NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon RX Vega

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX Vega 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 96% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • 7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
  • Around 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 78907 vs 67658
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 22.794 vs 18.022
  • 8.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 17328 vs 2094
  • 3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8912 vs 2391
  • 8.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 17328 vs 2094
  • 3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8912 vs 2391
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 January 2019 vs 1 April 2017
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 78907 vs 67658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 22.794 vs 18.022
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17328 vs 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8912 vs 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17328 vs 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8912 vs 2391

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega

  • Around 13% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 885 MHz
  • Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1185 MHz
  • Around 78% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 2304
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12297 vs 11774
  • Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 882 vs 485
  • Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 205.049 vs 168.08
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4007.96 vs 1935.102
  • Around 94% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 215.8 vs 111.023
  • Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1292.989 vs 1001.496
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8455 vs 8055
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8455 vs 8055
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 885 MHz
Boost clock speed 1200 MHz vs 1185 MHz
Pipelines 4096 vs 2304
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 12297 vs 11774
PassMark - G2D Mark 882 vs 485
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 205.049 vs 168.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4007.96 vs 1935.102
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 215.8 vs 111.023
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1292.989 vs 1001.496
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8455 vs 8055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8455 vs 8055

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
11774
12297
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
485
882
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
78907
67658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
168.08
205.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1935.102
4007.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22.794
18.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
111.023
215.8
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1001.496
1292.989
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17328
2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8912
2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8055
8455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17328
2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8912
2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8055
8455
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q AMD Radeon RX Vega
PassMark - G3D Mark 11774 12297
PassMark - G2D Mark 485 882
Geekbench - OpenCL 78907 67658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 168.08 205.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1935.102 4007.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 22.794 18.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 111.023 215.8
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1001.496 1292.989
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17328 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8912 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8055 8455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17328 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8912 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8055 8455
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6838

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q AMD Radeon RX Vega

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 1.3
Code name TU106 Greenland
Launch date 29 January 2019 1 April 2017
Place in performance rating 179 239
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $599.99
Price now $409.99
Value for money (0-100) 38.94

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1185 MHz 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 885 MHz 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 2304 4096
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 10,800 million
Floating-point performance 9,830 gflops
Texture fill rate 307.2 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length 267 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0
OpenGL 4.6

Memory

Memory bus width 256 Bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 512 GB / s