Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Benchmarking the AMD Radeon VII 16GB against 13 modern and popular games (and one from 2019) using an average gaming PC.
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From 2016 to 2018, AMD had no direct competitors to Nvidia's flagship GPU. It wasn't until the second generation of Vega, in the form of the Radeon VII, that AMD would find themselves back at the top, vying for the custom of gamers with deep pockets.
Or at least, that's the narrative from AMD's perspective. In reality, the Radeon VII was scarcely available, only competed with the previous generation Geforce flagships in performance, and was left looking a little less impressive in the wake of the RTX launch. Its party trick was its 16GB of HBM2 VRAM, which had little reason to exist in a gaming product in 2019. Almost 5 years later, has the VII finally found its niche?
For future driver updates for Polaris & Vega GPUs: amernimezone.com
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Track names: “Vercetti Forever”, “Icon of Sin, "Binary Sunrise", & “Neon Nights”
00:00 AMD VII 16GB vs. 2023
00:32 Background: History of the AMD Radeon VII
02:45 Test System: Ryzen 5 5600X, 32GB DDR4-3600
02:55 Gaming Benchmarks
02:58 Benchmark: Alan Wake II / Control
04:00 Benchmark: The Last of Us Part 1
04:55 Benchmark: Resident Evil 4 Remake
05:45 Benchmark: Jedi Survivor
06:16 Benchmark: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
06:45 Benchmark: Starfield
07:15 Benchmark: Forza Horizon 5
07:53 Benchmark: Forza Motorsport
08:30 Benchmark: Halo Infinite
09:09 Benchmark: A Plague Tale: Requiem
09:36 Benchmark: Cyberpunk 2077
10:09 Benchmark: Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
10:39 Benchmark: Fortnite
11:39 Benchmark: Call of Duty Warzone
12:20 Fire Strike & Time Spy
12:26 Can it use all 16GB?
13:44 Overlocking & Undervolting
14:50 Conclusion
A D S
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Benchmarking the AMD Radeon VII 16GB against 13 modern and popular games (and one from 2019) using an average gaming PC.
Support Iceberg Tech: patreon.com/icebergtech
From 2016 to 2018, AMD had no direct competitors to Nvidia's flagship GPU. It wasn't until the second generation of Vega, in the form of the Radeon VII, that AMD would find themselves back at the top, vying for the custom of gamers with deep pockets.
Or at least, that's the narrative from AMD's perspective. In reality, the Radeon VII was scarcely available, only competed with the previous generation Geforce flagships in performance, and was left looking a little less impressive in the wake of the RTX launch. Its party trick was its 16GB of HBM2 VRAM, which had little reason to exist in a gaming product in 2019. Almost 5 years later, has the VII finally found its niche?
For future driver updates for Polaris & Vega GPUs: amernimezone.com
Music by Backing Track backingtrack.gg
Track names: “Vercetti Forever”, “Icon of Sin, "Binary Sunrise", & “Neon Nights”
00:00 AMD VII 16GB vs. 2023
00:32 Background: History of the AMD Radeon VII
02:45 Test System: Ryzen 5 5600X, 32GB DDR4-3600
02:55 Gaming Benchmarks
02:58 Benchmark: Alan Wake II / Control
04:00 Benchmark: The Last of Us Part 1
04:55 Benchmark: Resident Evil 4 Remake
05:45 Benchmark: Jedi Survivor
06:16 Benchmark: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
06:45 Benchmark: Starfield
07:15 Benchmark: Forza Horizon 5
07:53 Benchmark: Forza Motorsport
08:30 Benchmark: Halo Infinite
09:09 Benchmark: A Plague Tale: Requiem
09:36 Benchmark: Cyberpunk 2077
10:09 Benchmark: Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
10:39 Benchmark: Fortnite
11:39 Benchmark: Call of Duty Warzone
12:20 Fire Strike & Time Spy
12:26 Can it use all 16GB?
13:44 Overlocking & Undervolting
14:50 Conclusion
A D S
The following links are affiliated. Everything costs the same to you, but I get a commission. Please only click these links if you want to help me out!
G E A R
Audio:
Behringer UM2 amzn.to/3aV17wq
Behringer XM8500 amzn.to/3nCt2WY
Generic microphone arm amzn.to/339yZRC
Video:
Fujifilm X-T3 amzn.to/3nGapRY
Camera & 18-55mm lens kit: youtu.be/-UsZrWaDbLM
Fujifilm 23mm f2 amzn.to/3udXvgn
FeiyuTech G6 Max Gimbal amzn.to/3nHndYs
Interfit LM8 Video LED amzn.to/2SkESJL
Neewer 120cm Softbox amzn.to/2RjlMDm
Raleno Rechargeable Bicolour Video LED Panel amzn.to/3f2l7hV
C O N T A C T
Twitter/Insta @IcebergTop10s
Email icebergtop10s@gmail.com
#AMD #Radeon #scalperpandemic
