NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER

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GeForce RTX 2070 compared with GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER

	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2070	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
Overview
Released
Released	October 2018	July 2019
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Turing	Turing
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,304	2,560
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,620 MHz or 1,710 MHz	1,770 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	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.	NVIDIA reference/Founders Edition GPU figures; photo shows PNY's stock-clock Dual Fan partner card
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	Dedicated first generation RT Cores	First-generation RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	Dedicated Tensor Cores	Second-generation Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	NVIDIA DLSS Super Resolution; no DLSS Frame Generation	NVIDIA DLSS super resolution; no DLSS frame generation
Base clock
Base clock	1410 MHz for both reference and Founders Edition	NVIDIA's current comparison rounds the base clock to 1.61 GHz; PNY publishes 1,605 MHz
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	PNY publishes 14 Gbps GDDR6 and 448 GB/sec bandwidth
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	175 W or 185 W	215 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	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.	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 resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320	7680 × 4320; NVIDIA specifies support for four displays
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 8-pin (Founders Edition); 1 × 8-pin and 1 × 6-pin (MSI ARMOR 8G)	1 × 6-pin and 1 × 8-pin
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	550 W	NVIDIA specifies 650 W; requirements depend on the system
Slot width
Slot width	2 slots (Founders Edition)	Two slots for the Founders Edition and pictured PNY Dual Fan
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	228.60 × 112.6 mm (Founders Edition); 295 × 140 × 51 mm and 1177 g (pictured MSI ARMOR 8G partner board)	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 decode
Video encode and decode	Turing NVENC hardware encoder; no AV1 hardware encoding	Seventh-generation NVIDIA Encoder and fourth-generation Decoder; PNY specifies PCIe 3.0 x16. NVIDIA specifies NVLink support.