80 PCWorld AUGUST 2019REVIEWS AMD RADEON RX 5700 AND 5700 XT
AMD Radeon RX 5700
PROS- Best-in-class power efficiency.
- Excellent gaming performance.
- New RDNA architecture improves performance in
several games. - First PCIe 4.0 GPU.
- Ready for 4K, 120Hz HDR monitors without
chroma subsampling.
CONS - No dedicated ray-tracing hardware.
$349
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
PROS- Superb power efficiency.
- Excellent gaming performance.
- New RDNA architecture improves performance in
several games. - First PCIe 4.0 GPU.
CONS - No dedicated ray-tracing hardware.
- Blower-style cooler has higher temps than Nvidia’s
FE design.
$399
packs ray-tracing
capabilities and
sometimes beats the
Radeon RX 5700 XT’s
performance by a
lot—but sometimes
they’re neck-and-
neck, too. The RTX
2070 Super costs
$100 more.
The Radeon RX
5700 and Radeon RX
5700 XT are truly great
graphics cards that
point to a bright future for AMD. The
surprise RTX Super reveal almost spoiled
things, but aggressive pre-launch price cuts
by AMD countered Nvidia’s maneuvering.
The Radeon RX 5700 and 5700 XT can’t
beat the RTX 2060 Super and 2070 Super,
respectively, but AMD’s duo trounces the
RTX 2060 and 2060 Super they nowcompete directly against. Both cards earn
high marks, and we’re awarding the Radeon
RX 5700 an Editors’ Choice award.
It’s sure been a whirlwind few weeks for
high-end graphics cards, but now that the
dust has finally settled, gamers are getting
markedly higher frame rates for their dollars.
Yay competition!