GeForce RTX 2070 vs Geforce GTX 690

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Geforce GTX 690, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 915 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1502 MHz on this specific model. It features 1536 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units 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
Geforce GTX 690		13111 points
	Difference: 9171 (70%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2070		175 Watts
Geforce GTX 690		300 Watts
	Difference: 125 Watts (71%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2070, in theory, should perform a little bit faster than the Geforce GTX 690 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		458752 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 690		384512 MB/sec
	Difference: 74240 (19%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 690 is a small bit (more or less 15%) better at AF than the GeForce RTX 2070. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		234240 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 2070		203040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 31200 (15%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 is much (more or less 54%) more effective at FSAA than the Geforce GTX 690, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		90240 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 690		58560 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 31680 (54%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 the video card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.