Radeon RX 5700 XT – Specifications
GIGABYTE, like other major manufacturers of graphic cards, has not yet managed to fill its product catalog with versions of the Radeon RX 5700 and Radeon RX 5700 XT for every taste and budget. In fact, the vendor has one modification of both AMD models (if you do not take reference samples into account) – and both of them belong to the GAMING OC family of video cards.
There is not even a version without an OC prefix and, as a result, higher clock frequencies, but GIGABYTE definitely does not need it, since the factory overclocking of the GAMING OC is purely symbolic. The developers of the original board only increased the base frequency of the GPU from 1605 to 1650 MHz, and the so-called Game Clock – the average calculated frequency with a typical game load – from 1755 to 1795 MHz. Not every gaming benchmark will respond to such a conservative overclocking, not to mention users.
However, this is not a reason for criticism, because we have already seen that the performance of the Radeon RX 5700 XT with great difficulty grows with increasing clock speeds (in contrast to the requirements for the cooling system). The manufacturer retained the bandwidth of GDDR6 RAM in accordance with the original specifications – 14 Gb / s.
| Manufacturer | AMD | Gigabyte |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Radeon RX 5700 XT | Radeon RX 5700 XT GAMING OC |
| GPU | ||
| Title | Navi 10 XT | Navi 10 XT |
| Microarchitecture | RDNA | RDNA |
| Process technology, nm | 7 nm FinFET | 7 nm FinFET |
| The number of transistors, million | 10 300 | 10 300 |
| Clock, MHz: Base Clock / Boost Clock | 1 605/1 905 | 1 650/1 905 |
| Number of Shader ALUs | 2,560 | 2,560 |
| Number of texture mapping blocks | 160 | 160 |
| ROP Number | 64 | 64 |
| RAM | ||
| Bit depth, bit | 256 | 256 |
| Chip type | GDDR6 SDRAM | GDDR6 SDRAM |
| Clock frequency, MHz (bandwidth per contact, Mbps) | 1 750 (14 000) | 1 750 (14 000) |
| Volume, MB | 8 192 | 8 192 |
| Input / output bus | PCI Express 4.0 x16 | PCI Express 4.0 x16 |
| Performance | ||
| Peak performance FP32, GFLOPS (based on maximum indicated frequency) | 9,754 | 9,754 |
| Performance FP64 / FP32 | 1/16 | 1/16 |
| Performance FP16 / FP32 | 2/1 | 2/1 |
| RAM bandwidth, GB / s | 448 | 448 |
| Image output | ||
| Image Output Interfaces | DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b | DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b |
| TBP / TDP, W | 225 | Nd |
| Retail price (US, without tax), $ | 399 (recommended) | 420 (newegg.com) |
| Retail price (Russia), rub. | 29,499 (recommended) | From 30 750 (market.yandex.ru) |
The retail market for the Radeon RX 5700 XT is now opening at a price level of 26,888 rubles, which is even less than the recommended price set by AMD (29,499 rubles). However, under any of the most accessible offers there is a reference version, the problem areas of which are well known to us. GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT GAMING OC, in turn, can be found for the sum of 30,750 rubles, which accurately determines the position of the device among the starting modifications of the 5700 XT, not claiming a wealth of functions and the possibility of aggressive overclocking.
How GIGABYTE GAMING OC will prove itself in practice, we will find out in the following sections of the article, but first a few words on duty about the video card package. All that we found in the box, in addition to the device itself, is a thin brochure with installation instructions. Alas, in recent years, video card vendors have not spoiled the buyer with a generous set of accessories.
