PCWorld – August 2019

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cards achieved better results in most real-
world gaming tests.

We test thermals by leaving HWInfo’s

sensor monitoring tool open during the F1

2018 five-lap power draw test,

noting the highest maximum

temperature at the end. AMD’s

new GPUs weren’t recognized by

HWInfo yet, so we used the

company’s Wattman monitoring

tool to measure temperatures in the

Radeon RX 5700 series.

The blower-style cooler can’t

keep temperatures as low as

Nvidia’s dual-axial design, but it still

gets the job done. Most

importantly, and unlike the Vega 64

reference design, the Radeon RX

5700 GPUs aren’t unpleasant to be

around. They’re a big

improvement.

We test power draw by

looping the F1 2018 benchmark

for about 20 minutes after we’ve

benchmarked everything else, and

noting the highest reading on our

Watts Up Pro meter. The initial part

of the race, where all competing

cars are onscreen simultaneously,

tends to be the most demanding

portion.

Holy. Crap. Now this is

unexpected! Ever since Nvidia

revealed its Maxwell GPU

architecture with the GeForce GTX

750 and 750 Ti (go.pcworld.com/

3DMark Fire Strike

(Graphics subscore)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

11,063

9,050

10,562

10,702

12,503

12,308

13,417

5,345

4,201

5,135

5,440

6,019

5,937

6,819

23,186

19,463

22,282

22,595

26,354

25,792

27,776

Standard Extreme Ultra

Radeon RX 5700

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 (FE)

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super (FE)

AMVega 64D Radeon

Radeon R X 5700 XT

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super (FE)

AMD Radeon VII

Maximum GPU temperature

XQGHUbORDG(Degrees Celsius)

SHORTER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

67

78

73

85

86

76

78

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 (FE)

Radeon RX 5700

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super (FE)

AMVega 64D Radeon

Radeon R X 5700 XT

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super (FE)

AMD Radeon VII