39score
#70 of 131
Overall rank

Radeon RX 5700 XT

4.5 · 1,267 votes
Best for 1080p esports gaming

As an Amazon Associate we may earn from qualifying purchases.

VRAM
8 GB
CUDA
2,560
FP32
9.754 TF
Bandwidth
448 GB/s
TDP
225W
Boost
1905 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 compute9.754 TFLOPS9%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth448 GB/s25%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity8 GB25%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units2,56012%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency14/10024%
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 Spy14,040pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)6,120pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)1,820spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute72,000pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming39
Ray tracing34
AI / Compute30
Creator / 3D35
Power efficiency14
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 40 fps
1080p
65
1440p
39
4K
16
Counter-Strike 2avg 107 fps
1080p
172
1440p
102
4K
47
Fortniteavg 103 fps
1080p
174
1440p
90
4K
44
Battlefield 5avg 82 fps
1080p
102
1440p
86
4K
58
Far Cry 5avg 84 fps
1080p
108
1440p
94
4K
51
Valorantavg 222 fps
1080p
154
1440p
277
4K
235

Average FPS across all PC games

1080p
131fps
1440p
80fps
4K
50fps

Cost per frame

Launch MSRP ($399) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.

1080p
$3.01
1440p
$4.96
4K
$8.99
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

Owners praise the raw 1440p gaming punch for the price. The usual gripes are the blower-style cooler running hot and loud, and some early driver headaches.

Pros
  • Punches above its weight at 1440p
  • Runs cooler than previous AMD cards
  • Great value for high-refresh gaming
  • Freesync support makes gameplay buttery smooth
Cons
  • Loud under heavy gaming loads
  • Runs hot without tweaking
  • No ray tracing hardware at all

Supported technologies

AV1 Encode

Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
RDNA 1.0
Process node
7 nm
Transistors
10.3 B
Compute Units
40
Release date
2019
Launch price
$399
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
2,560
TMUs
160
ROPs
64
L2 cache
4 MB
Memory
Size
8 GB
Type
GDDR6
Bus width
256-bit
Bandwidth
448 GB/s
Memory clock
1750 MHz
Clocks & throughput
Base clock
1605 MHz
Boost clock
1905 MHz
FP32 (float)
9.754 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
9.754 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
122 GPixel/s
Texture rate
304.8 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
225W
Suggested PSU
450W
Power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
Length
272 mm
Slot width
2-slot
Display & outputs
Max resolution
7680×4320
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a

API and SDK support

DirectX
12 (12_1)
Shader Model
6.8
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
+
Verdict

Our verdict on the RX 5700 XT

A mid-range 2019 card that runs hot and loud while trying to compete with Nvidia's offerings from that year.

Get it if you want solid 1440p gaming for cheap and don’t mind older hardware. Skip it if you need ray tracing or modern features; newer cards handle that way better.

Buy it if…

  • You want a fast 1440p card without spending current-gen prices.
  • You're building a budget gaming PC and don't need ray tracing.
  • You need a reliable used upgrade from an older GTX 900 or RX 500 series card.
4.5

1,267 votes

Rate this GPU

Add your verdict