NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 and AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP 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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 57% higher core clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 75% higher boost clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • 2.3x more pipelines: 2304 vs 1024
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.9x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 4800 MHz
  • Around 26% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88582 vs 70535
  • 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22615 vs 6316
  • 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22615 vs 6316
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 October 2018 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed 1410 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed 1620 MHz vs 925 MHz
Pipelines 2304 vs 1024
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 88582 vs 70535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22615 vs 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22615 vs 6316

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

  • Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 175 Watt
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8390 vs 3718
  • 8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 27566 vs 3350
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8390 vs 3718
  • 8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 27566 vs 3350
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 175 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8390 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 27566 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8390 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 27566 vs 3350

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
88582
70535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22615
6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
27566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22615
6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
27566
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
PassMark - G3D Mark 16168
PassMark - G2D Mark 824
Geekbench - OpenCL 88582 70535
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 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 27566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22615 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 27566
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8875

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 1.0
Code name TU106 Pitcairn
Launch date 17 October 2018 13 March 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Place in performance rating 140 165
Price now $499.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 42.76

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1620 MHz 925 MHz
Core clock speed 1410 MHz 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2304 1024
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 10,800 million 2,800 million
Floating-point performance 1,894 gflops
Texture fill rate 59.2 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB / s