Radeon RX 5700
The Radeon RX 5700 is a GPU from AMD introduced in July 2019. It is designed for high gaming performance at 1440p and competed with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20 series. In this article, we will look at the development, architecture, specifications and performance of the RX 5700, as well as interesting facts about the graphics card.
Development and announcement date
AMD announced the Radeon RX 5700 at Computex 2019 in May 2019. The video card was released on July 7, 2019 along with its more powerful counterpart, the Radeon RX 5700 XT. Both graphics cards are based on the RDNA architecture, which was developed by AMD as a replacement for the previous GCN architecture.
Architecture and characteristics
The Radeon RX 5700 uses the Navi 10 GPU based on the RDNA 1 architecture and manufactured on a 7nm process. The video card has 2304 stream processors, 144 texture units and 64 ROP units. The core clock is 1465 MHz in base mode and up to 1725 MHz in Boost mode.
The Radeon RX 5700 is equipped with 8 GB of GDDR6 video memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB / s and a 256-bit interface. The maximum power consumption is 180W.
Gaming performance
At the time of release, the Radeon RX 5700 offered excellent gaming performance at 1440p. Compared to competitors from NVIDIA, the video card outperformed the GeForce RTX 2060 and was close to the GeForce RTX 2060 Super. In some games, the RX 5700 performed better than the RTX 2060 Super, especially in RDNA-optimized titles.
Interesting Facts
- The Radeon RX 5700 was the first AMD GPU to use the RDNA architecture, which was designed from the ground up to improve efficiency and performance over the previous generation of GCN.
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AMD originally planned to release the RX 5700 with a MSRP of $379, but cut the price to $349 ahead of market launch to make the graphics card more competitive against the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060.
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Along with the RDNA architecture, AMD has introduced a new Radeon Image Sharpening (RIS) technology that improves image quality in games without significant performance degradation. RIS was positioned as an alternative to NVIDIA's DLSS technology.
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The RX 5700 supports AMD Radeon Anti-Lag technology, which is designed to reduce input lag in games, improving responsiveness and control while gaming.
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The Radeon RX 5700 was one of the first GPUs to support PCI Express 4.0, which provides higher bandwidth than PCI Express 3.0.
The Radeon RX 5700 marked an important milestone in the history of AMD graphics cards. Thanks to the new RDNA architecture, improved power efficiency and excellent gaming performance, the RX 5700 was able to compete with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20 graphics card line. on RDNA architecture.