The AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT Review, Feat. Sapphire Pulse: A New Challenger For Mainstream Gaming
by Ryan Smith on January 21, 2020 9:01 AM ESTThe Test
As is usually the case for launches without reference hardware, we’ve had to dial down our Sapphire cards slightly to meet AMD’s reference specifications. In this case, Sapphire’s secondary (quiet) BIOS offers reference power and memory settings, so for our reference-spec testing, we’re using that BIOS, with the GPU underclocked by 85Mhz to meet AMD’s official specs.
Finally, as the RX 5600 series is focused on 1080p gaming, this is what our benchmark results will focus on. Though I have also tested the card at our 1440p settings to see just how well it might do as a 1440p card – the lack of VRAM admittedly not doing it any big favors there – and these are posted below our 1080p results.
Finally, we’re using the latest drivers from AMD and NVIDIA.
| CPU: | Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.0GHz |
| Motherboard: | ASRock Z390 Taichi |
| Power Supply: | Corsair AX1200i |
| Hard Disk: | Phison E12 PCIe NVMe SSD (960GB) |
| Memory: | G.Skill Trident Z RGB DDR4-3600 2 x 16GB (17-18-18-38) |
| Case: | NZXT Phantom 630 Windowed Edition |
| Monitor: | Asus PQ321 |
| Video Cards: | AMD Radeon RX 5700 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB AMD Radeon RX 590 AMD Radeon RX 580 AMD Radeon R9 390X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB |
| Video Drivers: | NVIDIA Release 441.87 AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.1.1 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Pro (1903) |
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Korguz - Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - link
how does that make them skewed ??Spunjji - Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - link
A significant outlier will have an outsized influence on the average; GTA V being out-of-line from typical results makes the Nvidia card look a little better than it actually is (unless you're a GTA V player).In the case of this specific review, their "relative performance" metrics are affected by that. Personally, I don't think it's significant enough to worry about.
Martin84a - Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - link
Still uses 4x the power in dual-monitor configuration compared to my current 1070 ti :/ This has been an issue for AMD cards for quite a long time.https://tpucdn.com/review/sapphire-radeon-rx-5600-...
ryrynz - Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - link
Quiter not QuitterTheReason8286 - Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - link
Lol Quieter*Lord of the Bored - Thursday, January 23, 2020 - link
Quieter not Quitter, not Quiter not Quitter.dairyAT - Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - link
Test Setup page lists a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super, but the review charts are labeled NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060. Which is it?Ryan Smith - Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - link
It's the regular RTX 2060.just4U - Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - link
Wow.. didn't think it would be that good. Nice review Ryan.Hrel - Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - link
This doesn't mention the ko edition.... Charts don't include the 2060 super either...Wth?