AMD Radeon RX 5700 vs AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

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Radeon RX 5700 compared with Radeon RX 5700 XT

	AMDRadeon RX 5700	AMDRadeon RX 5700 XT
Overview
Released
Released	July 2019	July 2019
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	AMD	AMD
Architecture
Architecture	RDNA	RDNA
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,304	2,560
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,725 MHz	1,905 MHz or 1,980 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	36 compute units; 144 texture units and 64 ROPs; 10.3 billion transistors. Photo shows MSI's reference-design RX 5700 8G. Current AMD support specifications and MSI's datasheet both list 180 W; historical reviews report differing power figures, which are not used here.	40 compute units; 160 texture units and 64 ROPs; 10.3 billion transistors. Main figures and photo describe the standard reference card, pictured as MSI's RX 5700 XT 8G.
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	7 nm	7 nm
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	No dedicated ray accelerators	No dedicated ray accelerators
Base clock
Base clock	1465 MHz base; 1625 MHz game clock	Standard edition 1605 MHz base and 1755 MHz game clock; 50th Anniversary edition 1680 MHz base, 1830 MHz game clock and 1980 MHz boost.
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	8 GB GDDR6	8 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
Memory bus	256-bit	256-bit or –
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	448 GB/s or –
Memory detail
Memory detail	14 Gbps GDDR6	Standard edition 14 Gbps GDDR6. AMD's launch table confirms the Anniversary edition's 8 GB GDDR6 but does not publish its bus, bandwidth or board power; those configuration fields are omitted independently.
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	180 W	225 W or –
Interface
Interface	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 4.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	3 × DisplayPort 1.4 and 1 × HDMI 2.0b; up to 4 displays (MSI RX 5700 8G). AMD lists DisplayPort 1.4a support.	3 × DisplayPort 1.4 and 1 × HDMI 2.0b; up to 4 displays (MSI standard RX 5700 XT 8G). AMD lists DisplayPort 1.4a support.
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320 (MSI RX 5700 8G)	7680 × 4320 (MSI standard RX 5700 XT 8G)
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 8-pin and 1 × 6-pin	1 × 8-pin and 1 × 6-pin (standard)
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	600 W	600 W (standard)
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	270 × 110 × 35 mm and 1020 g (MSI reference-design RX 5700 8G)	270 × 110 × 40 mm and 1110 g (MSI standard reference-design RX 5700 XT 8G)
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	H.264 and H.265/HEVC encode and decode	H.264 and H.265/HEVC encode and decode