AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL Comparison

Q: Which GPU wins the two shared benchmark tests, and by how much?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT wins both head-to-head tests. In Geekbench OpenCL, it scores 138383 versus 19549, a 607.9% advantage. In Geekbench Vulkan, it scores 46443 versus 22757, a 104.1% lead.

Q: How does the RX 7700 XT’s average benchmark score compare to its nearest rivals?

A: Its average benchmark score is 22549. That puts it 0.5% above the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile (22435), 1.7% above the AMD Radeon RX 5700 (22170), 0.8% below the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile (22729), and 1.5% below the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (22895).

Q: What is the RX Vega M GL’s standing relative to its own nearest rivals?

A: The RX Vega M GL has an average benchmark score of 21153. That is 0.4% below the AMD Radeon HD 8970M (21237), 1.1% below the NVIDIA RTX A4000 Mobile (21379), 0.6% above the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 (21035), and 2.1% above the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (20713).

Q: Which GPU has a higher percentile ranking among all GPUs?

A: The RX 7700 XT sits at the 67th percentile, while the RX Vega M GL sits at the 66th percentile. The difference is one percentile point.

Q: What are the production statuses of the two GPUs?

A: The RX 7700 XT is listed as Active, while the RX Vega M GL is listed as End-of-life.

Q: Which GPU has a higher transistor density per square millimeter?

A: The RX 7700 XT has a transistor density of 81.2M / mm², whereas the RX Vega M GL has a density of 24.0M / mm².

Where Each One Wins

The data shows a clear split in the benchmark landscape. The RX 7700 XT is the decisive winner in raw compute performance, taking both head-to-head tests by margins that are not close. Its Geekbench OpenCL score of 138383 is more than seven times the RX Vega M GL’s 19549, and its Geekbench Vulkan score of 46443 more than doubles the RX Vega M GL’s 22757. In every measured compute scenario, the RX 7700 XT wins.

The RX Vega M GL, however, wins in the category of power efficiency and integration. It has a TDP of 65 W versus the RX 7700 XT’s 245 W, and it is an IGP (integrated graphics processor) rather than a discrete dual-slot card. It has no power connectors and no suggested PSU rating, meaning it draws power from the host system. The RX 7700 XT requires a 550 W suggested PSU and two 8-pin power connectors. For systems where power draw and physical space are the primary constraints, the RX Vega M GL is the only viable option between the two.

The RX 7700 XT also wins on memory capacity and bandwidth. It has 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering 432.0 GB/s. The RX Vega M GL has 4 GB of HBM2 memory on a 1024-bit bus, delivering 179.2 GB/s. The RX 7700 XT’s raw bandwidth is higher, but the RX Vega M GL’s HBM2 setup offers a wider bus in a lower-power package.

In terms of API support, the RX 7700 XT supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4, while the RX Vega M GL supports DirectX 12 (12_0) and Vulkan 1.3. The RX 7700 XT also has dedicated ray tracing cores (54 of them), which the RX Vega M GL lacks entirely. For workloads that rely on ray tracing or the latest DirectX features, the RX 7700 XT is the only choice.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ across nearly every specification field. The RX 7700 XT uses a 5 nm process node from TSMC, while the RX Vega M GL uses a 14 nm node from GlobalFoundries. The RX 7700 XT has 28,100 million transistors on a 346 mm² die, while the RX Vega M GL has 5,000 million transistors on a 208 mm² die. Transistor density is 81.2M / mm² for the RX 7700 XT versus 24.0M / mm² for the RX Vega M GL.

Clock speeds differ substantially. The RX 7700 XT has a base clock of 1435 MHz and a boost clock of 2544 MHz, with a game clock of 2171 MHz. The RX Vega M GL has a base clock of 931 MHz and a boost clock of 1011 MHz, with no game clock specified. Memory clocks are 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective) for the RX 7700 XT and 700 MHz (1400 Mbps effective) for the RX Vega M GL.

Compute resources are heavily skewed toward the RX 7700 XT. It has 3456 shading units, 216 TMUs, and 96 ROPs, while the RX Vega M GL has 1280 shading units, 80 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. The RX 7700 XT also has 54 ray tracing cores, while the RX Vega M GL has none. Pixel rate is 244.2 GPixel/s for the RX 7700 XT versus 32.35 GPixel/s for the RX Vega M GL. Texture rate is 549.5 GTexel/s versus 80.88 GTexel/s. FP32 and FP16 performance are both 35.17 TFLOPS for the RX 7700 XT, while the RX Vega M GL manages 2.588 TFLOPS in both.

Physical and power specifications also diverge. The RX 7700 XT is a dual-slot card with dimensions of 267 mm length, 135 mm height, and 50 mm width. The RX Vega M GL is an IGP with no listed dimensions. The RX 7700 XT has a TDP of 245 W and requires a 550 W PSU; the RX Vega M GL has a 65 W TDP and no PSU requirement. The RX 7700 XT uses a PCIe 4.0 x16 interface, while the RX Vega M GL uses an IGP bus interface. Display outputs are 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, and 1x USB Type-C for the RX 7700 XT, versus "Portable Device Dependent" for the RX Vega M GL.

Release dates and production statuses mark a generational gap. The RX 7700 XT was released on 2023-09-05 and is Active, with a predecessor in Navi II and a successor in Navi IV. The RX Vega M GL was released on 2018-01-31 and is End-of-life, with no predecessor or successor listed. The RX 7700 XT has a launch MSRP of 449 USD; the RX Vega M GL has no launch MSRP field.