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AMD Radeon RX 580 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

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AMDRadeon RX 580NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2070
Overview
ReleasedApril 2017October 2018
Performance
Chip makerAMDNVIDIA
ArchitectureGCN 4Turing
Shader cores2,304 or 2,0482,304
Boost clock1,340 MHz or –1,620 MHz or 1,710 MHz
ArchitectureAMD original 8 GB reference baseline uses fourth-generation GCN (Polaris), 36 compute units, 32 ROPs and 144 texture units. Photo shows MSI's factory-overclocked ARMOR 8G OC, not a reference card. Later 2048SP configurations below identify specific Chinese-market Sapphire boards.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 process14 nm–
Ray tracingNo hardware ray acceleratorsDedicated first generation RT Cores
AI cores–Dedicated Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation–NVIDIA DLSS Super Resolution; no DLSS Frame Generation
Base clockOriginal AMD baseline is 1,257 MHz base and 1,340 MHz boost. Pictured MSI ARMOR 8G OC boosts to 1,366 MHz. Sapphire's 2048SP pages state core frequencies of 1,306 MHz (4 GB) and 1,284 MHz (8 GB V2) without a boost label, so numeric boost is omitted for those configurations.1410 MHz for both reference and Founders Edition
Memory
Video memory8 GB GDDR5 or 4 GB GDDR58 GB GDDR6
Memory bus256-bit256-bit
Memory bandwidth256 GB/s or –448 GB/s
Memory detailOriginal stock Sapphire Pulse 8 GB SKU 11265-06 has 8,000 MHz effective memory; original stock 4 GB SKU 11265-10 and the named 2048SP boards have 7,000 MHz. AMD publishes 256 GB/s only for the 8 GB baseline; bandwidth is omitted for the others. Sapphire's original 4 GB power is only stated as less than 225 W, so its numeric power remains unpublished.14 Gbps GDDR6
Connections and power
Board power185 W, – or 150 W175 W or 185 W
InterfacePCIe 3.0PCIe 3.0
Display outputsPictured MSI ARMOR has 2 × DisplayPort, 2 × HDMI and dual-link DVI-D. Sapphire 2048SP 4 GB SKU 11265-65-18 has DVI-D only; 8 GB Pulse V2 SKU 11265-70-48 has one HDMI 2.0b, one DisplayPort 1.4 and DVI-D. AMD's reference feature table lists DVI as No; partner outputs vary.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 resolutionMSI ARMOR specifies 7680 × 4320 and five displays; Sapphire's named 2048SP 4 GB board is limited to 1920 × 1200 at 60 Hz over DVI-D. Its 8 GB V2 board lists DisplayPort 5120 × 2880 at 60 Hz and HDMI 4096 × 2160 at 60 Hz.7680 × 4320
Power connectorOne 8-pin on the pictured MSI ARMOR, original Sapphire Pulse and both named 2048SP boards1 × 8-pin (Founders Edition); 1 × 8-pin and 1 × 6-pin (MSI ARMOR 8G)
Recommended power supplyAMD and MSI specify 500 W for the original model; Sapphire specifies 500 W for original Pulse and 450 W for the named 2048SP boards550 W
Slot widthOriginal Sapphire Pulse and named 2048SP designs occupy two slots; pictured MSI ARMOR is 38 mm thick2 slots (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)Pictured MSI ARMOR is 269 × 125 × 38 mm and 653 g. Original Sapphire Pulse is 230 × 125 × 40 mm; named 2048SP 4 GB is 241 × 120 × 42 mm and 8 GB V2 is 212 × 111 × 40 mm.228.60 × 112.6 mm (Founders Edition); 295 × 140 × 51 mm and 1177 g (pictured MSI ARMOR 8G partner board)
Video encode and decodeAMD publishes H.264 and H.265/HEVC encoding and decoding; Sapphire specifies PCIe 3.0 for the named variantsTuring NVENC hardware encoder; no AV1 hardware encoding

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