GeForce RTX 2070 vs Radeon R9 390X 8G

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 390X 8G, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1050 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1500 MHz on this particular card. It features 2816 SPUs as well as 176 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 R9 390X 8G		13555 points
	Difference: 8727 (64%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2070		175 Watts
Radeon R9 390X 8G		275 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (57%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2070 should theoretically perform a small bit faster than the Radeon R9 390X 8G in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		458752 MB/sec
Radeon R9 390X 8G		384000 MB/sec
	Difference: 74752 (19%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 is a small bit (approximately 10%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R9 390X 8G. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		203040 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 390X 8G		184800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 18240 (10%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 should be much (about 34%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon R9 390X 8G, and able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		90240 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 390X 8G		67200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23040 (34%)

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 max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output 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 get to the max fill rate.