AMD previews Radeon RX5000 series GPU based on new Navi architecture

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AMD previews Radeon RX5000 series GPU based on new Navi architecture

AMD rocked Computex 2019 with the first official details on its next-generation graphics cards, the Radeon 5000 series.

 

What you need to know

• AMD previewed its next-generation graphics chips, based on its "Navi" architecture at Computex 2019.
• Called the Radeon RX5000 series, the graphics card lineup is named for AMD's 50th anniversary.
• The Radeon RX5000 series includes a ton of performance improvements over the previous Vega generation, and even beats out NVIDIA's RTX 2070 in a head-to-head benchmark shown on stage.
• The Radeon RX5000 series is set to launch in July, but pricing remains a mystery for now.

Hitting the stage at Computex 2019, AMD let out some of the first official details about its next-generation graphics cards, based on its new Navi architecture. The new graphics cards will fall under the Radeon RX5000 series, which is named for AMD's fiftieth anniversary. And along with the new architecture comes plenty of enhancements when compared to the last-generation Vega architecture.

 

The Radeon RX5000 series will be based on a 7nm chip powered by a gaming engine dubbed Radeon DNA (RDNA). The engine is tweaked specifically for graphics performance and efficiency – something which AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su touched on on stage. When compared to Vega, the Navi architecture with RDNA features, on average, a 1.25 time the performance per clock and 1.5 times higher performance per watt.

 

Radeon RX5000 series GPUs will also be the first gaming graphics cards to ship with PCIe Gen 4 enabled.

 

In a head-to-head benchmark against NVIDIA's RTX 2070 using the game Strange Brigade, AMD showed a Radeon RX5000 series card hitting around 10 percent better performance than NVIDIA's card. It's still early days for Navi, and real-world performance will tell the full story of how AMD stacks up to NVIDIA, but that's a solid increase if AMD can hit the right price point.

 

The Radeon RX5000 series is expected to launch in July, but pricing remains a mystery for now.

 

 

 

 

Source

[Matrix]

AMD's next-gen Navi GPU debuts in July with the Radeon RX 5700 series

 

 

 

Something to look forward to: Navi details were not a sure thing at Computex, but we did receive a good teaser and hints on what to expect. The upcoming 7nm Radeon RX 5700 series will be gaming-first graphics cards featuring high-speed GDDR6 memory and support for the PCIe 4.0 interface.

Although it was Ryzen 3000 and Zen 2 taking the center stage at AMD's Computex 2019 keynote, CEO Lisa Su was generous enough to reveal new details about their next generation GPU.

AMD is debuting a new "RDNA" gaming-first architecture with the Radeon RX 5700 optimized for performance per clock and high clock speeds. AMD is calling RDNA the "future of gaming" as it will power upcoming 7nm Radeon RX 5700 graphics cards, Sony's next generation Playstation, and possibly Google's Stadia cloud gaming platform. On the PC, RX 5700 cards will feature high-speed GDDR6 memory and support for the PCIe 4.0 interface.

 

In terms of more concrete performance claims, AMD says Radeon RX 5700 cards will offer 25% better performance per clock per core and 50% better power efficiency than AMD’s current-generation Vega GPUs.

During the keynote, AMD showcased a "RX 5700 series" graphics card tested against Nvidia's RTX 2070 card running Strange Brigade -- a title favorable to AMD graphics cards -- with the Radeon taking the lead by around ~10% (on an AMD controlled test, of course).

AMD Radeon RX 5700 graphics cards are set for release this July with finalized details on pricing and more expected to be revealed at the AMD E3 event on June 10.

 

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