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Raspberry Pi PCIe Database

Raspberry Pi PCI Express device compatibility database

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB PCIe x16

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB PCIe x16
CM4 Functionality Pi 5 Functionality Driver Required? More Info
None Full Yes GitHub Issue

Description and Notes

The Radeon RX 7900 XT (“Navi 31”) was released in 2022 and is supported by the open source amdgpu driver in the Linux Kernel.

It requires a physical x16 PCIe socket. You will need to supply 26A of 12V power (about 315W) to the card directly through it’s separate 8-pin PCIe power plugs.

amdgpu (open source) driver

To get the amdgpu driver loaded, you have to recompile the Linux kernel for Pi OS on the 6.15 branch (rpi-6.15.y) or later.

Go to Device Drivers > Graphics support on the menuconfig step, and select the amdgpu driver to install.

Also make sure you have the AMD firmware installed (sudo apt install -y firmware-amd-graphics) or the driver will complain about missing files.

The amdgpu driver needs a small patch to work correctly with the Raspberry Pi’s PCIe bus; see the linked GitHub issue for more details.