GeForce RTX 2070 vs Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 with GeForce RTX 2070, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega M GL / 870
2018
4 GB HBM2, 65 Watt
13.95

RTX 2070 outperforms RX Vega M GL / 870 by a whopping 200% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking37395
Place by popularitynot in top-10086
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data33.21
Power efficiency14.7016.40
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameVega Kaby Lake-GTU106
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2018 (6 years ago)17 October 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores12802304
Core clock speed931 MHz1410 MHz
Boost clock speed1011 MHz1620 MHz
Number of transistorsno data10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rateno data233.3
Floating-point processing powerno data7.465 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data144
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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-pin

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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data448.0 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 Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

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

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA-7.5

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. 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.

RX Vega M GL / 870 13.95
RTX 2070 41.89
+200%

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.

RX Vega M GL / 870 9862
RTX 2070 31260
+217%

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 made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RX Vega M GL / 870 7329
RTX 2070 23186
+216%

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.

RX Vega M GL / 870 38812
RTX 2070 127652
+229%

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.

RX Vega M GL / 870 299071
RTX 2070 425550
+42.3%

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 HD42
−205%
128
+205%
1440p28
−221%
90
+221%
4K14
−321%
59
+321%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data3.90
1440pno data5.54
4Kno data8.46

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−236%
70−75
+236%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 47
−115%
101
+115%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−278%
87
+278%
Battlefield 5 45−50
−257%
164
+257%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 33
−252%
116
+252%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−236%
70−75
+236%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−276%
124
+276%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
−279%
148
+279%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−165%
246
+165%
Hitman 3 27−30
−330%
116
+330%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−253%
258
+253%
Metro Exodus 53
−172%
144
+172%
Red Dead Redemption 2 48
−129%
110
+129%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−350%
207
+350%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
−234%
254
+234%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
−309%
135
+309%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−217%
73
+217%
Battlefield 5 45−50
−239%
156
+239%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30
−253%
106
+253%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−236%
70−75
+236%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−206%
101
+206%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
−177%
108
+177%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−144%
227
+144%
Hitman 3 27−30
−319%
113
+319%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−240%
248
+240%
Metro Exodus 41
−251%
144
+251%
Red Dead Redemption 2 37
−192%
108
+192%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−237%
150−160
+237%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
−153%
85−90
+153%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
−221%
244
+221%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 23
−178%
64
+178%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−183%
65
+183%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20
−290%
78
+290%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−236%
70−75
+236%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−139%
79
+139%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−18.3%
110
+18.3%
Hitman 3 27−30
−248%
94
+248%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−90.4%
139
+90.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−237%
150−160
+237%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24
−263%
87
+263%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+18.8%
64
−18.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 32
−209%
99
+209%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
−279%
106
+279%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
−241%
75
+241%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 17
−206%
52
+206%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
−355%
50
+355%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12
−383%
58
+383%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−386%
30−35
+386%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−275%
60
+275%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
−195%
215
+195%
Hitman 3 16−18
−276%
64
+276%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−259%
104
+259%
Metro Exodus 27
−204%
82
+204%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
−312%
100−110
+312%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−313%
60−65
+313%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
−173%
240
+173%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21
−300%
84
+300%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
−279%
53
+279%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
−340%
44
+340%
Hitman 3 10−11
−310%
41
+310%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−63.4%
116
+63.4%
Metro Exodus 15
−407%
76
+407%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
−350%
63
+350%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 11
−227%
36
+227%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−343%
31
+343%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
−725%
33
+725%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−650%
14−16
+650%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−288%
31
+288%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−232%
63
+232%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−346%
55−60
+346%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
−350%
27
+350%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10
−370%
47
+370%

This is how RX Vega M GL / 870 and RTX 2070 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2070 is 205% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2070 is 221% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2070 is 321% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX Vega M GL / 870 is 19% faster.
  • in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2070 is 725% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX Vega M GL / 870 is ahead in 1 test (1%)
  • RTX 2070 is ahead in 71 test (99%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.95 41.89
Recency 7 January 2018 17 October 2018
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 175 Watt

RX Vega M GL / 870 has 169.2% lower power consumption.

RTX 2070, on the other hand, has a 200.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2070 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 2070 is a desktop one.


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