NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070: specs and benchmarks

Price now 623$

Games supported 100%

Year of release 2018

Performance 41.02

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Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 2070 sales 27 August 2018 at a recommended price of $499. This is a desktop graphics card based on a Turing architecture and made with 12 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 8 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 14 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 229 mm. 1x 8-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 175 Watt.

It provides good gaming and benchmark performance at

41.02%

of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

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General info

Some basic facts about GeForce RTX 2070: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	61
Value for money	21.99
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Turing TU106
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	27 August 2018 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Current price	$623 (1.2x MSRP)	of 158889 (A100 PCIe)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

GeForce RTX 2070's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce RTX 2070's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2304	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed	1410 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	1620 MHz	of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	10,800 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	233.3	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce RTX 2070 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	229 mm
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 2070: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260)
Shared memory	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 2070. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	+
G-SYNC support	+

Technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce RTX 2070. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

API support

APIs supported by GeForce RTX 2070, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	6.5
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131
CUDA	7.5

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce RTX 2070. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 2070 41.02

Passmark

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various 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.

Benchmark coverage: 24%

RTX 2070 16176

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 16%

RTX 2070 63155

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 16%

RTX 2070 31260

3DMark Fire Strike Score

Benchmark coverage: 13%

RTX 2070 18679

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

RTX 2070 127652

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

RTX 2070 23186

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.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

RTX 2070 88656

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

RTX 2070 425550

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

RTX 2070 72935

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

RTX 2070 95666

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2070 149

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2070 61

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2070 9

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 medical-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2070 41

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2070 83

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2070 46

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2070 12

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2070 123

SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RTX 2070 123

SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

This part of SPECviewperf 12 workstation benchmark uses Autodesk Maya 13 engine to render a superhero energy plant static scene consisting of more than 700 thousand polygons, in six different modes.

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RTX 2070 149

SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RTX 2070 83

SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RTX 2070 61

SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RTX 2070 9

SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RTX 2070 46

SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RTX 2070 41

SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RTX 2070 11.6

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

Benchmark coverage: 1%

RTX 2070 194

SPECviewperf 12 - 3ds Max

This part of SPECviewperf 12 benchmark emulates work with 3DS Max, executing eleven tests in various use scenarios, including architectural modeling and animation for computer games.

Benchmark coverage: 1%

RTX 2070 194

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce RTX 2070 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD	127
1440p	89
4K	60

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

70−75

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	70−75
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	87
Battlefield 5	120−130
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	147
Cyberpunk 2077	70−75
Far Cry 5	90−95
Far Cry New Dawn	90−95
Forza Horizon 4	120−130
Hitman 3	164
Horizon Zero Dawn	113
Red Dead Redemption 2	117
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	95−100
Watch Dogs: Legion	107

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	70−75
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	73
Battlefield 5	120−130
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	130
Cyberpunk 2077	70−75
Far Cry 5	90−95
Far Cry New Dawn	90−95
Forza Horizon 4	120−130
Hitman 3	144
Horizon Zero Dawn	88
Metro Exodus	70−75
Red Dead Redemption 2	65
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	95−100
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	95−100
Watch Dogs: Legion	94

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	70−75
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65
Battlefield 5	120−130
Cyberpunk 2077	70−75
Far Cry 5	90−95
Far Cry New Dawn	90−95
Forza Horizon 4	120−130
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	95−100
Watch Dogs: Legion	64

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	87
Hitman 3	93
Horizon Zero Dawn	61
Metro Exodus	45−50
Red Dead Redemption 2	42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	50
Battlefield 5	85−90
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35
Far Cry 5	70−75
Far Cry New Dawn	70−75
Forza Horizon 4	90−95
Watch Dogs: Legion	47

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	51
Hitman 3	50
Horizon Zero Dawn	35
Metro Exodus	27−30
Red Dead Redemption 2	27
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	31
Battlefield 5	50−55
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16
Far Cry 5	40−45
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45
Forza Horizon 4	60−65
Watch Dogs: Legion	27

Relative perfomance

GeForce RTX 2070's performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super 102.73

AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary 102.71

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT 101.93

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 100

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB 98.24

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 95.71

AMD Radeon RX 6600 93.81

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce RTX 2070 is Radeon RX 6600 XT, which is faster by 2% and higher by 4 positions in our ranking.