AMD has officially announced their Radeon RX 5700 series which includes the Radeon RX 5700 XT and the Radeon RX 5700 graphics cards. The new graphics card features AMD's next-gen Navi GPU which is based on a 7nm process node and features the RDNA core architecture to replace AMD's GCN architecture which was launched back in 2011.

AMD Radeon RX 5700 Series Official: RX 5700 XT Faster Than RTX 2070 For $449 US, RX 5700 Faster Than RTX 2060 For $379 US

AMD has officially lifted the lid off of the specifications and performance numbers of their latest Radeon RX 5700 series graphics cards. The Radeon RX 5700 XT will be the fastest Navi based card while the Radeon RX 5700 will offer competitive performance for a lower price point. Both cards are based on the same architecture and same chip design, just that the RX 5700 is slightly cut-off when we compare their GPU configuration. The Navi based Radeon RX 5700 series is also the first graphics lineup to feature PCIe 4.0 support which offers twice the bandwidth compared to PCIe 3.0.

Before going in the specifications of each card, we should take a look at the design of the Radeon RX 5700 XT itself which is going to feature a more premium look compared to its non-XT brother. The reference variant will feature an all aluminum alloy shroud and backplate. Inside the card is an enhanced vapor chamber which is cooled off by a blower fan. The base of the vapor chamber makes use of graphite thermal interface material which is similar to the pads used on the Radeon VII graphics card. The PCB of the card offers a 7 phase digital VRM which AMD says is designed for overclocking.

AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT Official Design:

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Ok, so let's take a quick look at the specifications and then move on to the performance numbers.

AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT Official Specifications

Starting with the specifications, the Radeon RX 5700 XT comes with 40 compute units in total and since AMD has already confirmed that the Compute unit design still features 64 stream processors, we will be getting 2560 stream processors in total. The AMD Navi GPU featured on the Radeon RX 5700 series comes with 160 Texture Mapping Units and 64 Raster Operation units.

The chip itself is clocked at 1605 MHz base clock but includes two additional clock speeds, a boost clock, and a game clock. The boost clock is rated at 1905 MHz while the game clock is rated at 1755 MHz. What I can make of the differences from these two is that the boost is the maximum speed the reference card would be able to hit, but the average clock speeds while gaming is the ‘game clock’ itself.

With the said boost clock, AMD expects a maximum of 9.75 TFLOPs of single-precision Compute from the Radeon RX 5700 XT. The card also features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory which runs across a 256-bit wide bus interface. AMD will be using the latest 14 Gbps memory dies which put them on par with the Turing TU104 cards that offer bandwidth of up to 448 GB/s. The card also features two 8 pin connectors and has a total board power or TBP of 225W. The AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT will officially cost $449 US.

AMD Radeon RX 5700 Official Specifications

The second card is the Radeon RX 5700 based on the Navi Pro GPU. The reason we are not getting a Radeon RX 5700 Pro naming scheme is that it would be harder to differentiate that with AMD's own pro series cards which are aimed at content creators and workstation PCs.

This card has 2304 stream processors, 144 TMUs, 64 ROPs. The clocks are maintained at 1465 MHz base, 1725 MHz boost clock and 1625 MHz game clock. At peak boost clocks, the card will be able to deliver 7.95 TFLOPs of Compute performance. The card features an 8+6 pin connector config & has a rated TBP of 180W. The AMD Radeon RX 5700 would officially cost $379 US.

Now based on the TBP numbers, this card should be put against the RTX 2070 which is a 175W TBP graphics card. It will be interesting to compare both cards in terms of efficiency since the NVIDIA Turing cards are based on 12nm FinFET while AMD is using the latest 7nm process node.

AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition Official Specifications

In addition to the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon RX 5700, AMD is also launching a 50th Anniversary Edition variant of their Radeon RX 5700 XT featuring a black and gold shroud with frequencies of 1680 MHz base clock, 1830 MHz game clock and boost clocks of up to 1980 MHz. This variant would deliver a total Compute power of 10.14 TFLOPs and should be around 5-10% faster than the Radeon RX 5700 XT. This variant will be available for a price of $499 US. The card will be rated at a 235W TBP.

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