GeForce RTX 2070 vs Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce RTX 2070 and Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce RTX 2070 stacks up against Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary, check out specs charts below.
Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary

Main Specs

  GeForce RTX 2070 Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary
Power consumption (TDP) 175 Watt 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary has 28% more power consumption, than GeForce RTX 2070.
  • GeForce RTX 2070 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary uses PCIe 4.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce RTX 2070 and Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary have maximum RAM of 8 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce RTX 2070 is build with Turing architecture, and Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary - with RDNA 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary is 270 MHz higher, than GeForce RTX 2070.
  • GeForce RTX 2070 is manufactured by 12 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary - by 7 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce RTX 2070 and Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary is 14000 MHz.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 70−75 75−80
ultra / 1080p 55−60 55−60
QHD / 1440p 45−50 45−50
4K / 2160p 27−30 30−33
low / 720p 95−100 95−100
medium / 1080p 85−90 85−90
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1% more, than GeForce RTX 2070.

Full Specs

  GeForce RTX 2070 Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary
Architecture Turing RDNA 1.0
Code name Turing TU106 Navi 10
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 27 August 2018 7 July 2019
Pipelines 2304 2560
Core clock speed 1410 MHz 1680 MHz
Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1980 MHz
Transistor count 10,800 million 10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 233.3 316.8
Length 229 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 448.0 GB/s 448.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
VR Ready +
DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_1) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.5 6.5
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
CUDA 7.5
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