AMD Radeon RX 580 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 580, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 580 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
76
38
33
15
113
67
58
41
The Witcher 3
52
40
23
13
125
97
72
40
Counter-Strike 2
78
56
37
16
181
136
95
47
Far Cry 6
58
49
34
17
92
85
67
36
Hogwarts Legacy
33
23
20
10
67
54
41
19
COD Modern Warfare 3
47
41
27
15
79
71
49
33
Ghost of Tsushima
33
24
16
9
63
47
38
21
Cyberpunk 2077
30
27
13
n/a
69
63
35
16
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
60
51
31
18
106
100
69
37
Avg FPS
1080p High5299
1080p Ultra3980
1440p Ultra2658
4K Ultra1332
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
4176
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
8493
Time Spy43539086
Solar Bayn/a39825
Port Royal5275193
Fire Strike1497923209
Night Raid5687692188
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
40514
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
97923
Background Blur59.5 frames/s200 frames/s
Face Detection33.8 frames/s106.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.56 Gpix/sec3.73 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.1 Gpix/sec4.57 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.92 Gpix/sec4.84 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.33 Gpix/sec1.07 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching161.8 Gpix/sec452 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5395.1 fps11141.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 580
8831
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
16119
G2D Mark767819
DirectX 1160 fps129 fps
DirectX 1243 fps60 fps
GPU Compute3529 Ops/s6446 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 580
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
100.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a538.5 fps
Car Chasen/a455.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a405.2 fps
T-Rexn/a1996.1 fps
ALU 2n/a2485.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a258.9 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a2579.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 18, 2017 October, 17, 2018
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture GCN 4.0 Turing
Codename Polaris 20 TU106
Price 229 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1257 MHz 1410 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1340 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 2304 2304
TMUs 144 144
ROPs 32 64
Execution Units n/a 36
Ray Tracing Cores No 36
Tensor Cores No 288
L1 cache 16 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 43 Gpix/sec 104 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 193 GTex/s 233 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.2 TFLOPS 7.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 185 W 175 W
Process GlobalFoundries TSMC
Process tech. 14 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 232 mm² 445 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 10 billion
Transistor density 21.55 MTr/mm² 22.47 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 580
256 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 7.5
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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