AMD Radeon RX 5700 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

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Radeon RX 5700 compared with GeForce RTX 2060
AMDRadeon RX 5700NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2060
Overview
ReleasedJuly 2019January 2019
Performance
Chip makerAMDNVIDIA
ArchitectureRDNATuring
Shader cores2,3041,920 or 2,176
Boost clock1,725 MHz1,680 MHz or 1,650 MHz
Architecture36 compute units; 144 texture units and 64 ROPs; 10.3 billion transistors. Photo shows MSI's reference-design RX 5700 8G. Current AMD support specifications and MSI's datasheet both list 180 W; historical reviews report differing power figures, which are not used here.NVIDIA reference GPU specifications; photo shows PNY's stock-clock 6 GB Blower partner card, whose cooler, dimensions and display connectors differ from the Founders Edition. The later 12 GB card has 2,176 CUDA cores rather than 1,920.
Manufacturing process7 nm–
Ray tracingNo dedicated ray acceleratorsFirst-generation RT Cores; NVIDIA's original launch specification lists 30 RT Cores and 5 Giga Rays/s for 6 GB
AI cores–Second-generation Tensor Cores; 240 on the original 6 GB model according to NVIDIA's launch specification
Upscaling and frame generation–NVIDIA DLSS 2.0 upscaling; no DLSS Frame Generation
Base clock1465 MHz base; 1625 MHz game clock1,365 MHz base and 1,680 MHz boost (6 GB); 1,470 MHz base and 1,650 MHz boost (12 GB)
Memory
Video memory8 GB GDDR66 GB GDDR6 or 12 GB GDDR6
Memory bus256-bit (better)192-bit
Memory bandwidth448 GB/s (better)336 GB/s
Memory detail14 Gbps GDDR614 Gbps GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus with 336 GB/s bandwidth on both revisions
Connections and power
Board power180 W160 W or 185 W
InterfacePCIe 4.0PCIe 3.0
Display outputs3 × DisplayPort 1.4 and 1 × HDMI 2.0b; up to 4 displays (MSI RX 5700 8G). AMD lists DisplayPort 1.4a support.Original 6 GB NVIDIA page lists DisplayPort 1.4a, HDMI 2.0b, USB-C/VirtualLink and DVI-DL. The 12 GB regional table lists DisplayPort, HDMI and DVI-DL without USB-C; the current combined comparison table also omits USB-C. Up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.2. Partner connectors vary.
Maximum resolution7680 × 4320 (MSI RX 5700 8G)7680 × 4320; original specification states 4K 144 Hz or 8K 60 Hz over DisplayPort with DSC
Power connector1 × 8-pin and 1 × 6-pin1 × PCIe 8-pin for both reference specifications
Recommended power supply600 W500 W (6 GB); 550 W (12 GB); NVIDIA reference power specifications
Slot width–2-slot (original 6 GB Founders Edition); 12 GB partner cards vary
Size (reference card)270 × 110 × 35 mm and 1020 g (MSI reference-design RX 5700 8G)228.60 × 112.6 mm, 2-slot (original 6 GB Founders Edition). NVIDIA's regional table repeats these dimensions for 12 GB, but no separate 12 GB Founders Edition design was verified.
Video encode and decodeH.264 and H.265/HEVC encode and decodeSeventh-generation NVENC, fourth-generation NVDEC (NVIDIA comparison table); no hardware AV1 encode

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