Gigabyte has just announced the release of it’s latest in gaming graphics cards, the Radeon RX 5700 which is built on the AMD Navi architecture which uses the latest 7nm process technology. The new graphics cards, namely the Radeon RX 5700 8G and the Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G will feature the new RDNA architecture and also be the first GPUs on the market to support PCIe 4.0 technology.
The two new graphics cards are equipped with 2560 and 2304 stream processors respectively and each feature 8GB of onboard GDDR6 VRAM. Below is the official press release from Gigabyte:
GIGABYTE, the world’s leading premium gaming hardware manufacturer, today announced the launch of Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G and Radeon RX 5700 8G, the latest Radeon RX 5700 series graphics cards built upon the 7 nm processor technology with new RDNA architecture and the world’s first GPU to support PCI Express 4.0. With RDNA gaming architecture, GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G and Radeon RX 5700 8G are equipped with 2560 and 2304 stream processors respectively and both come with 8 GB GDDR6 memory to deliver superior visual fidelity, lightning-fast performance and advanced features to power the latest AAA and eSports titles. The style of the Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G graphics card is different than before. It comes with a metal exoskeleton for heat dissipation and is fused with the reimagined contour silhouette, as well as precision-machined accents. Great gaming experiences are created by bending the rules.
The RDNA gaming architecture of Radeon RX 5700 Series is designed to power the future of PC, console, mobile and cloud-based gaming for years to come. It features a new compute unit design optimized for improved efficiency and a multi-level cache hierarchy designed to provide reduced latency, higher bandwidth and lower power. Delivering up to 1.25X higher performance-per-clock and up to 1.5X higher performance-per-watt compared to the previous-generation Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture, RDNA provides the computational horsepower to enable thrilling, immersive gaming by enhancing explosions, physics, lighting effects for fluid, high-framerate gaming experiences.
Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 Specifications
Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G | Radeon RX 5700 8G | |
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Chipset | Radeon RX 5700 XT | Radeon™ RX 5700 |
Core Clock | Boost Clock: Up to 1905 MHz Game Clock: 1755 MHz Base Clock: 1605 MHz |
Boost Clock: Up to 1725 MHz Game Clock: 1625 MHz Base Clock: 1465 MHz |
Memory Clock | 14000 MHz | 14000 MHz |
Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Memory Bus | 256 bit | 256 bit |
Card Bus | PCI-E 4.0 x 16 | PCI-E 4.0 x 16 |
Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
DirectX | 12 | 12 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
PCB Form | ATX | ATX |
Digital max resolution | 7680×4320@60Hz | 7680×4320@60Hz |
Multi-view | 4 | 4 |
Card size | L=270 W=110 H=40 mm | L=270 W=110 H=35 mm |
Power requirement | 600W | 600W |