NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs AMD Radeon R7 260X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super and AMD Radeon R7 260X 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 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 77% higher boost clock speed: 1770 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 2.9x more pipelines: 2560 vs 896
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • 5.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18198 vs 3192
  • Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 879 vs 523
  • 6.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 293.508 vs 43.745
  • 5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4045.784 vs 804.436
  • 7.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 29.145 vs 3.673
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 158.103 vs 64.088
  • 6.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1438.826 vs 221.539
  • 6.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 25232 vs 3845
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3485
  • 6.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 25232 vs 3845
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3485
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 July 2019 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed 1770 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Pipelines 2560 vs 896
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 18198 vs 3192
PassMark - G2D Mark 879 vs 523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 293.508 vs 43.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4045.784 vs 804.436
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 29.145 vs 3.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 158.103 vs 64.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1438.826 vs 221.539
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 25232 vs 3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 25232 vs 3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3358

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260X

  • Around 87% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 215 Watt
  • 211.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1481 vs 7
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 215 Watt
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1481 vs 7

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 260X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
18198
3192
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
879
523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
293.508
43.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4045.784
804.436
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
29.145
3.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
158.103
64.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1438.826
221.539
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25232
3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25232
3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
7
1481
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super AMD Radeon R7 260X
PassMark - G3D Mark 18198 3192
PassMark - G2D Mark 879 523
Geekbench - OpenCL 98281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 293.508 43.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4045.784 804.436
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 29.145 3.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 158.103 64.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1438.826 221.539
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 25232 3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 25232 3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7 1481

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super AMD Radeon R7 260X

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 2.0
Code name TU104 Bonaire
Launch date 2 July 2019 8 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $139
Place in performance rating 129 614
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Price now $239
Value for money (0-100) 17.15

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1770 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 1605 MHz
CUDA cores 2560
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 88 C
Pipelines 2560 896
Render output units 64
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 215 Watt 115 Watt
Transistor count 13.6 B 2,080 million
Floating-point performance 1,971 gflops
Stream Processors 896
Texture fill rate 61.6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

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 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 4.556” (115.7mm)
Length 10.5” (266.74mm) 170 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 6 pin + 8 pin 1 x 6-pin
Width 2-Slot
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12.1 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s 104 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5

Technologies

Ansel
HDMI 2.0b
SLI
VR Ready
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync