AMD have lastly lifted the lid on two of their new Navi GPUs, the Radeon RX 5700 XT and the Radeon RX 5700. Unveiled at their Next Horizon Gaming occasion at E3 this night, the RX 5700 is AMD’s reply to Nvidia’s RTX 2060, whereas the RX 5700 XT is their RTX 2070 competitor, and if AMD’s efficiency stats are to be believed, the race for best graphics card simply acquired a heck of much more attention-grabbing.
Let’s begin with the RX 5700 XT. Priced at $449, which is about $50 lower than the most cost effective RTX 2070 playing cards round at time of writing, this 7nm Navi GPU could have 8GB of GDDR6 reminiscence to its identify, 40 compute items, in addition to a base clock velocity of 1605MHz and a lift clock velocity of 1905MHz.
On stage, AMD high woman Dr Lisa Su gave us our first glimpse of what the XT will seem like, too. Built with a redesigned aluminium alloy thermal shroud and backplate, AMD hopes the RX 5700 XT might be cooler, quieter and extra primed for overclocking than any of their earlier graphics playing cards. They didn’t point out any energy draw specs, admittedly, however at the very least we gained’t have to attend very lengthy to learn the way cool and quiet it runs, as each the RX 5700 XT and RX 5700 are as a result of arrive on July 7.
Here’s a sneaky peak of the RX 5700 XT below the hood:
As for efficiency, AMD confirmed off one other demo that put the RX 5700 XT forward of the RTX 2070, identical to their did with Strange Brigade at Computex a few weeks in the past. This time, the demo game was zombie-fest World War Z. Running at 2560×1440 on Ultra settings, the RX 5700 XT completed the game’s benchmark with a median of 117fps, whereas the RTX 2070 completed in simply 102fps.
That’s a formidable outcome contemplating its lower cost, and if that hole of 15-odd fps bears out throughout extra benchmarking exams as soon as I get on in for overview, then these after a high-end 1440p card or entry-level 4K GPU may properly be placing the RX 5700 XT on the high of their listing as a substitute of Nvidia’s RTX 2070.
The common RX 5700, in the meantime, will value $379, which is definitely a fraction greater than the most cost effective RTX 2060 playing cards, however AMD are hoping its supposedly equally superior efficiency will make it simply nearly as good, if not higher worth for cash than its Nvidia rival – however extra on that in a second. First, some specs.
Just just like the RX 5700 XT, the non-XT model will even have 8GB of GDDR6 reminiscence, however right here you’ll solely discover 36 compute items and a base clock velocity of 1465MHz, boosting as much as 1725MHz. You’ll additionally discover a brand new ‘game clock’ spec up there, which is the velocity AMD say you’ll doubtless see on common whereas enjoying a game. For comparability’s sake, the XT’s game clock is 1755MHz.
And to indicate off the RX 5700’s efficiency, AMD confirmed a brief clip of Apex Legends the place one participant was chucking a number of grenades into the space. With the RX 5700, it maintained a median body charge of 88fps at 2560×1440 on max settings, whereas the RTX 2060 managed simply 72fps.
Fortunately, AMD had much more efficiency stats up their sleeves for the RX 5700 than only a single demo this time, and you’ll see the outcomes under. While some games aren’t that spectacular, with Assassin’s Creed Odyssey providing only a 2% enhance at 1440p on max high quality, others resembling Battlefield V and Metro Exodus the place you’re taking a look at 21% and 16% sooner speeds respectively are far more eye-catching.
Interestingly, AMD made no point out of ray tracing throughout their presentation, however photographs have been fired at Nvidia’s DLSS tech. One of the brand new options coming to AMD’s Radeon RX 5700 household, for instance, is AMD’s Fidelity FX tech, which affords sharper element in low distinction areas with nearly no efficiency hit in anyway.
In follow, I’m unsure you’re really going to note the distinction, both, because the examples AMD confirmed off solely confirmed a really minimal improve in sharpness – which you’ll nearly see in nonetheless photos (as per the examples under from Borderlands 3), however in movement? I doubt you’ll be capable of see it.
Still, fancy results tech apart, I’m fairly pumped to place these new RX 5700 playing cards to the take a look at. With decrease or simply about comparable costs to what Nvidia’s providing, AMD may simply be again within the game once more.
Oh! And AMD are additionally going to be releasing to be releasing a fair sooner 50th Anniversary Edition of the RX 5700 XT that might be accessible solely over on AMD’s web site. Costing slightly bit extra at $499, this gold variant could have a base clock of 1680MHz, a lift clock of 1980MHz, and a game clock of 1830MHz.
See our E3 2019 tag for extra protection from the present. Our Brendy and Matt are on the market in Los Angeles, enjoying games and taking names. They’ve additionally been liveblogging the big announcement events with fiercely opposing stances.
