GeForce RTX 2070 vs Radeon RX 580

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 580, which has a core clock speed of 1257 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 2000 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce RTX 2070		22282 points
Radeon RX 580		13630 points
	Difference: 8652 (63%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2070		175 Watts
Radeon RX 580		185 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (6%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2070 is 75% quicker than the Radeon RX 580 overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		458752 MB/sec
Radeon RX 580		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 196608 (75%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 will be a bit (about 12%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon RX 580. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		203040 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 580		181008 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 22032 (12%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 is much (approximately 124%) better at AA than the Radeon RX 580, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		90240 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 580		40224 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 50016 (124%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.