AMD Announces Radeon RX 5600 Series: A Lighter Navi To Rule 1080p Gaming
by Ryan Smith on January 6, 2020 5:46 PM ESTRadeon RX 5600 For OEMs, & Radeon RX5600M For Mobile
While the biggest part of today’s Radeon RX 5600 series launch is the retail desktop for obvious reasons, this is not the only market AMD will be addressing. The company believes they have a winning part in the works, and to that end they are going to extend the Radeon RX 5600 series over the entire market, covering OEM desktop and mobile as well.
Starting things off for the OEM desktop side, AMD will also be releasing the Radeon RX 5600 for that market. Similar to what we saw with the OEM-only Radeon RX 5500, the Radeon RX 5600 is a similar, but slightly slower part. The big difference here is that while clockspeeds and TBPs remain unchanged, these OEM parts will only ship with 32 CUs enabled instead of 36 CUs enabled.
| AMD Radeon RX OEM Specification Comparison | ||||||
| AMD Radeon RX 5600 (OEM) | AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT | AMD Radeon RX 5500 (OEM) | AMD Radeon RX 5700 | |||
| CUs | 32 (2048 SPs) |
36 (2304 SPs) |
22 (1408 SPs) |
36 (2304 SPs) |
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| Texture Units | 128 | 144 | 88 | 144 | ||
| ROPs | 64 | 64 | 32 | 64 | ||
| Base Clock | 1265MHz? | 1265MHz? | ? | 1465MHz | ||
| Game Clock | 1375MHz | 1375MHz | <=1670MHz | 1625MHz | ||
| Boost Clock | 1560MHz | 1560MHz | <=1845MHz | 1725MHz | ||
| Throughput (FP32) | 6.4 TFLOPs | 7.2 TFLOPs | <=5.2 TFLOPs | 7.95 TFLOPs | ||
| Memory Clock | 12 Gbps GDDR6 | 12 Gbps GDDR6 | 14 Gbps GDDR6 | 14 Gbps GDDR6 | ||
| Memory Bus Width | 192-bit | 192-bit | 128-bit | 256-bit | ||
| VRAM | 6GB | 6GB | 4GB/8GB | 8GB | ||
| Transistor Count | 10.3B | 10.3B | 6.4B | 10.3B | ||
| Typical Board Power | 150W | 150W | 150W | 180W | ||
| Manufacturing Process | TSMC 7nm | TSMC 7nm | TSMC 7nm | TSMC 7nm | ||
| Architecture | RDNA (1) | RDNA (1) | RDNA (1) | RDNA (1) | ||
| GPU | Navi 10 | Navi 10 | Navi 14 | Navi 10 | ||
| Launch Date | 01/21/2020 | 01/21/2020 | Q4 2019 | 07/07/2019 | ||
| Launch Price | N/A | $279 | N/A | $349 | ||
On paper, this gives the Radeon RX 5600 somewhere around 90% of the retail Radeon RX 5600 XT’s performance. The precise performance gap will vary with games and whether they’re compute/shader bound or pixel/bandwidth bound, but again, it’s a ballpark figure.
Meanwhile in the mobile space, the 5600 series will be rounded out by the Radeon RX 5600M. Unlike the OEM desktop card, AMD isn’t holding back any punches here, and the 5600M will ship with the same 36 CUs as the retail card.
| AMD Radeon RX Series Mobile Specification Comparison | ||||||
| AMD Radeon RX 5600M | AMD Radeon RX 5500M | AMD Radeon Vega Pro 20 | AMD Radeon RX 560X | |||
| CUs | 36 | 22 | 20 | 14/16 | ||
| Texture Units | 144 | 88 | 80 | 64 | ||
| ROPs | 64 | 32 | 32 | 16 | ||
| Game Clock | <=1375MHz | <=1448MHz | N/A | N/A | ||
| Boost Clock | <=1560MHz | <=1645MHz | 1300MHz | 1275MHz | ||
| Throughput (FP32) | <= 7.2 TFLOPs | <=4.6 TFLOPs | 3.3 TFLOPs | 2.6 TFLOPs | ||
| Memory Clock | 12 Gbps GDDR6 | 14 Gbps GDDR6 | 1.5 Gbps HBM2 | 7 Gbps GDDR5 | ||
| Memory Bus Width | 192-bit | 128-bit | 1024-bit | 128-bit | ||
| Max VRAM | 6GB | 4GB | 4GB | 4GB | ||
| Typical Board Power | N/A (Min: 60W) | 85W | ? | ? | ||
| Architecture | RDNA (1) | RDNA (1) | Vega (GCN 5) |
GCN 4 | ||
| GPU | Navi 10 | Navi 14 | Vega 12 | Polaris 11 | ||
| Launch Date | 01/21/2020 | 10/2019 | 10/2018 | 04/2018 | ||
But, like AMDs other Navi mobile parts, the clockspeeds and TDPs are up to the OEMs. So OEMs will be free to dial them up and down (to a degree) to hit the specific performance/power consumption they’re looking for in a laptop. Consequently, AMD doesn’t have a maximum TBP here, but they have set a minimum: 60 Watts. Radeon RX 5600M will not be a light chip.
It won’t be a small chip either, which is what makes this announcement particularly interesting. Since this is all based on Navi 10, any OEM using the RX 5600M will have to accommodate the moderately sized chip and its accompanying 6 GDDR6 chips. This shouldn’t be a challenge for OEMs, who already regularly include NVIDIA’s even larger chips, but to date AMD’s laptop wins have almost exclusively been their mobile-focused GPUs like Polaris 11 and Navi 14, which are available in low z-height packages. So the RX 5600M will require a greater commitment from laptop partners than what we’ve seen in the past, both with respect to power/cooling as well as sheer board space.
The OEM Radeon RX 5600 and the Radeon RX 5600M should be available soon. And with CES in full swing, there shouldn’t be any shortage of partners announcing systems with the new video cards over the next couple of days.
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StevoLincolnite - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
Interesting that AMD has gone with an oddball VRAM amount (6GB) and a 192-bit bus, something you don't see them do very often.Fataliity - Tuesday, January 7, 2020 - link
I think they did that to prevent flashing, like a Vega 56 to 64, or a 5600XT to a 5700. Even if you can flash it, it will be limited by bandwidth and memory so it won't be that useful.Hul8 - Wednesday, January 8, 2020 - link
Also harvesting dies with faults in one quarter of the memory controller.catavalon21 - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
I am amazed seeing 3 fans to cool a 150 watt card.sing_electric - Tuesday, January 7, 2020 - link
I think we're at a point where that might actually be for the aesthetics - tempered glass cases have been a big deal for so long in the gaming world that I think a lot of buyers probably want a "full-size" GPU taking up most of the length of the case, even if the size isn't thermally necessary.Dragonstongue - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
270 meaning easy 350 CAD....not cool, seeing as even the 5500xt "sub" whatever they claimed it would be ends up that much higher price than should have been i.e even more $$$ than 470/570 launched at.AMD not directly control pricing (though they should) leaves many "waiting in the dark"
here hoping it actually performs as intended (or beyond) with none of the BS bad cards "out of the box" AIB/Vendors need to work even harder to make sure this is not an issue, as many hundred $$$ purchases, especially for "HIGH TECH" should not at all have such issues, one would think they work even better than stuff from the past e.g less issues not same rinse and repeat.
goes for the red and blue or blue vs green just the same as of late, sadly (though they ofc claim it never happens, big time with blue (Intel) and green (NVDA) try sweep problems under the rug often enough refuse to pay for issues they knew full well existed but box up for sale anyways....much less with AMD (though the various AB/Vendors hold lions share of the blame for "cheaping out" or at lest not thorough test methodology just excuses)
My 7870 still runs "perfectly fine" but is in serious need of something that much faster in as much as possible, 5600XT would fit this bill 5500 not so much....shame was not a forced $279 max USD or CAD to be quite honest.....
flyingpants265 - Saturday, January 11, 2020 - link
5700 is $299 USD right now. I wouldn't even bother going with a 5600 unless it was $199ishKorguz - Sunday, January 12, 2020 - link
try buying these cards in a country other then the US.. and you complain about this card being 299 ?? this card is easily 400-450cdn here... as for 199.. keep dreaming...flyingpants265 - Monday, January 13, 2020 - link
Do you know about conversion rates?maroon1 - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
It is not much faster than GTX 1660 Super while costing more