AMD Navi makes it clear that they have a lot to improve in graphics
After the first reviews of the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT and RX 5700, it is clear that AMD has a lot to improve in the graphics market.
The first reviews of the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT and RX 5700, we see that the presentation data of the AMD graphics was pure fantasy. The yields are below what AMD said, the price is clearly absurd and using the blower fan is a total fail. NVIDIA has already made the leap to dual-fan heatsink and AMD insists on a very bad heatsink.
TechPowerUp shows how the new Navi, are not anywhere near expected. After the presentation, it was already discovered that they would not be purely RDNA, something that already led to the failure. GCN is an outdated architecture for a long time and has necessarily had to be used in Navi. Low performance, high price, despite AMD's downgrade, and high temperature make it a bad solution.
AMD fails again in the graphics card market.
Basically the RX 5700 is just 4% more powerful than the RTX 2060 in 1080p, 5% faster in 1440p and 6% faster in 4K. The RX 5700 is priced at 349 euros and the custom models of the RTX 2060 start at 299 euros. It is true that the AMD graphics have a low consumption, although it is a little higher than the NVIDIA graphics.
The most important thing is the temperatures and the noise. When using the RX 5700, a 79ºC blower fan heatsink generates 43dBA, while the RTX 2060 with OC reaches 83ºC and only generates 32dBA of noise (Founders Edition model).
This for now, since NVIDIA will release the RTX Super this week, which will easily outperform the Navi. In addition, NVIDIA has already lowered its RTX models (not Super) and of course, AMD's graphics are at a disadvantage. But it is also that the AMD graphics suffer with the OC, come on, they hardly allow modifying the frequencies. The Turing are easy to reach and the Founders Edition model is more than enough.
The RX 5700 XT is an oven
If the entry-level model is a fail, the RX 5700 XT is a dismal failure. This graphics is only 1% more powerful than the RTX 2070 in 1080p. Under 1440p resolutions the performance is barely 2% better and it is the same in 4K.
Due to the heatsink the Navi reaches 92ºC in games, which is a real nonsense in every way. Consumes 11% more than RTX 2070, despite lithography. Custom RTX 2070 models start at € 429 and the benchmark RX 5700 XT is priced at € 439.
