AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
The AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT is a fast upper mid-range gaming graphics card for desktops. It uses the Navi 10 chip (RDNA architecture) and is manufactured in the modern 7nm process. It features 2,304 cores (36 CUs - compute units) and fast GDDR6 graphics memory (14 Gbps). The clock speed is specified by AMD at 1,365 - 1,875 MHz (base - max).
The Navi 10 chip uses the new RDNA (Radeon DNA) microarchitecture which is a successor the the GCN instruction set. It features a new processor design, a multi-level cache hierarchy and an improved rendering pipeline with support for GDDR6 memory.
The performance of the RX 5600 XT is slightly better than a Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060. That means it should be best suited for Full HD (1920x1080) and for less demanding games QHD (2650x1440) with maximum settings.
The TDP of the RX 5600 XT is specified at 185 Watt and the energy efficiency should be similar to the RTX 2060 desktop GPU.
Manufacturer | AMD |
Pipelines | 2304 - unified |
Core Speed | 1235 - 1750 (Boost) MHz |
Memory Speed | 12000 MHz |
Memory Bus Width | 192 Bit |
Memory Type | GDDR6 |
Max. Amount of Memory | 6144 MB |
Shared Memory | no |
DirectX | DirectX 12, Shader 6.4 |
Transistor Count | 10300 Million |
technology | 7 nm |
Features | 150 W TGP (Board Power), DisplayPort 1.4 w/DFSC, HDMI 2.0b, PCIe 4.0, Radeon Media Engine |
Date of Announcement | 21.01.2020 |
Benchmarks
Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
58.3 pt (61%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 7916 avg: 7978 median: 7977.5 (45%) max: 8039 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 7491 avg: 7547 median: 7546.5 (39%) max: 7602 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 419088 avg: 457873 median: 457873 (72%) max: 496658 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
min: 276174 avg: 327316 median: 327316 (45%) max: 378458 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 53465 avg: 54221 median: 54220.5 (72%) max: 54976 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 114476 avg: 115759 median: 115758 (57%) max: 117041 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 19464 avg: 19694 median: 19464 (50%) max: 20153 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 21734 avg: 21817 median: 21817 (43%) max: 21900 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 299522 avg: 363231 median: 363230 (48%) max: 426939 Points
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
25782 Points (61%)
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
30515 Points (52%)
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3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
65563 Points (64%)
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3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
64590 Points (59%)
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3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
50634 Points (74%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -5%
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3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +45998 Points (86%)
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Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
91 fps (45%)
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SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
102 fps (44%)
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT | R9 5900X | 32 GB | | 6 GB | 102 |
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -14%
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specvp12 snx-02 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
41.9 fps (15%)
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT | R9 5900X | 32 GB | | 6 GB | 41.91 |
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -6%
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specvp12 showcase-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
111 fps (46%)
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT | R9 5900X | 32 GB | | 6 GB | 111 |
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specvp12 mediacal-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
39.7 fps (36%)
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT | R9 5900X | 32 GB | | 6 GB | 39.68 |
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specvp12 maya-04 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
106 fps (45%)
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT | R9 5900X | 32 GB | | 6 GB | 106 |
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specvp12 energy-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
10.1 fps (33%)
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT | R9 5900X | 32 GB | | 6 GB | 10.07 |
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specvp12 creo-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
75.3 fps (43%)
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT | R9 5900X | 32 GB | | 6 GB | 75.3 |
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specvp12 catia-04 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
152 fps (52%)
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT | R9 5900X | 32 GB | | 6 GB | 152 |
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specvp12 3dsmax-05 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05
170 fps (52%)
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT | R9 5900X | 32 GB | | 6 GB | 170 |
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SPECviewperf 13 specvp13 sw-04 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 sw-04
min: 117.85 avg: 118 median: 118.4 (55%) max: 119 fps
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specvp13 snx-03 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 snx-03
min: 64.8 avg: 67.3 median: 67.3 (14%) max: 69.71 fps
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specvp13 showcase-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 showcase-02
min: 108 avg: 109 median: 109.1 (45%) max: 110.21 fps
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specvp13 medical-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 medical-02
min: 65.23 avg: 67.9 median: 67.9 (46%) max: 70.6 fps
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specvp13 maya-05 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 maya-05
min: 210 avg: 210 median: 210.5 (45%) max: 210.96 fps
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specvp13 energy-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 energy-02
min: 19.43 avg: 19.5 median: 19.5 (32%) max: 19.5 fps
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specvp13 creo-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 creo-02
min: 140 avg: 144 median: 143.8 (41%) max: 147.5 fps
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specvp13 catia-05 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 catia-05
min: 230.22 avg: 231 median: 230.6 (49%) max: 231 fps
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specvp13 3dsmax-06 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 3dsmax-06
min: 155 avg: 164 median: 163.9 (49%) max: 172.75 fps
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SPECviewperf 2020 specvp2020 solidworks-05 4k +SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 solidworks-05 4k
51.1 fps (28%)
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT | R9 5900X | 32 GB | | 6 GB | 51.1 |
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -33%
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specvp2020 snx-04 4k +SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 snx-04 4k
72.2 fps (20%)
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT | R9 5900X | 32 GB | | 6 GB | 72.2 |
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -17%
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specvp2020 medical-03 4k +SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 medical-03 4k
12.7 fps (42%)
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT | R9 5900X | 32 GB | | 6 GB | 12.71 |
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -35%
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specvp2020 maya-06 4k +SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 maya-06 4k
120 fps (36%)
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT | R9 5900X | 32 GB | | 6 GB | 120 |
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -35%
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specvp2020 energy-03 4k +SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 energy-03 4k
25.1 fps (41%)
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT | R9 5900X | 32 GB | | 6 GB | 25.1 |
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -33%
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specvp2020 creo-03 4k +SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 creo-03 4k
46.5 fps (39%)
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT | R9 5900X | 32 GB | | 6 GB | 46.5 |
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -27%
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specvp2020 catia-06 4k +SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 catia-06 4k
26.1 fps (31%)
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT | R9 5900X | 32 GB | | 6 GB | 26.09 |
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -27%
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specvp2020 3dsmax-07 4k +SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 3dsmax-07 4k
40.7 fps (30%)
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT | R9 5900X | 32 GB | | 6 GB | 40.69 |
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -33%
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
1692 Samples/s (17%)
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
4898 Samples/s (16%)
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ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
15783 points (34%)
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Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
321 Watt (58%)
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Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
288 Watt (48%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -13%
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Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
113 fps [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XTAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
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20.6 fps, P0.1:
50.5 fps, P1:
75.2 fps, max:
188 fps
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64.5 fps [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XTAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
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8.23 fps, P0.1:
23.7 fps, P1:
29 fps, max:
146 fps
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55.8 fps [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XTAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
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5.73 fps, P0.1:
27.6 fps, P1:
42.3 fps, max:
142 fps
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47.3 fps [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XTAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
min:
15.4 fps, P0.1:
22 fps, P1:
36.2 fps, max:
129 fps
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29.1 fps [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XTAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
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5.19 fps, P0.1:
17.7 fps, P1:
22.9 fps, max:
125 fps
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12.4 fps [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XTAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
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5.59 fps, P0.1:
8.19 fps, P1:
10.3 fps, max:
34.3 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -40%
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Additional Benchmarks
Low Preset 1920x1080
85.6 [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XTAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
min:
21 fps, P0.1:
40.7 fps, P1:
61.8 fps, max:
181 fps
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
90.3 fps [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XTAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
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32.1 fps, P0.1:
35 fps, P1:
63.2 fps, max:
124 fps
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83.2 fps [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XTAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
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28.2 fps, P0.1:
47.9 fps, P1:
59.3 fps, max:
116 fps
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