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Radeon RX 5300

3.3 · 15 votes
Best for 1080p esports gaming

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VRAM
3 GB
CUDA
1,408
FP32
4.632 TF
Bandwidth
168 GB/s
TDP
100W
Boost
1645 MHz
Strengths at a Glance

How it stacks up to the flagship

Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.

FP32 compute4.632 TFLOPS4%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth168 GB/s9%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity3 GB9%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units1,4086%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency15/10026%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks

Estimated benchmark results

Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.

3DMark Time Spy6,480pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)2,700pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)832spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute33,600pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming18
Ray tracing15
AI / Compute14
Creator / 3D16
Power efficiency15
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 16 fps
1080p
21
1440p
16
4K
10
Call of Duty: MW IIIavg 22 fps
1080p
30
1440p
22
4K
14
Alan Wake 2avg 13 fps
1080p
17
1440p
13
4K
8
Forza Horizon 5avg 23 fps
1080p
31
1440p
23
4K
14
Baldur's Gate 3avg 19 fps
1080p
25
1440p
19
4K
12
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

Owners like it for 1080p gaming on a tight budget. The main gripe is the 3 GB VRAM chokes in newer titles.

Pros
  • Handles 1080p gaming at medium settings
  • Runs cool enough for small cases
  • Uses little power, keeps electric bills low
  • Plays older titles at high framerates
Cons
  • VRAM is too small for modern games
  • Lacks ray tracing hardware support
  • No real overclocking headroom

Supported technologies

AV1 Encode

Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
RDNA 1.0
Process node
7 nm
Transistors
6.4 B
Compute Units
22
Release date
2020
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
1,408
TMUs
88
ROPs
32
L2 cache
1536 MB
Memory
Size
3 GB
Type
GDDR6
Bus width
96-bit
Bandwidth
168 GB/s
Memory clock
1750 MHz
Clocks & throughput
Base clock
1327 MHz
Boost clock
1645 MHz
FP32 (float)
4.632 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
4.632 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
53 GPixel/s
Texture rate
144.8 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
100W
Suggested PSU
200W
Power connectors
1x 6-pin
Bus interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
Length
180 mm
Slot width
2-slot
Display & outputs
Max resolution
7680×4320
Outputs
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

API and SDK support

DirectX
12 (12_1)
Shader Model
6.5
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.0
Vulkan
1.2.131
Verdict

Our verdict on the RX 5300

An entry-level RDNA 1 GPU that’s held back by its meager 3 GB VRAM in modern games.

Get it if you need a cheap, basic graphics card for light gaming or a display output on an older PC. Skip it if you want to play modern games—the small memory will choke on anything recent.

Buy it if…

  • You are building a budget 1080p gaming PC for esports titles.
  • You need a low-power GPU for a small form factor office PC.
  • You want a Radeon card that works well on older motherboard chipsets.
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