GeForce RTX 2060 vs Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	122
Place by popularity	not in top-100	23
Value for money	no data	21.03
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Tahiti	Turing TU106
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	22 June 2012 (11 years old)	6 January 2019 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	$349
Current price	$359 (0.7x MSRP)	$397 (1.1x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2048	1920
Core clock speed	no data	1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	1620 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	175 Watt
Texture fill rate	134.4	201.6
Floating-point performance	4,301 gflops	no data

Size and 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 support	PCIe 2.1 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	274 mm	229 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin

Memory

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Eyefinity	1	no data
HDMI	+	+
DisplayPort support	-	no data
G-SYNC support	no data	+

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration	-	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	-	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	-	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	-	no data
VR Ready	no data	+

API support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	12
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	no data	1.2.131
Mantle	-	no data
CUDA	no data	7.5

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	22 June 2012	6 January 2019
Cost	$499	$349
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	175 Watt

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