NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 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 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 41% higher core clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • 7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16170 vs 12297
  • Around 30% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88130 vs 67658
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 252.062 vs 205.049
  • Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 27.133 vs 18.022
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1303.435 vs 1292.989
  • 10.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22615 vs 2094
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 2391
  • 10.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22615 vs 2094
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 2391
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 October 2018 vs 1 April 2017
Core clock speed 1410 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed 1620 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 16170 vs 12297
Geekbench - OpenCL 88130 vs 67658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 252.062 vs 205.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 27.133 vs 18.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1303.435 vs 1292.989
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22615 vs 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22615 vs 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 2391

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega

  • Around 78% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 2304
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 882 vs 824
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4007.96 vs 3729.447
  • Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 215.8 vs 154.621
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8455 vs 3350
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8455 vs 3350
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 4096 vs 2304
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 882 vs 824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4007.96 vs 3729.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 215.8 vs 154.621
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8455 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8455 vs 3350

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16170
12297
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
824
882
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
88130
67658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
252.062
205.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3729.447
4007.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27.133
18.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
154.621
215.8
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1303.435
1292.989
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22615
2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
8455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22615
2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
8455
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 AMD Radeon RX Vega
PassMark - G3D Mark 16170 12297
PassMark - G2D Mark 824 882
Geekbench - OpenCL 88130 67658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 252.062 205.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3729.447 4007.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 27.133 18.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 154.621 215.8
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1303.435 1292.989
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22615 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 8455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22615 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 8455
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8875

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 AMD Radeon RX Vega

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 1.3
Code name TU106 Greenland
Launch date 17 October 2018 1 April 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $599.99
Place in performance rating 140 238
Price now $499.99 $409.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 42.76 38.94

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1620 MHz 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 1410 MHz 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 2304 4096
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 10,800 million
Floating-point performance 9,830 gflops
Texture fill rate 307.2 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 229 mm 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6

Memory

Memory bus width 256 Bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 512 GB / s