Radeon RX 7800 XT Challenges GeForce RTX 4070 Ti: Leaked Benchmark Score

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AMD's upcoming Radeon RX 7800 XT graphics card will certainly outperform its direct predecessor, but it will unlikely match the performance of Nvidia's GeForce RTX 7080 Ti or AMD's own Radeon RX 6900 XT if 3DMark Time Spy benchmark scores leaked by well-known hardware leaker @kopite7kimi are correct. 

According to the leak, AMD's Radeon RX 7800 XT scores around 19,000 points in 3DMark Time Spy, which puts it comfortably above AMD's Radeon RX 6800 XT (17,000 ~ 25,000, depending on the system configuration) and Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4070 (16,400 ~ 21,000, depending on setup), and these are some of the best graphics cards that are out there. 

Since AMD positions its Radeon RX 7800 XT against Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4070, 19,000 points in 3DMark Time Spy is a good result. Meanwhile, it certainly is not enough to successfully compete against Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4070 Ti (20,400 ~ 26,000, depending on config) if the leaked number is accurate, but this is a substantially more expensive product.

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Graphics CardTime Spy Score (avg | max)GPU CoresRT CoresMemoryMemory BusMemory Bandwidth (GB/s)TDP (W)MSRP at Launch
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti20437 ~ 258987,6806012GB GDDR6X192 bit504285$799
Radeon RX 6800 XT19,5174,6087216GB GDDR6256 bit512300$649
Radeon RX 7800 XT19,0003,8406016GB GDDR6256 bit624263$499
GeForce RTX 407017,8405,8884612GB GDDR6X192 bit504200$599
Radeon RX 7700 XT17,0003,4565412GB GDDR6192 bit432245$449
Radeon RX 680016,4663,8406016GB GDDR6256 bit512250$579
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB13,3554,3523416GB GDDR6128 bit288165$499

Just yesterday, @9550pro, another renowned hardware leaker, published the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT's alleged 3DMark Time Spy score. At approximately 17,000 points, the board can easily compete against Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4070 and AMD's outgoing Radeon RX 6800 XT, which is good as Team Red officially positions the product against Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB.

While AMD has formally introduced its Radeon RX 7700 XT and Radeon RX 7800 XT graphics cards, it never revealed their actual performance scores, which is why hardware leakers who have access to hardware and are not tied with non-disclosure agreements are filling the gaps now. Leaked performance numbers should always be taken with a grain of salt, but for now, they're all we have.

It is important to remember that although we have alleged performance data for pre-production versions of AMD's Radeon RX 7700 XT and Radeon RX 7800 XT graphics cards, we lack information about the testbed configurations and the optimization level of AMD's drivers used to test these GPUs. Furthermore, 3DMark Time Spy is a synthetic benchmark, and performance in it may not reflect performance in real-world games.

Anton Shilov
Contributing Writer

Anton Shilov is a contributing writer at Tom’s Hardware. Over the past couple of decades, he has covered everything from CPUs and GPUs to supercomputers and from modern process technologies and latest fab tools to high-tech industry trends.

  • George³
    AMD's upcoming Radeon RX 7800 XT graphics card will certainly outperform its direct predecessor, but it will unlikely match the performance of Nvidia's GeForce RTX 7080 Ti
    I agree. Will be unlikely. :)
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  • Colif
    looks at that quote... hang on a moment...

    but it will unlikely match the performance of Nvidia's GeForce RTX 7080 Ti

    When did Nvidia jump 3 families and release a 7080?

    Come on guys, its first paragraph :)
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  • Order 66
    I'll be honest I skimmed the first paragraph and didn't notice it at first, but wow since when did Nvidia secretly launch a 7080? If the 7800 xt could compete with the 7080 I would really be impressed and it would be flying off the shelves since it beats a 3 generation newer card. :) (I'm joking if that wasn't clear)
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  • oofdragon
    Misleading title again..... How can a 3080 compete with a 4070Ti?

    This gen is a failure honestly.. the 7700xt/rx6800 refresh at $400 would bê a good deal with 16GB since you can pick a rx6800 for around $350... its a DOA honestly at 12GB and $450. And the 7800XT at $450 would just..... not adding anything new since you can buy the 6800XT for $400, but its coming at $500? I mean... wtf... at least its better than shelling out $600 for Ngreedia

    Honestly 6700XT ($250) for both 1080p/1440p ia good enough, RX6800 ($350) for 1440p if you want a little extra, and 7900XT ($700) for really good 1440p gaming and 4K as well. The 4090 slots in if you want a extra at 4K or money is no compromisse category, so other than the big guys this gen Just sucks. The 4070 12GB would be a ok buy at $500 and really good at $450, for $600 its a clear bad choice since its so close to the 7900XT, and even the 4070Ti is inferior at $100 more, not only Raster but its literally 12GB vs 20GB VRAM guys, its insane. The 4070Ti clearly should haver costed $600, consumers to blame. Then theres the 4080 ($1200) vs the 7900XTX ($900)... what do you get with $300 more? Less VRAM. Yep.. that sums It up

    Least gen I had the 3080, this one I waited for price drops and now got the 7900XT. If rumours are true and there wont be 8900XT next gen then I'll prolly go 5090 and pair It with a 8K OLED screen and call It end game
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  • Order 66
    oofdragon said:
    Misleading title again..... How can a 3080 compete with a 4070Ti?

    This gen is a failure honestly.. the 7700xt/rx6800 refresh at $400 would bê a good deal with 16GB since you can pick a rx6800 for around $350... its a DOA honestly at 12GB and $450. And the 7800XT at $450 would just..... not adding anything new since you can buy the 6800XT for $400, but its coming at $500? I mean... wtf... at least its better than shelling out $600 for Ngreedia

    Honestly 6700XT ($250) for both 1080p/1440p ia good enough, RX6800 ($350) for 1440p if you want a little extra, and 7900XT ($700) for really good 1440p gaming and 4K as well. The 4090 slots in if you want a extra at 4K or money is no compromisse category, so other than the big guys this gen Just sucks. The 4070 12GB would be a ok buy at $500 and really good at $450, for $600 its a clear bad choice since its so close to the 7900XT, and even the 4070Ti is inferior at $100 more, not only Raster but its literally 12GB vs 20GB VRAM guys, its insane. The 4070Ti clearly should haver costed $600, consumers to blame. Then theres the 4080 ($1200) vs the 7900XTX ($900)... what do you get with $300 more? Less VRAM. Yep.. that sums It up
    They never mentioned the 3080 in the entire article so where are you getting the idea that it competes with the 4070 ti. Also AMD will probably drop the price of the 7800 xt and 7700 xt hours before launch like they did with the 7600 as long as there is enough pressure from the media and consumers.
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  • George³
    jaydenmiller1 said:
    Also AMD will probably drop the price of the 7800 xt
    Inflation calculator say that $499 today is equal to $422.5 in 2020 dollars. I think that MSRP is good and didn't be decreased before launch. Maybe later.
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  • PEnns
    Colif said:
    looks at that quote... hang on a moment...



    When did Nvidia jump 3 families and release a 7080?

    Come on guys, its first paragraph :)

    Wishful thinking and day-dreaming by TH usual suspects.
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  • Elusive Ruse
    oofdragon said:
    Misleading title again..... How can a 3080 compete with a 4070Ti?

    This gen is a failure honestly.. the 7700xt/rx6800 refresh at $400 would bê a good deal with 16GB since you can pick a rx6800 for around $350... its a DOA honestly at 12GB and $450. And the 7800XT at $450 would just..... not adding anything new since you can buy the 6800XT for $400, but its coming at $500? I mean... wtf... at least its better than shelling out $600 for Ngreedia

    Honestly 6700XT ($250) for both 1080p/1440p ia good enough, RX6800 ($350) for 1440p if you want a little extra, and 7900XT ($700) for really good 1440p gaming and 4K as well. The 4090 slots in if you want a extra at 4K or money is no compromisse category, so other than the big guys this gen Just sucks. The 4070 12GB would be a ok buy at $500 and really good at $450, for $600 its a clear bad choice since its so close to the 7900XT, and even the 4070Ti is inferior at $100 more, not only Raster but its literally 12GB vs 20GB VRAM guys, its insane. The 4070Ti clearly should haver costed $600, consumers to blame. Then theres the 4080 ($1200) vs the 7900XTX ($900)... what do you get with $300 more? Less VRAM. Yep.. that sums It up

    Least gen I had the 3080, this one I waited for price drops and now got the 7900XT. If rumours are true and there wont be 8900XT next gen then I'll prolly go 5090 and pair It with a 8K OLED screen and call It end game
    Where is this fantasyland store you getting your prices from? I'd like to buy from the same store.

    The RX 7800XT is launching at a lower price than an RX 6800 XT that's had its price gone down the hill over the years. It's also gonna be the faster card, what are you on about?
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  • Makaveli
    Elusive Ruse said:
    Where is this fantasyland store you getting your prices from? I'd like to buy from the same store.

    The RX 7800XT is launching at a lower price than an RX 6800 XT that's had its price gone down the hill over the years. It's also gonna be the faster card, what are you on about?
    Yup the 6800XT was $649 but it was released right around a mining boom so it was rare to get it at that price most people paid way more myself included I owned one and paid $1500 for in 2021 luckily sold my RX 580 to bring the cost to me down to $1000.

    The 7800XT will launch at $499 and there no mining boom to jack prices up so it should stay close to that.
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  • mrv_co
    This article and chart makes my brain hurt.. last I checked 'higher' is better in Time Spy...

    Radeon RX 6800 XT19,5174,608Radeon RX 7800 XT19,0003,840
    Hopefully an editor shows up for work today and it gets fixed.
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