GeForce RTX 2070 vs Radeon RX 5700

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5700, which features a core clock frequency of 1465 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It features 2304 SPUs, 144 Texture Address Units, 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 exactly the same memory bandwidth, so theoretically they should have the same performance. (explain)

Texel Rate

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

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

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 will be a little bit (more or less 4%) more effective at AA than the GeForce RTX 2070, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (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 across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, 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 most pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.