AMD Radeon RX 5700 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

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Radeon RX 5700 compared with GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
AMDRadeon RX 5700NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
Overview
ReleasedJuly 2019July 2019
Performance
Chip makerAMDNVIDIA
ArchitectureRDNATuring
Shader cores2,3042,176
Boost clock1,725 MHz (better)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/Founders Edition GPU figures; the photo shows PNY's stock-clock Dual Fan partner card
Manufacturing process7 nm–
Ray tracingNo dedicated ray acceleratorsFirst-generation RT Cores
AI cores–Second-generation Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation–NVIDIA DLSS super resolution; no DLSS frame generation
Base clock1465 MHz base; 1625 MHz game clock1,470 MHz
Memory
Video memory8 GB GDDR68 GB GDDR6
Memory bus256-bit256-bit
Memory bandwidth448 GB/s448 GB/s
Memory detail14 Gbps GDDR6PNY publishes 14 Gbps GDDR6 and 448 GB/sec bandwidth
Connections and power
Board power180 W175 W (better)
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.NVIDIA's original Founders Edition manual shows 2 × DisplayPort, HDMI, DVI and USB-C; its current comparison table omits USB-C. Pictured PNY Dual Fan lists DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b and DVI-D, with no USB-C listed.
Maximum resolution7680 × 4320 (MSI RX 5700 8G)7680 × 4320; NVIDIA specifies support for four displays
Power connector1 × 8-pin and 1 × 6-pin1 × 8-pin
Recommended power supply600 WNVIDIA specifies 550 W; requirements depend on the system
Slot width–Two slots for the Founders Edition and pictured PNY Dual Fan
Size (reference card)270 × 110 × 35 mm and 1020 g (MSI reference-design RX 5700 8G)NVIDIA reference/Founders Edition is 228.60 × 112.6 mm; pictured PNY Dual Fan is 1.65 × 9.25 × 4.4 inches
Video encode and decodeH.264 and H.265/HEVC encode and decodeSeventh-generation NVIDIA Encoder and fourth-generation Decoder; PNY specifies PCIe 3.0 x16. NVIDIA specifies no NVLink support.

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