Radek said:
Would that be RX 7900 XT level performance? That's crazy for a console! |
No. With 84 CU, the 7900 XT would firmly be in the lead when measuring raster. Even if its clocked at 2500 MHz over the 7900's 2400 Mhz, and even if the Pro is using RDNA 3 (some rumors claim RDNA 3.5), 84 CUs is going to out-raster 56.
The real benefit is in RT. By moving from TMU to custom accelerator, you are giving your yourself a real tangible boost. A 2.5x RT boost puts the rumored PRO firmly above the 7900 XT. You are comparing the performance of 84 CUs to over theoretically 125+ CUs. At the same time, you are returning all of those resources to traditional raster. (Working smarter not harder)
So to answer your question, in pure technical terms the 7900 xt will be faster in pure raster workloads, but as soon as you put RT into the equation, the Pro will easily match the 7900 XT. If AMD is able to leverage the offloaded RT accelerator in it future cards and return the resources from RT back to raster as with the Pro, it can easily top this and hopefully make AMD more competitive in RT.
But yeah the PRO is a massive upgrade over the PS5 simply because it takes a play out of the Nvidia playbook. When you look at current gen consoles, they are splitting resources between raster and RT. The Pro corrects this, this gives you a meaningful boost without having to add massive amounts of silicon to the board which hopefully will help keep prices in check. With the clocks of the PS5, you are getting nearly 80% raster boost over the Xbox Series X on roughly the same sized board.
Its almost as if these things are designed by brilliant engineers...😆
