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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

299%
299%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

38%
38%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 is approximately 261% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
TU106
Tahiti
CoresDifferent
2304
2048
TMUsDifferent
144
128
ROPsDifferent
64
32
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
256 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
GPU NameDifferent
TU106
Tahiti
GPU VariantDifferent
TU106-400A-A1
Tahiti XT2(215-0821065)
ArchitectureDifferent
Turing
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
12 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
10,800 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
24.3M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
445 mm²
352 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-2228
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Release DateDifferent
Oct 17th, 2018
Jun 22nd, 2012
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 20
Southern Islands(HD 7900)
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 10
Northern Islands
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 30
Sea Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch Price
499 USD
499 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
73 in our database
191 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Base ClockDifferent
1410 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
1620 MHz
1050 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1750 MHz14 Gbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
256 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
448.0 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Shading UnitsDifferent
2304
2048
TMUsDifferent
144
128
ROPsDifferent
64
32
SM CountDifferent
36
N/A
Tensor CoresDifferent
288
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
36
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
64 KB (per SM)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
4 MB
768 KB
Compute UnitsDifferent
N/A
32

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Pixel RateDifferent
103.7 GPixel/s
33.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
233.3 GTexel/s
134.4 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
14.93 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
7.465 TFLOPS
4.301 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
233.3 GFLOPS (1:32)
1,075.2 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
229 mm9 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
HeightDifferent
113 mm4.4 inches
111 mm4.4 inches
WidthDifferent
35 mm1.4 inches
38 mm1.5 inches
TDPDifferent
175 W
300 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
450 W
700 W
OutputsDifferent
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.02x DisplayPort 1.4a1x USB Type-C
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
PG160 SKU 52
109-C38637-00

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
3.0
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
CUDADifferent
7.5
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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