GeForce RTX 2070 vs GTX TITAN X

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX TITAN X and GeForce RTX 2070, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX TITAN X
2015
12 GB GDDR5, 250 Watt
28.71

RTX 2070 outperforms GTX TITAN X by a significant 26% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking175104
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.9829.88
Power efficiency9.1116.37
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGM200TU106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 March 2015 (9 years ago)17 October 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 $499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

RTX 2070 has 328% better value for money than GTX TITAN X.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores30722304
Core clock speed1000 MHz1410 MHz
Boost clock speed1075 MHz1620 MHz
Number of transistors8,000 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rate209.1233.3
Floating-point processing power6.691 TFLOPS7.465 TFLOPS
ROPs9664
TMUs192144
Tensor Coresno data288
Ray Tracing Coresno data36

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm229 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 8-pin
SLI options4x-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/s1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.5 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.21x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI++
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support-+
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-
VR Readyno data+

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA5.27.5
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

GTX TITAN X 28.71
RTX 2070 36.11
+25.8%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX TITAN X 12830
RTX 2070 16136
+25.8%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX TITAN X 41155
RTX 2070 88069
+114%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GTX TITAN X 53345
RTX 2070 83224
+56%

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

GTX TITAN X 33524
RTX 2070 95666
+185%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD100−110
−28%
128
+28%
1440p65−70
−33.8%
87
+33.8%
4K45−50
−37.8%
62
+37.8%

Cost per frame, $

1080p9.99
−156%
3.90
+156%
1440p15.37
−168%
5.74
+168%
4K22.20
−176%
8.05
+176%
  • RTX 2070 has 156% lower cost per frame in 1080p
  • RTX 2070 has 168% lower cost per frame in 1440p
  • RTX 2070 has 176% lower cost per frame in 4K

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Battlefield 5 126
+0%
126
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Far Cry 5 114
+0%
114
+0%
Fortnite 174
+0%
174
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 142
+0%
142
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 211
+0%
211
+0%
Valorant 258
+0%
258
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Battlefield 5 117
+0%
117
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Dota 2 138
+0%
138
+0%
Far Cry 5 110
+0%
110
+0%
Fortnite 162
+0%
162
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 135
+0%
135
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 127
+0%
127
+0%
Metro Exodus 78
+0%
78
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 202
+0%
202
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 158
+0%
158
+0%
Valorant 248
+0%
248
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 108
+0%
108
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Dota 2 130
+0%
130
+0%
Far Cry 5 104
+0%
104
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 110
+0%
110
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 147
+0%
147
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 87
+0%
87
+0%
Valorant 184
+0%
184
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 156
+0%
156
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 260−270
+0%
260−270
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Metro Exodus 50
+0%
50
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 243
+0%
243
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 88
+0%
88
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Far Cry 5 88
+0%
88
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 93
+0%
93
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 109
+0%
109
+0%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 86
+0%
86
+0%
Metro Exodus 32
+0%
32
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 63
+0%
63
+0%
Valorant 231
+0%
231
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 55
+0%
55
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Dota 2 116
+0%
116
+0%
Far Cry 5 49
+0%
49
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 63
+0%
63
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 61
+0%
61
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 53
+0%
53
+0%

This is how GTX TITAN X and RTX 2070 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2070 is 28% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2070 is 34% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2070 is 38% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 63 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 28.71 36.11
Recency 17 March 2015 17 October 2018
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 175 Watt

GTX TITAN X has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 2070, on the other hand, has a 25.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 42.9% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 2070 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX TITAN X in performance tests.

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