 7600 with the same Navi 33 GPU core. This chip offers 32 compute units or 2048 stream processors, 64 AI accelerator cores, and boosted clock speeds of up to 2.47 GHz (Game) and 2.76 GHz (Boost). It marks a 10% uplift in the game and a 4% uplift in boost clocks over the RX 7600. The memory sees a capacity boost from 8 GB to 16 GB across the same 128-bit bus and 18 Gbps speeds for 288 GB/s bandwidth. The chip also carries 32 MB of 2nd Generation Infinity cache.
In terms of TDP, the clock speeds have led to a 25W increase in total board power or TBP which means that the card requires dual 8-pin connectors, a big difference versus the single 8-pin MBA design for the Radeon RX 7600 8 GB GPU. The same display outputs are included (DP 2.1 & HDMI 2.1).
AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT 16 GB GPU Performance - Tackling RTX 4060
In terms of performance, the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT 16 GB GPU offers a 19.42% average uplift over the Radeon RX 7600 and up to a 46% improvement in 1440p gaming which shows the advantage of having a higher memory buffer in high-resolution gaming. For 1080p with maxed settings and RT, the Radeon RX 7600 XT 16 GB GPU sits at an average of 17.5% faster and up to 40% faster versus the Radeon RX 7600 8 GB.
Compared to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT 16 GB GPU offers a 7.7% uplift on average at 1080p max settings across several games without using frame-gen upsampling technologies. With frame-gen set to quality mode across both cards (DLSS 2/3 / FSR 2/3), you are looking at an average uplift of 45% and up to a 76% boost in performance for the Radeon RX 7600 XT 16 GB vs the RTX 4060 8 GB GPU.
At 1440p, this difference is even bigger with the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT scoring a 9.37% gain on average over the RTX 4060 8 GB without frame-gen applied and a 46% boost on average with frame-gen enabled.
- RX 7600 XT 16 GB vs RTX 4060 8 GB (Frame-Gen) 1080P - +45% Faster
- RX 7600 XT 16 GB vs RTX 4060 8 GB (Frame-Gen) 1440P- +46% Faster
- RX 7600 XT 16 GB vs RTX 4060 8 GB (No Frame-Gen) 1080P - +7.7% Faster
- RX 7600 XT 16 GB vs RTX 4060 8 GB (No Frame-Gen) 1440P- +9.3% Faster
Another advantage of having 16 GB VRAM is support for AI Large Language Models. With robust software support backed by ROCm 6.0 in consumer graphics cards such as RDNA 3, the Radeon RX 7600 XT 16 GB can handle larger models and larger creative projects alongside the DirectML optimizations. The card offers up to 20% faster processing in Llama 7B and 30% faster creation in apps such as DaVinci Resolve (PugetBench).
AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT 16 GB GPU Availability - $329 US
The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT 16 GB GPU is now available for a retail SEP (Suggest Etail Price) of $329 US. It will be available in custom designs from ASRock, ASUS, ACER, Gigabyte, PowerColor, Sapphire, and XFX.
AMD Radeon RX 7000 RDNA 3 GPU Lineup:
| Graphics Card | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT | AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE | AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT | AMD Radeon RX 7700 (NEW) | AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT | AMD Radeon RX 7600 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU | Navi 31 XTX | Navi 31 XT | Navi 31 LE | Navi 32 | Navi 32 | Navi 32 | Navi 32 | Navi 33 XL |
| Process Node | 5nm+6nm | 5nm+6nm | 5nm+6nm | 5nm+6nm | 5nm+6nm | 5nm+6nm | 5nm+6nm | 6nm |
| Die Size | 300mm2 (Only GCD) 522mm2 (with MCDs) | 300mm2 (Only GCD) 522mm2 (with MCDs) | 300mm2 (Only GCD) 522mm2 (with MCDs) | ~200mm2(Only GCD) 150mm2(with MCDs) | ~200mm2(Only GCD) 150mm2(with MCDs) | ~200mm2(Only GCD) 150mm2(with MCDs) | 204mm2 | 204mm2 |
| Transistors | 58 Billion | 58 Billion | 58 Billion | 28.1 Billion | 28.1 Billion | 28.1 Billion | 13.3 Billion | 13.3 Billion |
| GPU WGPs | 48 | 42 | 40 | 30 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 16 |
| Stream Processors | 6144 | 5376 | 5120 | 3840 | 3456 | 2560 | 2048 | 2048 |
| TMUs/ROPs | 384 / 192 | 384 / 192 | 320 / 160 | 240 / 96 | 216 / 96 | 160/64 | 128 / 32 | 128 / 32 |
| Game Clock | 2.3 GHz | 2.0 GHz | 1.9 GHz | 2.2 GHz | 2.1 GHz | 2.0 GHz? | 2.47 | 2.2 GHz |
| Boost Clock | 2.5 GHz | 2.4 GHz | 2.2 GHz | 2.5 GHz | 2.4 GHz | 2.45 GHz? | 2.76 | 2.6 GHz |
| FP32 TFLOPs | 61 TFLOPs | 52 TFLOPs | 46 TFLOPs | 37 TFLOPs | 35 TFLOPs | 25 TFLOPS | 23 TFLOPs | 22 TFLOPs |
| Memory Size | 24 GB GDDR6 | 20 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 | 12 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 |
| Infinity Cache | 96 MB | 80 MB | 64 MB | 64 MB | 48 MB | 40 MB | 32 MB | 32 MB |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 320-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 192-bit | 256-bit | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Clock | 20 Gbps | 20 Gbps | 18 Gbps | 19.5 Gbps | 18 Gbps | 19.5 Gbps | 18 Gbps | 18 Gbps |
| Bandwidth | 960 GB/s | 800 GB/s | 576 GB/s | 624 GB/s | 432 GB/s | 624 GB/s | 288 GB/s | 288 GB/s |
| Effective Bandwidth | 3.5 TB/s | 3.5 TB/s | 2.2 TB/s | 2.7 TB/s | 2.0 TB/s | 1.9 TB/s | 476.9 GB/s | 476.9 GB/s |
| TBP | 355W | 315W | 260W | 263W | 245W | 263W | 190W | 165W |
| PCIe Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Price | $999 US | $899 US | $549 US | $499 US | $419 US | TBD | $329 US | $269 US |
| Launch | Dec, 2022 | Dec, 2022 | July, 2023 | September, 2023 | September, 2023 | September, 2025 | January, 2024 | May, 2023 |
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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