NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super and AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 Super
- Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
- Around 74% higher core clock speed: 1605 MHz vs 925 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
- 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 215 Watt vs 500 Watt
- Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 3 GB
- 2.5x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 5500 MHz
- Around 65% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 29.145 vs 17.707
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 2 July 2019 vs 31 August 2012 |
Core clock speed | 1605 MHz vs 925 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm vs 28 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 215 Watt vs 500 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 2x 3 GB |
Memory clock speed | 14000 MHz vs 5500 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 29.145 vs 17.707 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
- Around 60% higher pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 2560
Pipelines | 2x 2048 vs 2560 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super | AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 18245 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 886 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 100123 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 293.508 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 4045.784 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 29.145 | 17.707 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 158.103 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 1438.826 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 25232 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3718 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 25232 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3718 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 7 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super | AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Turing | GCN 1.0 |
Code name | TU104 | New Zealand |
Launch date | 2 July 2019 | 31 August 2012 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | $899 |
Place in performance rating | 134 | 319 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1770 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 1605 MHz | 925 MHz |
CUDA cores | 2560 | |
Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 28 nm |
Maximum GPU temperature | 88 C | |
Pipelines | 2560 | 2x 2048 |
Render output units | 64 | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 215 Watt | 500 Watt |
Transistor count | 13.6 B | 4,313 million |
Floating-point performance | 2x 3,789 gflops | |
Texture fill rate | 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Port | 1.4 | |
DisplayPort support | ||
Dual-link DVI support | ||
G-SYNC support | ||
HDCP | ||
HDMI | ||
Multi monitor support | ||
Number of simultaneous displays | 4 | |
Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Height | 4.556” (115.7mm) | |
Length | 10.5” (266.74mm) | 292 mm |
Recommended system power (PSU) | 650 Watt | |
Supplementary power connectors | 6 pin + 8 pin | 3x 8-pin |
Width | 2-Slot | |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.1 | 12.0 (11_1) |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Shader Model | 6.4 | |
Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2x 3 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 448 GB/s | 2x 264.0 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 bit | 2x 384 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 14000 MHz | 5500 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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Ansel | ||
HDMI 2.0b | ||
SLI | ||
VR Ready |