GeForce RTX 2070 vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition, which has GPU clock speed of 1382 MHz, and 16384 MB of HBM2 memory running at 1890 MHz through a 2048-bit bus. It also is made up of 4096 Stream Processors, 256 TAUs, and 64 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 Vega Frontier Edition		21379 points
	Difference: 903 (4%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2070		175 Watts
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		300 Watts
	Difference: 125 Watts (71%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition should theoretically be just a bit better than the GeForce RTX 2070 overall. (explain)

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		495452 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 2070		458752 MB/sec
	Difference: 36700 (8%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition should be a lot (approximately 74%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce RTX 2070. (explain)

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		353792 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 2070		203040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 150752 (74%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2070 is a better choice, but not by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		90240 Mpixels/sec
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		88448 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1792 (2%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.