Radeon RX 5900 XT — Technical City
Radeon RX 5900 XT
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- Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
- Core clock speed
- Max video memory 12 GB
- Memory type GDDR6
- Memory clock speed 14000 MHz
- Maximum resolution
Summary
This is RDNA 2.0 architecture desktop card based on 7 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 12 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 14 GHz are supplied, and together with 384 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 672.0 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Two 8-pin power connectors are required, and power consumption is at 300 Watt.
We have no data on Radeon RX 5900 XT benchmark results.
General info
Of Radeon RX 5900 XT’s architecture, market segment and release date.
| Place in performance rating | not rated | |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022) | |
| GPU code name | Navi 21 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | no data | |
| Current price | $391 | of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Technical specs
Radeon RX 5900 XT’s general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon RX 5900 XT’s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 4352 | of 18432 (AD102) |
| Boost clock speed | 1735 MHz | of 2903 (Radeon Pro W6600) |
| Number of transistors | 21,000 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080 Ti) |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 300 Watt | of 900 (Tesla S2050) |
| Texture fill rate | 471. 9 |
of 961.9 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX) |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on Radeon RX 5900 XT’s compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it’s interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon RX 5900 XT: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR6 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 14000 MHz | of 21000 (GeForce RTX 3090 Ti) |
| Memory bandwidth | 672. 0 GB/s |
of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon RX 5900 XT. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | |
| HDMI | + |
API support
APIs supported by Radeon RX 5900 XT, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_1) | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 |
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance of Radeon RX 5900 XT.
Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
We have no data on Radeon RX 5900 XT benchmark results.
NVIDIA equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon RX 5900 XT from NVIDIA is TITAN V.
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Recommended processors
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Radeon RX 5900 XT graphics card
Radeon RX 5900XT
- PCIe 4.
0 x16 interface - Core frequency
- Video memory size 12 GB
- Memory type GDDR6
- Memory frequency 14000 MHz
- Maximum resolution
Description
This is an RDNA 2.0 architecture desktop card based on 7 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. It has 12 GB of GDDR6 memory at 14 GHz, and coupled with a 384-bit interface, this creates a bandwidth of 672.0 GB / s.
In terms of compatibility, this is a two-slot PCIe 4.0 x16 card. The connection requires two 8-pin additional power cables, and the power consumption is 300W.
We don’t have test results for the Radeon RX 5900 XT.
General
Information about the type (desktop or laptop) and architecture of Radeon RX 5900 XT, as well as sales start time and cost at that time.
| Price now | 391 $ | of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
characteristics
Radeon RX 5900 XT’s general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed.
They indirectly speak of Radeon RX 5900 XT’s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Passing capacity of memory | 672.0 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
video exit
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Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon RX 5900 XT. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for laptop ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.
| Video connectors | 1x HDMI, 3X DisplayPort | |
| HDMI |
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APIs supported for Radeon RX 5900 XT, including their revisions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_1) | |
| Opengl | 4. 6 |
Benchmark tests
These are the results of Radeon RX 5900 XT rendering performance tests in non-gaming benchmarks. The overall score is set from 0 to 100, where 100 corresponds to the fastest video card at the moment.
We don’t have any test results for the Radeon RX 5900 XT.
Competitor from NVIDIA
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon RX 5900 XT from NVIDIA is TITAN V.
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Other video cards
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Recommended Processors
According to our statistics, these processors are most commonly used with the Radeon RX 5900 XT.
Ryzen 9
5900X
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7%
Ryzen 5
2600
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5%
Core i5
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5%
Core i7
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5%
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3.3%
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3.3%
Core i7
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1.7%
Ryzen 7
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1.7%
User rating
Here you can see the rating of the video card by users, as well as put your own rating.