AMD
AMD Radeon VII
The Radeon VII is a 7nm second-generation Vega card with 60 compute units (3,840 stream processors) and 16GB of HBM2 on a 4,096-bit interface delivering 1TB/s of bandwidth. AMD announced it at CES 2019 and put it on sale on February 7, 2019 at $699, aiming at 4K gaming and content creation.
Pros
- 16GB of HBM2 with 1,024GB/s of bandwidth is generous for 4K and creative workloads
- Built on a 7nm process, AMD's first 7nm gaming card at launch
- AMD claimed up to 29% higher gaming performance than the RX Vega 64
- Ships with 3,840 stream processors and 60 compute units for strong compute throughput
Cons
- 300W TDP and two 8-pin power connectors demand a capable power supply
- In review testing it trailed the GeForce RTX 2080 at the same $699 price
- No hardware ray tracing support
- Launch price of $699 was high for its gaming performance
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the AMD Radeon VII
General
- Announced
- 2019
- Architecture
- Vega
- Process
- 7 nm
- TDP
- 300 W
- Power connector
- 2x 8-pin
Cores & Clocks
- Shading units
- 3,840
- Base clock
- 1,450 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1,750 MHz
Memory
- VRAM
- 16 GB
- VRAM type
- HBM2
- Bus width
- 4,096 bit
- Bandwidth
- 1,024 GB/s
Benchmarks
- 3DMark Time Spy
- 8,930Bottom 39%
- PassMark G3D
- 16,175Bottom 43%
Quick answers
Is the AMD Radeon VII good in 2026?
The AMD Radeon VII earns an Inno Score of 41.9/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The Radeon VII is a 7nm second-generation Vega card with 60 compute units (3,840 stream processors) and 16GB of HBM2 on a 4,096-bit interface delivering 1TB/s of bandwidth. AMD announced it at CES 2019 and put it on sale on February 7, 2019 at $699, aiming at 4K gaming and content creation.
What are the key specs of the AMD Radeon VII?
VRAM: 16 GB · Boost clock: 1,750 MHz · TDP: 300 W · 3DMark Time Spy: 8,930
What are the closest alternatives to the AMD Radeon VII?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080, AMD Radeon RX 7600 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
