AMD Radeon RX 5700 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

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Radeon RX 5700 compared with GeForce RTX 2070

	AMDRadeon RX 5700	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2070
Overview
Released
Released	July 2019	October 2018
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	AMD	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	RDNA	Turing
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,304	2,304
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,725 MHz	1,620 MHz or 1,710 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	36 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.	Main figures describe the reference specification. The Founders Edition increases boost clock and board power. Photo shows MSI's stock-clocked RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G partner board. First-sale date follows PCWorld's contemporary report of NVIDIA's October 17 availability announcement; the original maker launch record was not accessible.
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	7 nm	–
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	No dedicated ray accelerators	Dedicated first generation RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	–	Dedicated Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	–	NVIDIA DLSS Super Resolution; no DLSS Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	1465 MHz base; 1625 MHz game clock	1410 MHz for both reference and Founders Edition
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	8 GB GDDR6	8 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
Memory bus	256-bit	256-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	448 GB/s
Memory detail
Memory detail	14 Gbps GDDR6	14 Gbps GDDR6
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	180 W	175 W or 185 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 3.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	3 × DisplayPort 1.4 and 1 × HDMI 2.0b; up to 4 displays (MSI RX 5700 8G). AMD lists DisplayPort 1.4a support.	Founders Edition supports DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, USB-C/VirtualLink and dual-link DVI; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.2. Pictured MSI ARMOR 8G has 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.0b and 1 × USB-C.
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320 (MSI RX 5700 8G)	7680 × 4320
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 8-pin and 1 × 6-pin	1 × 8-pin (Founders Edition); 1 × 8-pin and 1 × 6-pin (MSI ARMOR 8G)
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	600 W	550 W
Slot width
Slot width	–	2 slots (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	270 × 110 × 35 mm and 1020 g (MSI reference-design RX 5700 8G)	228.60 × 112.6 mm (Founders Edition); 295 × 140 × 51 mm and 1177 g (pictured MSI ARMOR 8G partner board)
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	H.264 and H.265/HEVC encode and decode	Turing NVENC hardware encoder; no AV1 hardware encoding