What CPU do I need for the Radeon RX 7900 GRE?

At 1440p, the Ryzen 5 3600X is the slowest processor that keeps the Radeon RX 7900 GRE fully fed. At 1080p the card can run faster, so you need more: the Ryzen 7 5800X or better.

Is the Radeon RX 7900 GRE good for 1440p?

Yes. It averages around 106 FPS at 1440p on high settings in our model, enough for a high-refresh monitor in most games.

Is 16GB of VRAM enough on the Radeon RX 7900 GRE?

Yes. 16GB covers high textures at 4K in current games and leaves headroom for the next few years.

Is the Radeon RX 7900 GRE faster than the GeForce RTX 5070?

They are effectively tied, within 0% at 1440p in our model. Price, memory (16GB against 12GB) and features should decide it.

Radeon RX 7900 GRE CPU pairing and bottleneck

Model frame rate limits of 136, 106 and 65 FPS at 1080p, 1440p and 4K, assuming the processor never gets in the way.

The Radeon RX 7900 GRE is a high-end graphics card in our database and a high-refresh 1440p card that can handle 4K at tuned settings or with upscaling.

Its 16GB of memory leaves room for high textures at any resolution for years.

Its closest NVIDIA rival is the GeForce RTX 5070, which lands within a few percent of it at 1440p.

Estimated FPS in Popular Games

Game (settings)	1080p	1440p	4K
Cyberpunk 2077 (High, no ray tracing)	~110	~85	~50
Fortnite (High, DirectX 12)	~175	~140	~85
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (High)	~155	~120	~75
Counter-Strike 2 (High)	~325	~255	~155

Modelled estimates with a processor fast enough not to hold the card back, rounded to the nearest 5 FPS. Counter-Strike 2 is usually limited by the processor well before these figures. See the methodology for how they are produced.

The slowest CPU that will not hold it back

Resolution	Minimum processor	Estimated FPS
1080p	Ryzen 7 5800X	131
1440p	Ryzen 5 3600X	103
4K	Ryzen 5 1600	65

Notice how the requirement drops as resolution rises. At 4K this card is working so much harder per frame that a far slower processor keeps up without trouble. The search starts at four cores and eight threads: below that a game stutters whatever the average frame rate says.

The processors it lands closest to

The 24 processors whose frame rate limit sits nearest this card's, fastest first. The tag after each number says which part hits its limit first. For any other combination, use the calculator.

Processor	1080p	1440p	4K
Core i5-11600K	121 cpu	106 gpu	65 gpu
Core i7-10700K	116 cpu	106 gpu	65 gpu
Core i9-9900K	114 cpu	106 gpu	65 gpu
Ryzen 9 3950X	113 cpu	106 gpu	65 gpu
Core i7-9700K	111 cpu	106 even	65 gpu
Ryzen 9 3900X	110 cpu	106 even	65 gpu
Core i5-11400	109 cpu	106 even	65 gpu
Core i5-11400F	109 cpu	106 even	65 gpu
Core i7-10700F	109 cpu	106 even	65 gpu
Ryzen 5 5500	108 cpu	106 even	65 gpu
Core i5-10600K	107 cpu	106 even	65 gpu
Ryzen 7 3800X	107 cpu	106 even	65 gpu
Core i7-8700K	105 cpu	105 even	65 gpu
Ryzen 7 3700X	105 cpu	105 even	65 gpu
Ryzen 5 3600X	103 cpu	103 even	65 gpu
Core i5-9600K	100 cpu	100 cpu	65 gpu
Ryzen 5 3600	98 cpu	98 cpu	65 gpu
Ryzen 3 3300X	95 cpu	95 cpu	65 gpu
Core i5-10400	94 cpu	94 cpu	65 gpu
Core i5-10400F	94 cpu	94 cpu	65 gpu
Core i7-7700K	94 cpu	94 cpu	65 gpu
Ryzen 5 3500X	93 cpu	93 cpu	65 gpu
Ryzen 7 2700X	92 cpu	92 cpu	65 gpu
Core i3-10100F	91 cpu	91 cpu	65 gpu

Radeon RX 7900 GRE Compared

RTX 4070 Super vs RX 7900 GRE — The RTX 4070 Super and RX 7900 GRE are effectively tied: within 2% of each other at every resolution.

Specifications

Manufacturer	AMD
Series	AMD RX 7000 Series (RDNA 3)
Video memory	16 GB
3DMark Time Spy (graphics)	20,485
PCI Express	4.0 ×16
Released	2023

Radeon RX 7900 GRE