AMD Radeon RX 5700 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
Better figure, where one is clearly better
| AMDRadeon RX 5700 | NVIDIAGeForce RTX 5060 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Released | July 2019 | May 2025 |
| Performance | ||
| Chip maker | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | RDNA | Blackwell |
| Shader cores | 2,304 | 3,840 |
| Boost clock | 1,725 MHz | 2,500 MHz (better) |
| 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. | – |
| Manufacturing process | 7 nm | – |
| Ray tracing | No dedicated ray accelerators | Fourth-generation RT Cores; 58 RT TFLOPS |
| AI cores | – | Fifth-generation Tensor Cores; 614 AI TOPS |
| Upscaling and frame generation | – | DLSS 4.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation and Dynamic Multi Frame Generation |
| Base clock | 1465 MHz base; 1625 MHz game clock | 2.28 GHz |
| Memory | ||
| Video memory | 8 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR7 |
| Memory bus | 256-bit (better) | 128-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 448 GB/s | – |
| Memory detail | 14 Gbps GDDR6 | – |
| Connections and power | ||
| Board power | 180 W | 145 W (better) |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 |
| 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 2.1b (UHBR20), 1 × HDMI 2.1b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3 |
| Maximum resolution | 7680 × 4320 (MSI RX 5700 8G) | 4K at 480 Hz or 8K at 165 Hz with DSC |
| Power connector | 1 × 8-pin and 1 × 6-pin | 1 × PCIe 8-pin cable, or a 300 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable (adapter in the box) |
| Recommended power supply | 600 W | 550 W |
| Size (reference card) | 270 × 110 × 35 mm and 1020 g (MSI reference-design RX 5700 8G) | – |
| Video encode and decode | H.264 and H.265/HEVC encode and decode | 1 × ninth-generation NVENC, 1 × sixth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode |
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