AMD will reportedly ship 200,000 RDNA 3 ‘Navi 31’ GPUs for the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT graphics cards in the fourth quarter of 2022.
AMD Challenges NVIDIA’s Top-End Ada GPUs With Record Shipments Of 200,000 Navi 31 In Q4 2022 For Radeon RX 7900 XTX And RX 7900 XT Graphics Cards
The report comes from Kyle Bennett From (Ex HardOCP & Ex Intel) and seems to be confirmed by multiple sources. AMD’s Radeon RX 7900 XTX and Radeon RX 7900 XT graphics cards are based on the RDNA 3-based Navi 31 GPU. Each graphics card has a slightly different SKU for the Navi 31 chip, but it’s essentially the same chip, albeit configured differently.
Multiple sources verified. @tweet It will ship more than 200K 7900 XT and XTX GPUs in the fourth quarter. More than 30,000 reference cards are on the shelves on launch day.
– Kyle Bennett (@KyleBennett) December 11, 2022
According to Kyle, the total number of Navi 31 GPUs that AMD plans to ship this quarter is about 200,000 units which is much more than what NVIDIA has shipped so far for its Ada Lovelace GPUs. It is reported that there will be more than 30,000 reference cards on shelves on launch day, so the rest of the GPUs will likely go to AIB partners who have a huge batch of custom cards ready to hit shelves starting in mid-December.
On the other hand, the competition has shipped around 160,000 units as of mid-November. That number is split between 130,000 RTX 4090 (AD102) and 30,000 RTX 4080 (AD103). That number should have crossed the 200,000 mark by now, but the most important thing we know is that the RTX 4080 had a smaller launch than the RTX 4090 and despite that, the new 4080 failed to clear retail shelves.
We don’t know if the unit numbers are split evenly between the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX or RX 7900 XT but it would certainly be interesting to know the actual split number. However, 30,000 units is definitely a good amount for a launch and there should be enough stock for players. This is in line with previous reports that stated that the initial supply of AMD RDNA 3 GPUs will be higher than the NVIDIA RTX 40 series.
“Official” AMD Radeon RX 7900 Series Specifications:
| Photographers card | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU | Navi 31 XTX | Navi31XT | Navi 21 KXTX | Navi 21 XTX |
| process node | 5 nm + 6 nm | 5 nm + 6 nm | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| die size | 300mm2 (GCD only) 522 mm2 (with MCDs) | 300mm2 (GCD only) 522 mm2 (with MCDs) | 520 mm2 | 520 mm2 |
| transistors | 58 billion | 58 billion | 26.8 billion | 26.8 billion |
| GPU WGPs | 48 | 42 | 40 | 40 |
| stream processors | 6144 | 5376 | 5120 | 5120 |
| TMUs/ROPs | 384/192 | 384/192 | 320/128 | 320/128 |
| clock game | 2.3 GHz | 2.0 GHz | 2100 MHz | 2015 MHz |
| clock increase | 2.5 GHz | 2.4GHz | 2310 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| FP32 TFLOPs | 61 TFLOPs | 52 TFLOPs | 23.65 TFLOPs | 23.04 TFLOPs |
| memory size | 24 GB GDDR6 | 20 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 |
| Infinity Cash | 96 MB | 80 MB | 128 MB | 128 MB |
| memory bus | 384 bits | 320 bits | 256 bits | 256 bits |
| memory clock | 20 Gbps | 20 Gbps | 18 Gbps | 16 Gbps |
| bandwidth | 960 GB / s | 800 GB / sec | 576 GB / s | 512 GB / s |
| effective bandwidth | 3.5 TB / sec | 3.5 TB / sec | 1728.2 GB / s | 1664.2 GB / s |
| TBP | 355 watts | 300 watts | 335 watts | 300 watts |
| PCIe interface | TBD | TBD | PCIe 4.0 x16 slot | PCIe 4.0 x16 slot |
| price | 999 USD | $899 | $1,099 | 999 USD |