NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 vs AMD Radeon R9 290X2
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 and AMD Radeon R9 290X2 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 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
- Around 41% higher core clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 1000 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
- 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 580 Watt
- 2.6x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 5400 MHz
- Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 27.133 vs 19.441
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 17 October 2018 vs 24 June 2014 |
Core clock speed | 1410 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm vs 28 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 175 Watt vs 580 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 14000 MHz vs 5400 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 27.133 vs 19.441 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2
- 2.4x more pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 2304
Pipelines | 2x 2816 vs 2304 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 | AMD Radeon R9 290X2 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 16169 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 824 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 88130 | |
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 | 19.441 |
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 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3718 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3350 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 22615 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3718 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3350 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 8875 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 | AMD Radeon R9 290X2 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Turing | GCN 2.0 |
Code name | TU106 | Hawaii |
Launch date | 17 October 2018 | 24 June 2014 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | $1,399 |
Place in performance rating | 140 | 282 |
Price now | $499.99 | |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 42.76 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1620 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 1410 MHz | 1000 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 2304 | 2x 2816 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 175 Watt | 580 Watt |
Transistor count | 10,800 million | 6,200 million |
Floating-point performance | 2x 5,632 gflops | |
Texture fill rate | 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Length | 229 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 4x 8-pin |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (12_0) |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Memory |
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Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 2x 512 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 14000 MHz | 5400 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
Maximum RAM amount | 2x 4 GB | |
Memory bandwidth | 2x 345.6 GB / s |