GeForce RTX 2070 vs Radeon RX 5700

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5700, which features a core clock speed of 1465 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It features 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2070		175 Watts
Radeon RX 5700		180 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (3%)

Memory Bandwidth

Both cards have the exact same bandwidth, so in theory they should perform exactly the same. (explain)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 will be just a bit (approximately 4%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 2070. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		210960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 2070		203040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 7920 (4%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5700 is a better choice, though only just barely. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		93760 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 2070		90240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3520 (4%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, 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 number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.