AMD announces fastest Radeon laptop GPU ever — meet the RX 7900M
The RX 7900M should make the most demanding PC games look like child’s play.
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What you need to know
AMD just unveiled the Radeon RX 7900M. The new GPU is the “fastest AMD Radeon GPU ever developed for laptops,“according to AMD. The graphics processor is built on AMD’s RDNA 3 architecture, has 16GB of high-speed GDDR6 VRAM, and has dedicated AI acceleration.
As the GPU is built on AMD’s RDNA 3 architecture, it gets a bevy of benefits seen in high-end graphics processsors from the company. It supports second-generation AMD Infinity Cache and second-generation raytracing technology.
AMD highlighted key aspects of the RX 7900M in its announcement:
AMD Radeon RX 7900M specs
In terms of raw specs, the AMD Radeon RX 7900 has 72 compute units and 16GB of GDDR6 VRAM. It reaches a game clock speed of 1,825MHz and a boost clock speed of up to 2,090MHz. The GPU features a 256-bit memory interface, 64MB of infinity cache, and has a 180W TGP.
Those powerful specs are available starting today. The Alienware m18 is among the first laptops to run on AMD’s new Radeon RX 7900M. The configuration with the new graphics processor also features an AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX with 16 cores and 32 threads. With that CPU/GPU pairing, the Alienware m18 should easily handle thebest PC games. The laptop has a 480Hz display as well, so those games should look smooth.
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This is one of the first laptops to run on the AMD Radeon RX 7900M, which is the most powerful Radeon GPU to date. That high-end graphics processor is paired with an AMD Ryzen 7945X in this PC, giving you a ludicrous amount of portable gaming power.
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