AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

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Radeon RX 5700 XT compared with GeForce RTX 2070

	AMDRadeon RX 5700 XT	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	2,560	2,304
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,905 MHz or 1,980 MHz	1,620 MHz or 1,710 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	40 compute units; 160 texture units and 64 ROPs; 10.3 billion transistors. Main figures and photo describe the standard reference card, pictured as MSI's RX 5700 XT 8G.	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	Standard edition 1605 MHz base and 1755 MHz game clock; 50th Anniversary edition 1680 MHz base, 1830 MHz game clock and 1980 MHz boost.	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 or –	256-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s or –	448 GB/s
Memory detail
Memory detail	Standard edition 14 Gbps GDDR6. AMD's launch table confirms the Anniversary edition's 8 GB GDDR6 but does not publish its bus, bandwidth or board power; those configuration fields are omitted independently.	14 Gbps GDDR6
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	225 W or –	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 standard RX 5700 XT 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 standard RX 5700 XT 8G)	7680 × 4320
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 8-pin and 1 × 6-pin (standard)	1 × 8-pin (Founders Edition); 1 × 8-pin and 1 × 6-pin (MSI ARMOR 8G)
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	600 W (standard)	550 W
Slot width
Slot width	–	2 slots (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	270 × 110 × 40 mm and 1110 g (MSI standard reference-design RX 5700 XT 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