It appears that AMD has another budget entry-level NAVI GPU in the works, as spotted in a latest Dell XPS Desktop (8940) PC listing. The new GPU is the NAVI 14 variant, the RX 5300.
AMD released the Radeon RX 5300M mobile variant in November last year, but a desktop version was never released to the market. Dell’s listing does not specify any exact date; but the Radeon RX 5300 is indeed coming. It just remains to be seen whether the graphics card will be an OEM-exclusive SKU, or it will hit the retail shelves as well.
Based on the Radeon RX 5300M’s specs, the new Radeon RX 5300 GPU is presumed to use the same Navi 14 die. So we can expect the GPU to rock 1,408 Stream Processors (SPs).
Back in May 2020, a leaked CompuBench benchmark from late 2019, shared by hardware leaker @Komachi_Ensaka, showed a GPU codenamed as AMD 7340:CF, which was rumored to be AMD’s entry-level Radeon RX 5300 model.
This unconfirmed chip had 3GB of GDDR6 memory, and a maximum boost clock speed of 1,900 MHz and 24 Compute Units (CUs). Based on the current RDNA architecture, the rumored RX 5300 could also have a total of 1,536 Stream Processors (SPs), which means it may give the Radeon RX 5500 XT a run for its money in the budget segment, though this remains to be seen.
If this graphics card is indeed the Radeon RX 5300, it will most likely be Navi 14 silicon GPU that has PCIe 4.0 support, and will probably come with 14Gbps memory complemented with a 96-bit wide memory interface bus, assuming AMD is using the same specifications as the mobile variant. This graphics card will be part of Dell’s post launch plans for the XPS Desktop, alongside the RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT. It might hit the retail shelves as well, assuming this is not an OEM-only SKU.
For context, the Radeon RX 5300M has 14Gbps memory across a 96-bit memory interface. If AMD follows the same recipe, then this new NAVI 14 GPU might pump out a memory bandwidth of up to 168 GBps. Desktop GPUs also have more headroom for a higher thermal power limit, so we expect the RX 5300’s TDP to be higher than 85W (of the RX 5300M chip).
However, the Radeon RX 5300 is an entry-level GPU targeting the budget mainstream market, so the power requirements are not going to be high. A single 6-pin PCIe power connector seems more likely for this GPU.
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I’m tired of seeing AMD entry level type of gpus. Can they just go and aim for the crown once and for all. God damn it. Nvidia are tearing us a new one every gen 🙁
Even if they manage to do it, Nviida will still take the flagship crown !
From a consumer point of view doesn’t matter if they win or lose (if it’s by a reasonably small margin), what matters is their ability to trigger price cuts.
It doesn’t bother me at all to see AMD going for the entry level and midrange GPU customers. For every 2080 Ti that Nvidia sells a hundred entry level through midrange GPUs are sold. AMD probably doesn’t see the point in such an expensive GPU unless they were going to sell them at ridiculously high prices like Nvidia does and then people would just be angry with AMD for that.
I would much rather see AMD remain a relevant option for the vast majority of gamers and continue putting most of their R&D money towards Ryzen. Ryzen is what has turned AMD from going into debt hundreds of millions of dollars a year to making a profit of hundreds of millions of dollars.
good points. it makes sense for AMD to focus on the mainstream segment, at least on the GPU side, since they have already conquered the CPU market with Ryzen.
Then letting Nvidia rule the high end means less get the high end, and eventually the high end market stifles and suffers.
If you think they do not need to compete, then you think PC should remain at a lower end, visually speaking, which isn’t what all PC users want, myself included.
Depends on what you see as high end. imo due to the 2080 Super and 2070 Super being identical chips in specs except the 2080 Super has more cores unlocked I consider the 2080 Super to be upper midrange. I think you will agree that a 2080 Super is hardly low end and is more than enough for all but the 4K gamers.
If AMD can compete with Ampere’s from entry level through upper midrange then that is vast majority of the PC gaming market.
The high end market is almost nonexistent anyway. I think people put too much store in the high end as it affects very, very few people.
If you take a look at the Steam Hardware Survey you will see that less than 1% report using a 2080 Ti.
If it were non existent, then why are we still seeing a push for cards in the first place.
If that market never mattered, why is it still around?.
I think people settle for less, and that’s why we always see things being watered down, graphics stagnating for a number of years, bad trend becoming the norm etc.
I also wouldn’t be using just the Steam story survey, as not every single known PC user to man is a part of it. I know, because I opted not to submit my results, and Origin allows for the same.
I didn’t say it was non existent. Just almost non existent. The vast majority of gamers don’t have $1,200 for a GPU or any need for one unless they are running 4K or 144/120 Hz 1440p monitors..
I know that the Steam Hardware Survey isn’t scientific or 100% accurate but I do believe it gives some idea what the average gamer is running. I opted out of participating as well.
I’m still rocking my 1080ti, and I so far haven’t needed to shell out for an RTX card, yet I’m waiting for the 3000 series to see the price points.
I’m not going back to lower end hw either.
It gives a small sample idea of what Valve currently collected, but do not forget that there are millions out there on other storefronts, and those not participating in the survey.
In recent years I’ve been noticing console only warriors resorting to using the Steam survey as a means to call PC “weak/inferior”, whilst they completely ignore the fact that it’s not a total tally, and well me being me, I prefer hard data, over small estimated data, because the former is conclusive and to the point, whilst the latter is just an if/maybe.
Nothing wrong with a 1080 Ti. It’s plenty for most people. I should of bought one in retrospect to replace my 980 Ti but I wanted to wait for the Turings. Nvidia threw me a curve ball with the prices of the Turings though and it was too late to get a 1080 Ti at that point because of the miners.
I ended up with the 2070 Super which is roughly equivalent to a 1080 Ti. Maybe a little slower. It does fine at 1440p. A 2080 Super would have been better but I just couldn’t justify the extra $200 for such a small performance gain.
I’ve noticed enthusiasts use 2080TI as a gateaway to justify new titles bashing, because it doesn’t run like E3 demo and have downgraded options, when sometimes, those games are close to their E3 counterparts, but can’t be expressed on lower end segment due to 2080Ti requirements, but most can’t afford so they get triggered, raise their hype bar for next gen hardware even though they can’t afford it. Once the hardware drops with minimal improvement in the top end, they recycle the same hatred, because X top GPU can’t compete vs Y top GPU, even though they have no tools to test themselves. Hyping and fanboying (I should say trolling) is truly a confusing riddle to me. Obviously, this absorbs bare minimum scale, because nobody really cares and afford whatever they can without complaints.
They want to focus more on the CPU side of things where they are quite dominant. For GPUs they have always targeted the lower-end segment.
As usual AMD again targeting budget mainstream market. I hope at least the high-end navi cards faster than the current Rx 5000 series lineup.
I’m waiting for BIG NAVI. But does AMD really want to release more entry-level cards like this one rx 5300 ?
I mean they already have enough cards in the mid-range segment though.
I thot the 5500 is entery level.
This new thing must be weak as f*k