AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 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
201
136
113
85
113
67
58
41
The Witcher 3
198
179
128
67
125
97
72
40
Counter-Strike 2
289
202
145
79
181
136
95
47
Far Cry 6
164
141
126
75
92
85
67
36
Hogwarts Legacy
121
102
80
42
67
54
41
19
COD Modern Warfare 3
170
167
118
82
79
71
49
33
Ghost of Tsushima
123
104
88
53
63
47
38
21
Cyberpunk 2077
133
117
79
37
69
63
35
16
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
214
200
150
76
106
100
69
37
Avg FPS
1080p High17999
1080p Ultra15080
1440p Ultra11458
4K Ultra6632
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
18126
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
8493
Time Spy200989086
Solar Bay7836839825
Port Royal108555193
Fire Strike4998423209
Night Raid15806792188
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
148335
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
97923
Background Blur300.7 frames/s200 frames/s
Face Detection200.5 frames/s106.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.77 Gpix/sec3.73 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.05 Gpix/sec4.57 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.44 Gpix/sec4.84 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.25 Gpix/sec1.07 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching566.4 Gpix/sec452 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics20533.6 fps11141.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
24202
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
16119
G2D Mark1167819
DirectX 11249 fps129 fps
DirectX 1293 fps60 fps
GPU Compute13685 Ops/s6446 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
230.1 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
100.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1300.3 fps538.5 fps
Car Chase1191.7 fps455.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)955.3 fps405.2 fps
T-Rex3854.1 fps1996.1 fps
ALU 26542.4 fps2485.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2284.8 fps258.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation5363.22579.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 6, 2023 October, 17, 2018
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 3.0 Turing
Codename Navi 32 TU106
Price 499 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1295 MHz 1410 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2430 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 3840 2304
TMUs 240 144
ROPs 96 64
Execution Units n/a 36
Ray Tracing Cores 60 36
Tensor Cores n/a 288
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 233 Gpix/sec 104 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 583 GTex/s 233 GTex/s
FLOPS 37.3 TFLOPS 7.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 263 W 175 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 346 mm² 445 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 10 billion
Transistor density 80.92 MTr/mm² 22.47 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2438 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19500 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
624.1 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 2.1 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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