Radeon RX 5700
The Radeon RX 5700 is a graphics processor from AMD introduced in July 2019. It is designed to deliver strong gaming performance at 1440p resolution and competed with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20 series. In this article, we will look at the design, architecture, features 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 brother, the Radeon RX 5700 XT. Both video 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 the 7nm process. The video card has 2304 stream processors, 144 texture units and 64 ROP units. The core clock speed is 1465 MHz in base mode and up to 1725 MHz in Boost mode.
Radeon RX 5700 is equipped with 8 GB GDDR6 video memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s and a 256-bit interface. The maximum power consumption is 180 W.
Gaming performance
At launch, the Radeon RX 5700 offered excellent gaming performance at 1440p resolution. Compared to competitors from NVIDIA, the video card was superior to the GeForce RTX 2060 and was close to the GeForce RTX 2060 Super. In some games, the RX 5700 showed better performance than the RTX 2060 Super, especially in titles optimized for the RDNA architecture.
Interesting Facts
- The Radeon RX 5700 was AMD's first GPU to use the RDNA architecture, which was designed from the ground up to improve efficiency and performance over the previous generation GCN.
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AMD originally planned to release the RX 5700 with a suggested price of $379, but before launch, it lowered the price to $349 to make the card more competitive against the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060.
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Along with the RDNA architecture, AMD has introduced new Radeon Image Sharpening (RIS) technology, which improves image quality in games without significantly compromising performance. RIS was positioned as an alternative to NVIDIA's DLSS technology.
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The RX 5700 features 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 throughput than PCI Express 3.0.
Radeon RX 5700 became an important step in the history of development of video cards from AMD. Thanks to the new RDNA architecture, improved power efficiency and excellent gaming performance, the RX 5700 managed to compete with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20 line of graphics cards. As a result, the graphics card was well received by both critics and users, and became the basis for further generations of AMD-based GPUs on RDNA architecture.