AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER

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Radeon RX 5700 XT compared with GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
AMDRadeon RX 5700 XTNVIDIAGeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
Overview
ReleasedJuly 2019July 2019
Performance
Chip makerAMDNVIDIA
ArchitectureRDNATuring
Shader cores2,5602,560
Boost clock1,905 MHz or 1,980 MHz1,770 MHz
Architecture40 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.NVIDIA reference/Founders Edition GPU figures; 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 clockStandard edition 1605 MHz base and 1755 MHz game clock; 50th Anniversary edition 1680 MHz base, 1830 MHz game clock and 1980 MHz boost.NVIDIA's current comparison rounds the base clock to 1.61 GHz; PNY publishes 1,605 MHz
Memory
Video memory8 GB GDDR68 GB GDDR6
Memory bus256-bit or –256-bit
Memory bandwidth448 GB/s or –448 GB/s
Memory detailStandard 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.PNY publishes 14 Gbps GDDR6 and 448 GB/sec bandwidth
Connections and power
Board power225 W or –215 W
InterfacePCIe 4.0PCIe 3.0
Display outputs3 × DisplayPort 1.4 and 1 × HDMI 2.0b; up to 4 displays (MSI standard RX 5700 XT 8G). AMD lists DisplayPort 1.4a support.Pictured PNY Dual Fan has 3 × DisplayPort 1.4 and 1 × HDMI 2.0b. PCWorld's Founders Edition review also documents USB-C; NVIDIA's current comparison table lists only DisplayPort and HDMI for this model.
Maximum resolution7680 × 4320 (MSI standard RX 5700 XT 8G)7680 × 4320; NVIDIA specifies support for four displays
Power connector1 × 8-pin and 1 × 6-pin (standard)1 × 6-pin and 1 × 8-pin
Recommended power supply600 W (standard)NVIDIA specifies 650 W; requirements depend on the system
Slot width–Two slots for the Founders Edition and pictured PNY Dual Fan
Size (reference card)270 × 110 × 40 mm and 1110 g (MSI standard reference-design RX 5700 XT 8G)NVIDIA reference/Founders Edition is 266.74 × 115.7 mm; pictured PNY Dual Fan is 1.57 × 9.25 × 4.41 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 NVLink support.

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