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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER · Photo source

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER · Photo source

NVIDIA · GeForce

GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER

Released July 2019

A 2019 Turing graphics card with 8 GB of GDDR6 and more cores than the original RTX 2070.

Memory
8 GB
Shaders
2,560
Boost clock
1,770 MHz
Bandwidth
448 GB/s
Power
215 W

What reviewers say

Reviewers praised strong 1440p performance approaching the RTX 2080 at a lower launch price. They saw a limited upgrade for existing RTX 2070 owners and noted that demanding 4K settings remained challenging. PC Gamer, TechRadar and PCWorld tested the Founders Edition; partner-card cooling and noise can differ.

From pcgamer.com, techradar.com and pcworld.com

Performance

Chip maker
NVIDIA
Architecture
Turing
Shader cores
2,560
Boost clock
1,770 MHz
Architecture
NVIDIA reference/Founders Edition GPU figures; photo shows PNY's stock-clock Dual Fan partner card
Ray tracing
First-generation RT Cores
AI cores
Second-generation Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
NVIDIA DLSS super resolution; no DLSS frame generation
Base clock
NVIDIA's current comparison rounds the base clock to 1.61 GHz; PNY publishes 1,605 MHz

Memory

Video memory
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
256-bit
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
Memory detail
PNY publishes 14 Gbps GDDR6 and 448 GB/sec bandwidth

Connections and power

Board power
215 W
Interface
PCIe 3.0
Display outputs
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
7680 × 4320; NVIDIA specifies support for four displays
Power connector
1 × 6-pin and 1 × 8-pin
Recommended power supply
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)
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
Seventh-generation NVIDIA Encoder and fourth-generation Decoder; PNY specifies PCIe 3.0 x16. NVIDIA specifies NVLink support.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit memory bus
  • Hardware ray tracing and DLSS upscaling
  • NVLink support

Cons

  • Published 215 W graphics-card power
  • Requires both six-pin and eight-pin power connectors
  • No NVIDIA DLSS frame generation

Closest rivals

Model
MemoryShadersBoost clockBandwidthPowerReleased
8 GB2,5601,905 MHz or 1,980 MHz448 GB/s or –225 W or –Jul 2019
8 GB2,3041,725 MHz448 GB/s180 WJul 2019
8 GB3,0721,815 MHz496 GB/s250 WJul 2019

Sources

  1. nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/graphics-cards/compare
  2. nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2060-super-rtx-2070-super-out-…
  3. pny.com/pny-geforce-rtx-2070-super-8gb-df
  4. pcworld.com/article/397702/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2060-super-rtx-2070-super-review.…

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