Just a day after the RTX 4060 Ti review embargo is lifted, AMD just announced the Radeon RX 7600 Graphics Card alongside the embargo lifts for reviews. The Amd Radeon RX 7600 is the third graphics card released under AMD’s RDNA 3 Architecture. Priced at $269 US, the RX 7600 is set to compete with the much pricier RTX 4060, RTX 4060 Ti, and Intel Arc A750 graphics card. Let’s see if the RX 7600 has a place in today’s market, especially considering that it’s up against a market of used GPUs as well as its predecessors like the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT, RX 6600, and RX 6600 XT.
AMD RDNA 3 Architecture
AMD implements a chiplet-style design on its RDNA 3-powered graphics cards making them similar to the latest AMD Ryzen CPUs. Like its Ryzen counterparts, RDNA3 GPUs have a 5nm Graphics Compute Die and a 6nm Memory Cache Die. These two dies have a 5.3TB/s interconnect, making it the fastest chiplet interconnect available to date.
AMD Radiance Display Engine and Dual Media Engine
Like the AMD RX 7900 Series graphics cards, the newly launched Radeon RX 7600 GPU utilizes the DisplayPort 2.1 interface thanks to the Radiance Display Engine. The new Radiance Display engine doubles the 54 Gbps Display Link Bandwidth per port over RDNA 2, to support maximum refresh rates of 1440p at 900Hz, 4k at 480Hz, and 8K at 165Hz. This makes the RX 7900 XTX. RX 7900 XT, and RX 7600 compatible with upcoming DisplayPort 2.1 monitors.
Like the rest of the Nvidia RTX 40 Series and Arc A Series lineup, AMD’s GPUs including the RX 7600 also have hardware-accelerated support for AV1 thanks to the new Dual Media Engine. The new Dual Media Engine allows two simultaneous Encode or Decode streams for AVC and HEVC up to 8K60. Alongside the new Dual Media Engine is added support for more quality-of-life improvements for streamers such as AMD Noise Suppression
AMD HYPR-RX
AMD Hyper-RX is a feature we’re most excited about but unfortunately, it’s still not available until the first half of 2023. AMD Hypr-RX is a one-click solution that instantly enables AMD Super Resolution, AMD Radeon Boost, and AMD Radeon Anti-Lag providing hassle-free performance uplift and latency improvements. AMD Hyper-RX will have automatic integration in AMD-supported game titles.
AMD Radeon RX 7600
AMD positions the Radeon RX 7600 as a 1080p gaming graphics card targeting the same audience as Nvidai’s RTX 4060 series. Like Nvidia, AMD targets users that sport a GTX 1060, or RTX 2060 to upgrade to the RX 7600 as well as noting that it’s a faster graphics card versus the RTX 3060 and its predecessor, the RX 6600. Priced at $269, the RX 7600 competes with older RTX 30 series and RX 6000 series graphics cards as well as the now low-priced Intel Arc A series GPUs, not to mention the newly released RTX 4060 Ti 8GB at $399 as well as the upcoming RTX 4060 coming in July for $299.
AMD Radeon RX 7600 Specs
Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Radeon RX 7900 XT | Radeon RX 7600 | Radeon RX 6600 XT | Radeon RX 6600 | |
GPU | Navi 31 XTX | Navi 31 XT | Navi 33 XL | Navi 23 XT | Navi 23 XL |
Compute Units | 96 | 84 | 32 | 32 | 28 |
Stream Processors | 6144 | 5376 | 2048 | 2048 | 1792 |
Ray Accelerators | 96 | 84 | 32 | 32 | 28 |
Texture Units | 384 | 336 | 336 | 128 | 112 |
ROPs | 192 | 192 | 64 | 64 | 65 |
Game Clock | 2300 MHz | 2000 MHz | 2250 MHz | 2359 MHz | 2044 MHz |
Boost Clock | 2500 MHz | 2400 MHz | 2625 MHz | 2589 MHz | 2491 MHz |
Memory | 24GB G6 | 20GB G6 | 8G G6 | 8GB G6 | 8GB G6 |
Infinity Cache | 2nd Gen 96MB | 2nd Gen 80MB | 2nd Gen 32MB | 1st Gen 32MB | 1st Gen 32MB |
Memory Clock | 20 Gbps | 20 Gbps | 18 Gbps | 16 Gbps | 14 Gbps |
Memory Bandwidth | 960 GB/s | 800 GB/s | 476.9 GB/s | 256 GB/s | 224 GB.s |
Memory Bus | 384-bit | 320-bit | 128-bit | 128-bit | 128-bit |
Total Board Power | 355W | 300->315W | 165W | 160W | 132W |
Launch MSRP | $999 US | $899 US | $269 | $329 | $329 |
Specs-wise, we’re seeing a similar decision path made by Nvidia applied to AMD’s RX 7600. Like Nvidia, AMD has opted for an 8GB frame buffer on the RX 7600 despite marketing its RX 7900 series and older graphics cards being the better choice as these GPUs have higher VRAM than Nvidia counterparts. Despite the same 8GB GDDR6 VRAM, the VRAM on the RX 7600 has faster clocks and higher bandwidth compared to both the RX 6600 XT and RX 6600 albeit in the same 128-bit memory bus. Unlike Nvidia which had the same launch price gen on gen, AMD has lowered the launch price of its x600 series card by $60.
AMD Radeon RX 7600 Unboxing and Overview
Like its team green counterpart, AMD has used the same RX 7900 XTX packaging design on the RX 7600 albeit in a much more smaller format due to the RX 7600’s design. Despite being a mainstream entry-level $269 SEP card, the packaging makes it feel more premium – it’s a shame that there’s no direct AMD reference model available in the Philippines.
The RX 7600 is a very cute card for its size as its length is only about 3/4s the width of the a standard ATX motherboard. Still, AMD has managed to cramp in a dual fan setup to cool the Navi 33 XL GPU. Its design is a shorter and more compact version of the RX 7900 XTX’s reference cooler. The dominantly black color scheme and somewhat sandblasted finish make it feel like a premium GPU.
Kudos to AMD for providing a full metal backplate on its sub $300 graphics card. Like the RX 7900 XTX, the backplate has bumps all over and the red triangle highlights albeit in different placements compared to its bigger brother.
AMD designed the side of the RX 7600 to have an exposed side with little-to-no obstructions except for the small bump for the Radeon text to be visible on the side for optimal cooling. As said in our RX 7900 XTX review, this design has to be the cleanest GPU side we’ve seen to date.
AMD has ditched the latest 12VHPWR connector in favor of user compatibility by using a single 8-pin PCIE power connector for the Radeon RX 7600. AMD has also gone an effort to place its 8-pin PCIE connector to the side of the GPU. The RX 7600 has a rated TGP of 165 Watts which is 5W higher than the previous gen RX 6600 XT and the recently launched Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB.
While both the RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT reference cards have a USB Type-C port on their video IO, the RX 7600 revets to the standard three Display Port 2.1 port and one HDMI 2.1a port. I personally would’ve preferred the USB type-C port for future-proofing but it’s understood that adding it would’ve made the $269 much higher.
The AMD Radeon RX 7600 is currently the shortest reference GPU we’ve seen to date. It’s also the shortest nonsingle fan card we have in the labs. Its compact size and 165W TGP make it an ideal card for compact and ITX SFF builds.
Benchmark Setup and Test Methodology
Gadget Pilipinas’ testing philosophy is to provide detail-oriented results as accurately as possible so that our readers can replicate our tests given that these conditions are met. Different benchmarking apps and sequences are used depending on the component or device being tested.
CPU | Intel Core i9 13900K |
COOLER | ASUS ROG RYUJIN II 360mm V2 – Noctua NT-H2 Thermal Paste |
MOTHERBOARD | ASUS ROG Strix Z790-E Gaming |
MEMORY | Kingston Fury Beast RGB 32GB(2x16GB) 6000 MHz DDR5 |
GPU | Nvidia RTX 4090 FE | Inno3D RTX 4090 | RTX 4080 FE | ASUS TUF RTX 4080 | RTX 4070 FE | RTX 4060 Ti FE | Inno3D RTX 4060 Ti 531.913 driver | Radeon RX 7600 |
STORAGE | Kingston KC3000 1TB PCI-E Gen 4 SSD |
POWER SUPPLY | FSP HYDRO GT PRO 1000W Gold ATX 3.0 |
OPERATING SYSTEM | Windows 11 Pro Build 22H2 |
We use CapFrameX 1.7.1 Beta as our primary FPS capture and analysis tool for all our gaming benchmarks. The latest build version of Windows 11 Pro and WHQL-certified drivers are used for our benchmarks. Readings such as temperatures and power draws are recorded using HWINFO64, and other relevant software for cross-checking.
AMD Radeon RX 7600 Gaming Benchmarks
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Far Cry 6
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