AMD Radeon RX 560 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 175 Watt
Launch date 13 March 2019 vs 17 October 2018
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 175 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

  • Around 45% higher core clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 973 MHz
  • Around 51% higher boost clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 1073 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2.1x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 6600 MHz
  • 2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88130 vs 32333
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1410 MHz vs 973 MHz
Boost clock speed 1620 MHz vs 1073 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 6600 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 88130 vs 32333

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
32333
88130
Name AMD Radeon RX 560 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
Geekbench - OpenCL 32333 88130
PassMark - G3D Mark 16170
PassMark - G2D Mark 824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 252.062
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3729.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 27.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 154.621
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1303.435
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8875

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 560 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Turing
Code name Ellesmere TU106
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 13 March 2019 17 October 2018
Place in performance rating 720 140
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Price now $499.99
Value for money (0-100) 42.76

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1073 MHz 1620 MHz
Core clock speed 973 MHz 1410 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 175 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 10,800 million
Pipelines 2304

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
DisplayPort count 3
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm 229 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Memory clock speed 6600 MHz 14000 MHz
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory type GDDR6