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Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary

2.3 · 846 votes
Best for 1080p esports gaming

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VRAM
8 GB
CUDA
2,560
FP32
10.14 TF
Bandwidth
448 GB/s
TDP
225W
Boost
1980 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 compute10.14 TFLOPS10%
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 Spy14,400pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)6,120pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)1,872spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute74,400pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming40
Ray tracing34
AI / Compute31
Creator / 3D36
Power efficiency14
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 35 fps
1080p
47
1440p
35
4K
22
Call of Duty: MW IIIavg 48 fps
1080p
66
1440p
49
4K
30
Alan Wake 2avg 28 fps
1080p
38
1440p
28
4K
18
Forza Horizon 5avg 51 fps
1080p
69
1440p
51
4K
32
Baldur's Gate 3avg 41 fps
1080p
56
1440p
41
4K
26
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

Owners love the raw performance for the money and how well it overclocks. The usual gripe is the blower-style cooler runs loud and hot under load.

Pros
  • Excellent 1440p gaming performance
  • Runs hot but handles the heat
  • Great value for high frame rates
  • Solid for older AAA titles
Cons
  • Loud fan under heavy load
  • Warm and inefficient for its class
  • Ray tracing performance is poor

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
$449
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
1680 MHz
Boost clock
1980 MHz
FP32 (float)
10.14 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
10.14 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
127 GPixel/s
Texture rate
316.8 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
225W
Suggested PSU
450W
Power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
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 5700 XT 50th Anniversary

The AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary is a hot-running, factory-overclocked RDNA 1 card that trades noise and thermal headroom for its modest speed bump.

Get it if you want a rare, fast 1440p card from 2019 with a factory overclock that runs hot but performs well at its age. Skip it if you need modern features like ray tracing or a quiet, efficient cooler—look at newer GPUs instead.

Buy it if…

  • You want a reliable 1440p card without paying inflated prices.
  • You need a strong backup or secondary GPU for a secondary rig.
  • You are building a retro-themed AMD PC from the late 2010s.
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