NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 vs AMD Radeon RX 580

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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 1257 MHz
  • Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 1340 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 185 Watt
  • Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 8000 MHz
  • Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16112 vs 8827
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 819 vs 767
  • 2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88096 vs 39028
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 251.703 vs 116.142
  • 3.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3742.063 vs 1022.932
  • 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 27.153 vs 9.235
  • Around 82% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 153.341 vs 84.034
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1304.365 vs 607.721
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22615 vs 11281
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3695
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22615 vs 11281
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3695
  • Around 56% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1569 vs 1005
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 October 2018 vs 18 April 2017
Core clock speed 1410 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Boost clock speed 1620 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt vs 185 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 8000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 16112 vs 8827
PassMark - G2D Mark 819 vs 767
Geekbench - OpenCL 88096 vs 39028
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 251.703 vs 116.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3742.063 vs 1022.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 27.153 vs 9.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 153.341 vs 84.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1304.365 vs 607.721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22615 vs 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22615 vs 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1569 vs 1005

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16112
8827
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
819
767
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
88096
39028
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
251.703
116.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3742.063
1022.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27.153
9.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
153.341
84.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1304.365
607.721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22615
11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22615
11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1569
1005
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 AMD Radeon RX 580
PassMark - G3D Mark 16112 8827
PassMark - G2D Mark 819 767
Geekbench - OpenCL 88096 39028
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 251.703 116.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3742.063 1022.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 27.153 9.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 153.341 84.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1304.365 607.721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22615 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22615 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1569 1005

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 AMD Radeon RX 580

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 4.0
Code name TU106 Polaris 20
Launch date 17 October 2018 18 April 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $229
Place in performance rating 151 341
Price now $499.99 $169.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 42.76 76.21
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1620 MHz 1340 MHz
Core clock speed 1410 MHz 1257 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 2304 2304
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt 185 Watt
Transistor count 10,800 million 5,700 million
Compute units 36
Floating-point performance 6.2 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate 42.88 GP/s
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2304
Texture fill rate 192.96 GTexel/s
Texture Units 144

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 229 mm 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan

Memory

Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 8000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready