RX 7900M is AMD’s Fastest Mobile GPU; Challenges RTX 4080?

The high-end gaming market is heating up once again as we see competition from both Nvidia and AMD. In a debut working with Dell, AMD has launched its brand newRX 7900M,which is now the fastest-ever mobile GPU to be developed by the company. To be included in high-performance gaming laptops, the RX 7900M just might challenge the RTX 4080. Let’s explore the features & specs of this newAMD Radeon RX 7900M GPUfor gaming laptops and see how it fares against the RTX 4080 laptop GPU!

AMD Launches Its Fastest-Ever RX 7900M Laptop GPU: Details

Announced in apress release, the AMD Radeon RX 7900M is the company’sfastest AMD Radeon laptop graphics ever developed. The GPU is based on the RDNA 3 architecture-based graphics card built from the ground up to provide high-end graphics performance to future gaming laptops. The RX 7900M is based on the Navi 31 processor, so it is the first laptop GPU based on achipset design(made up of several small components). GPUs built on achipset designoffer many advantages overmonolithic design. According to AMD, theRDNA 3 architecturedelivers ‘next-generation performance’ and ‘leadership performance per watt.’

AMD has teamed up with Dell to make theAlienware m18the first one to take benefit and be labeled as the ‘ultimate AMD Advantage laptop.’ The new gaming laptop leverages the Ryzen 9 7945HX processor coupled with the newly unveiled RX 7900M GPU. AMD offers this new laptop GPU with16GB GDDR6 VRAM and up to 180W, giving gamers a high video memory capacity and wattage that they will appreciate. Nvidia’s RTX 4080 (laptop GPU) comes with 12GB GDDR6 VRAM capacity, so without getting into the performance numbers, it’s already one-upping the competition thanks to the RX 7900M’s33% higher VRAM capacity.

AMD says this GPU is perfect for 1440p & beyond for the latest games. According to the company, a performance comparison between the Nvidia RTX 4080 & AMD Radeon RX 7900M mobile GPUs reveals that AMD’s chip is7% faster on averageinselective games.This includedFar Cry 6&Doom Eternal, with ray-tracing enabled. However, the RTX 4080 is faster in other titles and probably has betterRT performanceoverall as compared to the AMD counterpart.

It will be interesting to see more performance comparisons once the new RX 7900M GPU makes its way to people. Speaking ofRTX 4080 vs RX 7900M, looks like both these chips will offer competitive performance levels. We have compared the relevant specifications below of both these Nvidia & AMD GPUs:Laptop GPU ModelVRAM CapacityBoost ClockMemory InterfaceTotal Graphics Power (TGP)AMD Radeon RX 7900M16 GB GDDR62090 MHz256-bitUp to 180W (Configurable)Nvidia GeForce RTX 408012 GB GDDR61665 MHz192-bitUp to 150W (Configurable)RTX 4080 vs RX 7900M Specs Comparision

Speaking of other specifications, theAMD Radeon RX 7900Mgraphics card has72 compute units,64MB of infinity cache, andAV1Codec supportfor high-quality game streaming. It is built on the the RDNA 3 architecture that brings featuresdedicated AI acceleration hardwareandsecond-genray-tracingtechnology.

RX 7900M Laptop GPU in Alienware M18: Pricing & Availability

The Alienware m18 gaming laptop has many configurable CPU & GPU options that go up to a Ryzen 9 7945HX processor when speaking of the AMD models. You can select the RX 7900M 16GB GDDR6 graphics card for the GPU. This configuration costs$2,799in the US and can be bought here via the official Dell website.

So, what are your thoughts on the new RX 7900M mobile GPU and the Alienware m18 that is the first one to use this graphics chip? Let us know in the comments below.

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Satyam Kumar

Highly passionate about technology. Major expertise in PC hardware, the VR industry, esports-centric gear, and other gadgets. In my spare time, I’m usually researching exciting hardware breakthroughs or playing competitive games.

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