Blender 3.4 AMD Radeon RX 7900 Series vs. NVIDIA

Benchmarks by Michael Larabel of Blender 3.4 with new AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT/XTX on Linux with HIP back-end against NVIDIA for a future article.

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Radeon VII
December 14 2022
  38 Minutes
RX 5700 XT
December 14 2022
  39 Minutes
RX 6800
December 14 2022
  20 Minutes
RX 6800 XT
December 13 2022
  17 Minutes
RX 7900 XT
December 13 2022
  11 Minutes
RX 7900 XTX
December 13 2022
  8 Minutes
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Blender 3.4 AMD Radeon RX 7900 Series vs. NVIDIAOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteAMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core @ 5.88GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads)ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO (0805 BIOS)AMD Device 14d832GBWestern Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 1000GB + 2000GBAMD Radeon VII 16GB (1801/1000MHz)AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB (2100/875MHz)AMD Radeon RX 6800 16GB (2475/1000MHz)AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB (2575/1000MHz)AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB (3125/1249MHz)AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB (3220/1249MHz)AMD Vega 20 HDMI AudioAMD Navi 10 HDMI AudioAMD Navi 21 HDMI AudioAMD Device ab30ASUS MG28UIntel I225-V + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411Ubuntu 22.045.15.0-56-generic (x86_64)GNOME Shell 42.5X Server 1.21.1.3 + Wayland4.6 Mesa 22.3.0-devel (LLVM 15.0.3 DRM 3.49)OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (3513.0)1.3.232GCC 11.3.0ext43840x2160ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudiosMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerOpenGLOpenCLVulkanCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionBlender 3.4 AMD Radeon RX 7900 Series Vs. NVIDIA BenchmarksSystem Logs- Transparent Huge Pages: madvise- Scaling Governor: amd-pstate performance (Boost: Enabled) - CPU Microcode: 0xa601203- itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + mmio_stale_data: Not affected + retbleed: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Retpolines IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: always-on RSB filling PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Not affected

Blender 3.4 AMD Radeon RX 7900 Series vs. NVIDIARadeon VIIRX 5700 XTRX 6800RX 6800 XTRX 7900 XTRX 7900 XTXOpenBenchmarking.org

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OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBlender 3.4Blend File: BMW27Radeon VIIRX 7900 XTXRX 7900 XTRX 6800 XTRX 6800RX 5700 XTRTX 3090 - OptiXRTX 3090RTX 3080 Ti - OptiXRTX 3080 TiRTX 3080 - OptiXRTX 30801122334455SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 7SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 7SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.05, N = 15SE +/- 0.03, N = 436.1314.4214.4222.7128.9547.985.6710.035.7910.396.6311.91

MinAvgMaxRadeon VII21.0125.5183.0RX 7900 XTX13.0198.3294.0RX 7900 XT11.0172.4254.0RX 6800 XT5.0134.7185.0RX 68005.0107.2137.0RX 5700 XT7.0120.2150.0RTX 3090 - OptiX25.9192.0307.7RTX 309012.8219.9323.1RTX 3080 Ti - OptiX21.8198.6314.3RTX 3080 Ti18.5224.8328.0RTX 3080 - OptiX15.0178.3266.6RTX 308012.2196.1280.8OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterBlender 3.4GPU Power Consumption Monitor80160240320400

MinAvgMaxRadeon VII26.043.351.0RX 7900 XTX43.055.666.0RX 7900 XT27.038.449.0RX 6800 XT29.044.055.0RX 680030.044.156.0RX 5700 XT28.052.060.0RTX 3090 - OptiX38.046.453.0RTX 309027.039.549.0RTX 3080 Ti - OptiX47.056.663.0RTX 3080 Ti30.046.158.0RTX 3080 - OptiX47.059.567.0RTX 308034.047.857.0OpenBenchmarking.orgCelsius, Fewer Is BetterBlender 3.4GPU Temperature Monitor20406080100

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBlender 3.4Blend File: ClassroomRadeon VIIRX 7900 XTXRX 7900 XTRX 6800 XTRX 6800RX 5700 XTRTX 3090 - OptiXRTX 3090RTX 3080 Ti - OptiXRTX 3080 TiRTX 3080 - OptiXRTX 308020406080100SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 4SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 4SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 4SE +/- 0.03, N = 361.6922.8426.2040.4649.8685.8513.8219.9814.2620.7816.3724.22

MinAvgMaxRadeon VII21.0142.3190.0RX 7900 XTX15.0214.4296.0RX 7900 XT14.0218.1258.0RX 6800 XT6.0172.1202.0RX 68005.0128.7145.0RX 5700 XT7.0136.7159.0RTX 3090 - OptiX29.7269.8347.2RTX 309027.6282.8347.0RTX 3080 Ti - OptiX36.1271.8347.4RTX 3080 Ti33.6287.6348.7RTX 3080 - OptiX29.6240.3303.2RTX 308027.5253.4302.3OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterBlender 3.4GPU Power Consumption Monitor100200300400500

MinAvgMaxRadeon VII42.053.558.0RX 7900 XTX58.067.271.0RX 7900 XT44.055.460.0RX 6800 XT49.064.071.0RX 680052.062.165.0RX 5700 XT45.064.470.0RTX 3090 - OptiX51.060.966.0RTX 309042.055.962.0RTX 3080 Ti - OptiX60.068.974.0RTX 3080 Ti54.066.773.0RTX 3080 - OptiX60.069.073.0RTX 308057.068.674.0OpenBenchmarking.orgCelsius, Fewer Is BetterBlender 3.4GPU Temperature Monitor20406080100

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBlender 3.4Blend File: Fishy CatRadeon VIIRX 7900 XTXRX 7900 XTRX 6800 XTRX 6800RX 5700 XTRTX 3090 - OptiXRTX 3090RTX 3080 Ti - OptiXRTX 3080 TiRTX 3080 - OptiXRTX 3080306090120150SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 3129.8322.3025.2035.2843.2697.5010.0021.3610.4522.2911.8725.30

MinAvgMaxRadeon VII21.0140.4185.0RX 7900 XTX15.0214.5294.0RX 7900 XT12.0192.5261.0RX 6800 XT6.0182.6239.0RX 68005.0133.7169.0RX 5700 XT7.0141.8165.0RTX 3090 - OptiX30.3242.2344.9RTX 309030.4256.1336.4RTX 3080 Ti - OptiX36.8244.6345.4RTX 3080 Ti36.8256.9336.2RTX 3080 - OptiX30.5220.6305.4RTX 308024.0228.4291.2OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterBlender 3.4GPU Power Consumption Monitor100200300400500

MinAvgMaxRadeon VII47.058.464.0RX 7900 XTX56.062.465.0RX 7900 XT46.052.556.0RX 6800 XT61.072.978.0RX 680057.063.766.0RX 5700 XT52.067.071.0RTX 3090 - OptiX55.061.766.0RTX 309054.061.966.0RTX 3080 Ti - OptiX61.068.373.0RTX 3080 Ti61.069.074.0RTX 3080 - OptiX60.068.273.0RTX 308060.068.773.0OpenBenchmarking.orgCelsius, Fewer Is BetterBlender 3.4GPU Temperature Monitor20406080100

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBlender 3.4Blend File: Pabellon BarcelonaRadeon VIIRX 6800 XTRX 6800RX 5700 XTRTX 3090 - OptiXRTX 3090RTX 3080 Ti - OptiXRTX 3080 TiRTX 3080 - OptiXRTX 30804080120160200SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 4SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 4SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3155.8879.1897.22179.8315.2148.7315.5650.7918.2859.40

Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona

RX 7900 XT: The test quit with a non-zero exit status.

RX 7900 XTX: The test quit with a non-zero exit status.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBlender 3.4Blend File: BarbershopRadeon VIIRX 7900 XTXRX 7900 XTRX 6800 XTRX 6800RX 5700 XTRTX 3090 - OptiXRTX 3090RTX 3080 Ti - OptiXRTX 3080 TiRTX 3080 - OptiXRTX 308080160240320400SE +/- 1.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3372.0389.76103.04142.24175.67353.6850.9484.9252.5488.0759.86101.51

MinAvgMaxRadeon VII21.0150.7194.0RX 7900 XTX15.0255.8294.0RX 7900 XT11.0228.8259.0RX 6800 XT6.0204.6233.0RX 68005.0144.2161.0RX 5700 XT7.0148.4175.0RTX 3090 - OptiX32.6296.7344.2RTX 309026.3301.2343.7RTX 3080 Ti - OptiX37.5298.0345.3RTX 3080 Ti36.6301.7345.5RTX 3080 - OptiX30.4262.0301.1RTX 308029.9261.9295.3OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterBlender 3.4GPU Power Consumption Monitor100200300400500

MinAvgMaxRadeon VII62.080.986.0RX 7900 XTX52.065.569.0RX 7900 XT45.056.159.0RX 6800 XT66.078.582.0RX 680059.067.870.0RX 5700 XT56.074.979.0RTX 3090 - OptiX57.066.970.0RTX 309055.067.070.0RTX 3080 Ti - OptiX63.074.779.0RTX 3080 Ti62.075.079.0RTX 3080 - OptiX62.073.978.0RTX 308061.073.878.0OpenBenchmarking.orgCelsius, Fewer Is BetterBlender 3.4GPU Temperature Monitor20406080100

MinAvgMaxRadeon VII21.0148.8183.0RX 6800 XT6.0194.4243.0RX 68005.0138.3170.0RX 5700 XT7.0147.0178.0RTX 3090 - OptiX32.6273.2347.1RTX 309030.6310.5342.4RTX 3080 Ti - OptiX37.6273.8344.2RTX 3080 Ti36.3313.6343.6RTX 3080 - OptiX30.2243.2303.8RTX 308030.1274.7302.4OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterBlender 3.4GPU Power Consumption Monitor100200300400500

MinAvgMaxRadeon VII54.068.074.0RX 6800 XT67.075.678.0RX 680057.066.168.0RX 5700 XT54.071.175.0RTX 3090 - OptiX57.064.468.0RTX 309055.066.770.0RTX 3080 Ti - OptiX63.071.776.0RTX 3080 Ti61.075.079.0RTX 3080 - OptiX63.070.975.0RTX 308060.074.078.0OpenBenchmarking.orgCelsius, Fewer Is BetterBlender 3.4GPU Temperature Monitor20406080100

GPU Power Consumption Monitor

OpenBenchmarking.orgWattsGPU Power Consumption MonitorPhoronix Test Suite System MonitoringRadeon VIIRX 7900 XTXRX 7900 XTRX 6800 XTRX 6800RX 5700 XTRTX 3090RTX 3080 TiRTX 308060120180240300Min: 21 / Avg: 143.43 / Max: 194Min: 13 / Avg: 209.94 / Max: 296Min: 11 / Avg: 198.02 / Max: 261Min: 5 / Avg: 179.75 / Max: 243Min: 5 / Avg: 130.78 / Max: 170Min: 7 / Avg: 140.63 / Max: 178Min: 12.73 / Avg: 255.44 / Max: 347.19Min: 18.49 / Avg: 258.97 / Max: 348.65Min: 12.05 / Avg: 226.76 / Max: 305.36

GPU Temperature Monitor

OpenBenchmarking.orgCelsiusGPU Temperature MonitorPhoronix Test Suite System MonitoringRadeon VIIRX 7900 XTXRX 7900 XTRX 6800 XTRX 6800RX 5700 XTRTX 3090RTX 3080 TiRTX 30801632486480Min: 26 / Avg: 69.75 / Max: 86Min: 43 / Avg: 62.92 / Max: 71Min: 26 / Avg: 52.92 / Max: 60Min: 29 / Avg: 72.02 / Max: 82Min: 30 / Avg: 64.03 / Max: 70Min: 28 / Avg: 69.95 / Max: 79Min: 27 / Avg: 61.14 / Max: 70Min: 30 / Avg: 69.28 / Max: 79Min: 34 / Avg: 68.85 / Max: 78