NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs AMD Radeon RX 580X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super and AMD Radeon RX 580X 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super

AMD Radeon RX 580X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 1605 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Around 32% higher boost clock speed: 1770 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Around 11% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2304
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 8000 MHz
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18252 vs 7798
2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 99847 vs 41822
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 25232 vs 11616
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 25232 vs 11616

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 July 2019 vs 3 April 2018
Core clock speed	1605 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Pipelines	2560 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 8000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	18252 vs 7798
Geekbench - OpenCL	99847 vs 41822
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	25232 vs 11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	25232 vs 11616

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580X

Around 16% lower typical power consumption: 185 Watt vs 215 Watt
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4909 vs 3718
5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 18294 vs 3359
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4909 vs 3718
5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 18294 vs 3359

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt vs 215 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4909 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	18294 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4909 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	18294 vs 3359

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

18252

7798

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

885

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

99847

41822

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25232

11616

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3718

4909

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

18294

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25232

11616

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3718

4909

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

18294

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super	AMD Radeon RX 580X
PassMark - G3D Mark	18252	7798
PassMark - G2D Mark	885	885
Geekbench - OpenCL	99847	41822
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
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	11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718	4909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	18294
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	25232	11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718	4909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	18294
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super	AMD Radeon RX 580X
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 4.0
Code name	TU104	Polaris 20
Launch date	2 July 2019	3 April 2018
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	133	162
Type	Desktop	Desktop, Laptop
Design		Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz	1340 MHz
Core clock speed	1605 MHz	1257 MHz
CUDA cores	2560
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	88 C
Pipelines	2560	2304
Render output units	64	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	215 Watt	185 Watt
Transistor count	13.6 B	5,700 million
Compute units		36
Floating-point performance		6.2 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate		42.88 GP/s
Stream Processors		2304
Texture fill rate		192.96 GTexel/s
Texture Units		144
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		1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.556” (115.7mm)
Length	10.5” (266.74mm)	241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	6 pin + 8 pin	1x 8-pin
Width	2-Slot
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	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	256 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	8000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
Ansel
HDMI 2.0b
SLI
VR Ready
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
TrueAudio